🙋🏻♀️Former Habitat ReStore employee here. Ours had all kinds of building and finishing materials plus furniture, appliances and decor items. It’s a place where you might have to hunt through things or check back often, but you will definitely find some unexpected gems! Ours got a lot of vintage furniture and antiques donated that you would never be able to find elsewhere.
I just got a dresser for my boys there yesterday! Question for you if you’re willing - I often haggle the price when I do intend to purchase and sometimes they’re totally willing to haggle the price and some locations act like they’ve never had someone try to negotiate prices. What’s your experience with that - is there some sort of policy?
I bought a brand new farmhouse cast iron sink by Kohler (which retailed for $1800) for $100 at our Habitat ReStore ❤ & it was still in the original box 👀 . Maybe it didn’t fit in the original customer’s sink area 🤷🏼♀️ but it fit mine 🥳 FYI: best to take your measurements for whatever you are looking for when you shop there.
I've literally saved £1000s searching for 'white label' goods thanks to Nick's video on the subject. A bath tub I wanted was £2000 at a luxury bathroom store, I found it elsewhere for £950 🙏🏻💕 I'm doing it for everything in our renovation. Thank you so much Nick!
There’s a ReStore right down the road from me and when I bought my house and gutted it, I donated some of the materials to them, then found an attic staircase for $75 (saving nearly $400). Then the contractors left a lot of materials here and I turned around and donated those too. If you’re a shrewd shopper, you can get all kinds of stuff there and it’s a universally worthy cause.
I did a show with a community theater group that played in a local church (don't ask!). There was only one set, and it required a staircase. Which had to be "built to fit." Well, it was built to fit a Habitat for Humanity project, and was donated to that house when the (very short) run was over. I was highly impressed.
I think that was the original name of an old Steve Miller song, "Take the Marble and Run" I couldn't find anything online about why the word was changed to Money. I prefer Marble, and I'm guessing by all the comments here, lots of people would.😅
It's true about the lighting! A famous lamp manufacturer had a demo hotel room that they lit 3 ways. In certain light, it looked like a cheap hotel - and you can guess the rest. In other light the exact same space looked like a 5 star hotel room. I found it shocking and I'll never forget the power of good lighting.
One more resource for free of cost decoration that is normally ignored: Shadows. Put a spot light hidden behing a plant and you can decorate a full wall or ceiling for the evening and night. Same during sunlight, plants or well chosen patterns in front of a window can create a similar effect. Shadows can be abstract and subtle but they can be very effective, sometimes friends tell me "I like your home, but I dont know why". And thats why, shadows.
I'm in Maine USA, "Vacation Land", the antique shops here charge higher prices in the spring/summer, when people are here on vacation. I shop late fall and winter when prices are down. Many blessings!!!💖💖💖
I live in Fort Lauderdale, FL and we charge the same prices (with exception of global companies' presence of cruises/flights/hotel stays) and our local prices are the SAME. If you buy a hamburger in winter, or a lamp, or a pair of pants, the prices are the SAME. What kind of BS is that that you RIP OFF tourists with inflated prices? Remind me to avoid "vacation land" Maine.
@@suecampbell4811I live in Florida as well and that’s not my experience. Maybe you’re lucky but that’s not what happens in more popular vacation locations. There’s a difference between snowbird season and not. Note: this last year or so is completely bonkers for prices.
@@suecampbell4811 Having been a tourist in Florida, I can tell you that you DO have inflated prices for all things tourist-attracting during the more popular vacation times compared to the other times of the year. All tourist hubs do that. That's one of the reasons people will recommend traveling in the off-season. You can save a lot of money.
@@suecampbell4811 oh honey.. you realize in most tourist areas around the world is ripping everyone in the area off all the time, let alone just the tourist for just a portion of the year..
Carpet people will bind the rug, and they will add custom boarders. I had a corporate logo put into a rug, then had it bound and it was actually cheaper then buying a regular rug. Carpet people are amazing.
also ask if they have remnants - a large piece of carpet left over from someone else's job is even cheaper than buying from the roll, and the carpet company will then cut it to your size and bind it for a reasonable fee,
I worked in a very good carpet store, we did quite a few custom rugs. We had gorgeous all wool carpets that we would custom cut and then we would send them off to a local person who would finish them with or without fringe. It was a relatively inexpensive way to get a nice wool rug.
All solid tips, Nick, as you said. My only quibble would be on reupholstering. It might be different in the US and Canada, but it is a really costly thing to do here in Australia. Still worth it for a sentimental piece or designer find - I am saving to have my grandfather's wingback chair recovered - but it is cheaper here to buy a new designer chair than have my old one recovered. Lots of videos showing people buying fabric cheaply at a store and having their thrift find recovered, but you also need to be careful to buy fabric of sufficient weight and tightness of weave, than will not rub or pill.
I live in the same city as Nick and it cost me $6k to reupholster a sofa that has been passed down in my family for generations. So definitely cheaper to buy new unless it’s very high quality, or sentimental value. Edit: Having said that, it would have been cheaper if I didn’t fall in love with and chose a super expensive fabric 😂. He also did redid the cushioning and stain on the wood frame.
@@jeanallan8106 the fabric can make it super expensive. I reupholstered my couch after one of my cats destroyed it. I chose a fabric that cats can't scratch 👍, my couch destroyer is no longer with us 😢.
The foam is definitely the most expensive part, & it’s so important to get the right kind, especially for the seat. I did a lot of research just on that aspect.
