New furnature store with good prices? (Austin, Mart: sales, apartment, mattress)

[Latsabb]

I am will be in Austin in March, and will be needing to furnish my apartment upon arrival. I was wondering if there is a good place in/around Austin, preferably with a website, where I can get reasonably priced furniture?

I need a queen sized bed, a sleeper couch, two computer desks, a crib, a dining table and four chairs for the dining table. What I had planned to spend is as follows:

Queen sized bed frame and mattresses- 600ish total.
Sleeper couch- 400ish
Dining room chairs x4- 100
Dining room table- 125
Computer desks x2- 200
Computer chairs x2- 100

Do you think that this is reasonable? Remember, those are total costs, not costs of an individual. I don't need luxury or anything, but I don't want it to be complete crap either.

Thanks for your help!

[Moonlady]

Have you looked at Ikea? You can find reasonably priced furniture there that's somewhat decent. Also look at Target - they have some pretty decent stuff inexpensively.

[iceshots]

Check Walmart on line. They actually have a very large range of furniture from leading "flat pack" manufacturers. And most of the items have customer reviews.

We purchased a very nice hardwood and glass media tower from there, and also a full bedroom set for my daughter. The pricing worked out cheaper than Sears for the exact same items.

[llkltk]

Rooms to Go has those prices. Not the best quality but in your price range. You can get a decent bed from Crate and Barrel Housewares for that price. Their stuff is much more stylish and better quality. I'm not really a fan of RTG.

[Latsabb]

Originally Posted by llkltk

Rooms to Go has those prices. Not the best quality but in your price range. You can get a decent bed from Crate and Barrel Housewares for that price. Their stuff is much more stylish and better quality. I'm not really a fan of RTG.

I am not sure if Rooms to Go has a different selection inside their stores, but online, their mattress sets were pretty much all over a 1000 dollars, so way out of my range. Crate and Barrel was also quite expensive. Thank you very much for your input though.

I checked out wal-mart online, but I just feel weird about getting a mattress from Wal-Mart... And those "Mattress in a box" things scare the crap out of me...

[Moonlady]

OK, here's a tip on mattresses. Factory Mattrress has a store on Manchaca where they carry their mismatched sets, closeouts, etc. I bought an $1100 set there last year for half price because it was last year's model (like mattresses go out of style, LOL?). Anyway, it's worth a look see. You can buy one of the metal frames for $30 and then scout craigslist or garage sales for a nicer headboard/etc.

[llkltk]

Try buying used. I didn't see that you wanted a bed and mattress for 600. Maybe you can get a headboard and mattress for that.

[Tek-Chic Laurie]

Janine Charland of Metamorphosis for Homes has a shopping guide on her web site. She's always looking for deals and posts them when she finds them. Her site is Home.