Struggling to find the perfect furniture for your home? Don’t worry–it’s a common thing. Whenever we look at furniture catalogs or browse in-store, there’s always this feeling of doubt in our minds. Perhaps this color won’t match, maybe the size is a little too big or small, or it could just be a problem with the materials used.
Whatever the case is, we’ve got a couple of solutions to help you find the right furniture for your home.
Consider bespoke furniture
One of the best ways to get the perfect piece of furniture is to have it made to order. Custom furniture offers so much more flexibility and customization than anything else, and it allows you to tailor each piece to your exact specifications. Looking for bespoke fitted wardrobes to fit into a tight space? That’s no problem. Need a sofa that’s an exact length or shape? That’s fine as well. Bespoke furniture allows you to make all of the choices with your furniture.
However, it will likely cost more than regular furniture. This is one of the downsides of getting bespoke furniture, but in return, you save a lot of time and money since you won’t need to look around for different furniture brands or browse showrooms just to find something that suits your needs.
We suggest looking for inspiration if you want to go down this route. Almost anything is possible in terms of bespoke furniture, but it’s always easier for you and the contractors if you have a general idea of what you’d like. Take a look on Pinterest, in furniture or interior design magazines, and work with designers to get the perfect piece.
Get creative with a DIY furniture project
Another way to get the perfect piece of furniture is to just make it yourself. This allows you to save a considerable amount of money since you don’t need to pay someone else to make it for you, but you’ll need to have some experience with making furniture or carpentry in general. It’s a lot more time-consuming too since you’ll need to cut out some time in your schedule for it. However, it’s one of the better ways to get a completely custom piece of furniture that matches your needs.
However, if you don’t feel confident about DIY projects from scratch, then there’s another solution: furniture hacking!
Furniture hacking is all about taking existing pieces of furniture and modifying them. There are whole blogs dedicated to hacking furniture and it’s one of the simplest ways to get into the DIY furniture hobby. You typically start with a base furniture piece, such as an item from IKEA, and then modify it with typical DIY materials or even mash together multiple pieces of furniture.
Upcycling is another way to get some functional and beautiful pieces of furniture without having to make them from scratch. You could take something like a chair, table, or any kind of antique piece, and then modify it by adding new upholstery, repainting it, or even merging it together with other pieces of furniture.
