Aloha All,

My fiancee is going to be arriving in Hawaii at the end of January (crosses fingers) and I am currently nest building. I have a new apartment (decent sized 1BR in downtown Honolulu) that I am trying to put together and get ready/livable before she arrives.

I've been a bachelor for so long that everything I have is geared toward just me (my tastes, the sizing, etc.) and I need to update it all.

Anybody have hints/tips/tricks to where I can purchase reasonable but nice/mature/quality furniture?

I'm looking for:

1. Queen Bed and the trimmings
2. Couch (fold out)
3. TV (thinking a ~37" LCD HDTV) & stand
4. Vacuum Cleaner, Iron, etc.
5. Linens
6. Kitchenware
7. Etc.

I'm going to try and keep the purchases to a minimum because I figure she's going to want to have a say in anything other than the bare essentials as far as style/etc. goes.

Help?

Thanks in advance!
Rich
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She may just want to change everything anyway... my fiancee would help you do shopping on your budget, lol.

but uh, city mill has decent dressers, tables, etc wood thing with legs.

couches.... errrr... dont know...

Vaccume, etc. sears is not a bad place, costco has alot of random stuff.

Ross is a decent place for linnes as you can get high quality stuff for cheap.


Good luck.

 

Thanks. I've got so much bachelor crap stuff that I am sure would just disgust her that I need to start over from scratch. lol

Thanks for the tips!

I've got quite a bit of shopping to do after Christmas!
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Let her decide, just do the shopping toghether

 

Vacuum - Get a Dyson.

 

I've heard that before. Are they that good?
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my gf is looking for all that same crap to buy.

i hear garage sales in kahala are good, if you are looking for dirt cheap kinda good stuff.

i'll keep an eye out on this thread. might be good info for me

 

Dysons are really good, so much so, it was actually sucking my carpet from the floor!!!

After 13 years living with my lady, one small piece of advice, clear your apartment out, then go shopping with her, so that she can feel at home in your place, means you won't waste money on stuff she doesn't like, and also some brownie points for being thoughtful,

trust me, it works everytime!!!!

mike

 

Thanks for the input, everyone.

I'm going to have to habitate in this place for more than a month before she arrives so I'm going to have to buy SOME stuff without her. lol. I'll keep it to a minimum though.

I'm planning on a big *** TV, an XBOX360, and a bed. She can pick the rest.
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You just missed the Ashley auction, heard some nice stuff went for decent prices..

Inspiration is having a floor clearance sale, they're redoing the setup so everything is going out at decent prices, little over priced, but modern and stylish..mattresses on sale, too

Get the new Pioneer Elite, does 1080P, finally..., the sickness with your 360 & HDDVD

I have the Pioneer PDP-5065 nice black border finish, strong colors..colors not as nice as the Panasonic, but look sway more P$MP.....

anyway GL, don't skimp on the TV.....

 

Thanks for the tips.
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Word...otherwise just WAIT FOR HER to come.

Its a nice bonding moment when you go and buy your first furniture and stuff (for me it was so she could see how Chinese I really am ).

On a lighter note...they're opening an IKEA store near where we live! Yay!

 

My first major purchases in quite some time that have nothing to do with cars.

Now I can't afford furniture. lol
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P.S. Oceanic DVR *SUCKS* compared to Tivo - but the HD Series 3 Tivo is $800... Sooo... I went with the DVR.
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Oh, and BTW... I went to Circuit City TWICE today with the intention of buying their X360 bundle (because I'm lazy) and I just couldn't justify spending the cash. lol. I'm so chang.
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