I tried to go the buy old & reupholster route to save money. We found some amazing high quality 60s chairs- a his & hers set that went perfectly with our existing couch for under $800. The re-upholstery of just one chair was over $2K. And they're tiny chairs and used very low cost material. I could've gotten new chairs in the fabric of my choice for WAY less. So, depending on where you live, it's not always a good deal. Sometimes businesses see someone wanting to recover an item that's quality enough to do that with as their meal ticket. Sadly, this seems to be the result of a throwaway society. Most people where I live just toss their stuff after a few years. Reupholstery isn't cheap unless you do it yourself.
Yes it has gotten expensive but it might be worth it if it is an heirloom piece or you are looking for something truly unique and what you have is premium quality furniture.
In the UK it's probably only worth reupholstering if your furniture is expensive, or it's really cheap and you do it yourself. I've certainly recovered a few stools with a scrap of fabric and a staple gun.
Love my local Habitat for Humanity! Just found a beautiful 7’x7’ WOOL rug with tags attached! (Listed online from vendors listing at 7-8 times the price I paid) I am currently searching for some tile to redo my kitchen backsplash-patience is a virtue. Thank you Nick, you are a treasure!
Great video! I want to add some thing that I found when I shopped at restore. We were trying to find two exterior French doors that did not have a stem between them. Not sure if stem is the right word, but when we went to Home Depot and all the big box stores, all we found were exterior doors that still had that floor to ceiling stem in the middle of them with where they close together. I think it was because the area we lived in was generally on the colder side, so they felt that no one would want two doors that opened fully without a stem in between. But we did! Lol We happen to go to restore, and there they were! We literally could not find them in our province, but we found them at restore. So sometimes it’s not cheaper. It’s actually the product you were looking for and couldn’t find elsewhere! And the fact that the money goes to Habitat for Humanity is also an extra lovely win! ❤
We don't have a restore in my area. However, the landfill has an enclosed space that has left over doors and paint and random construction items available to the public. You don't know what you'll find, but I guess it's worth a look.
and it is free! I miss the day (years back) when you could forage yourself among all the stuff that builders would dump there as there was nowhere else to put it where I lived....
This doesn't have much to do specifically with your video, but I went to Home Sense this week and I kept thinking of you the whole time--like you were going to pop out of some huge basket and poke fun at me! 😂 I didn't buy anything mirrored, though. Points?
Get some Ikea cotton curtains with the back tabs, long enough to go floor to ceiling. They’re flimsy so plan on two pair per window. For forty bucks, it’s instant luxe. Get a remnant of expensive fabric and make a small throw pillow to add to your cheapies. Get a marble or travertine tray for you coffee table. Makes any table from the side of the road look fabulous. If you have a dining room, clean off the table, and get a lidded, chunky vase - it can be cheap and ugly - put fresh flowers in it and bang. Put a $40 mirror from Home Goods across from a window to light up and enlarge the room. Go online and find incandescent bulbs. Uh-oh, I hear the police pulling up. Good luck!
If you have an architectural salvage place in your area those are worth checking out as well. They have some pre-owned but high quality lighting, cabinets etc
Oh, wow... I Googled "architectural salvage near me" and found the coolest store I never knew existed, even after living here 10 years! Thanks for this!
Well this has just changed my life for the better! It totally makes sense that such places exist, but I never thought about them existing before, and now I have discovered there is one near me full of beautiful, unique pieces I can't wait to check out in person.
Growing up my parents got all our rugs from a carpet remnant store. At home we just hot glued around the edges to keep it from fraying and done! Cheap and easy ❤
My big tip for saving money and making my space look better is having less furniture. Skip end tables. It's way easier to put your drink on the coffee table in front of you, so ditch the end tables, get some cute wall mounted lights. Less dusting and easier vacuuming as a bonus.
@@murielbaith5445That's what I did. I don't even have a couch and coffee table in my 2-bedroom house because there is nowhere to put it. My living room is simply not big enough and it would look out of place, anyway.
When my generation was just starting out in life in the mid-70's, one way to get carpeting was to raid the trash bins of carpet stores and combine enough remnants to cover your floor. I have seen patchwork carpeting apartments. I don't think Nick would approve (to say the least), but it was better than cold feet.
Super duper video! So helpful. I find your UA-cam delivery so witty and amusing. And, you’re a cutie, too. I’ve gone backwards and am watching all your videos. Was so sorry to hear about you long term partner breakup,but I’ve found that one never knows what the future holds and should alwats hope for the best. I speak as a female with 72 years of experience! Please Keep up the great work with your channel. I know that you have many of us out here who are always looking forward to your next video.
I want to add consignment stores! They often have brand new furniture but with some minor defects that wouldn't allow them to sell in the name brand store
I feel SO much better. Just used your tips to see that my designer is charging me $200 LESS for the media console she ordered for me than what I can find online.
One inexpensive tip to share: move your furniture. Sometimes it's moving the sofa, tables, and lamps around and you'll have a more interesting place. Also, painting the space helps a lot, too.
yeah moving furniture also helps make doing a deep clean and declutter a lot easier with the process. and putting down a new layer of paint on the walls helps so much! people are so surprised that white paint can fade and get layers of grime over time and look drab, a new coat can really wake up a space.
I like restore places. I got a door for $25. Solid wood. Can't beat that. And a friend of mine was able to build most of her little outbuilding with just the supplies from that store. Including a little sink, a little countertop, flooring, windows, etc.
So true! We bought all of our lamps at antique stores, and even one from ReStore! Had'em rewired, and they are beautiful, unique, and even with the rewiring, they came to less than a $100 each 😃
14:40 I was given some old wingback armchairs. I didn't like the fabric therefore, I'd found some great wingback armchair slipcovers from Amazon. When people visit my home they think that the chairs have been reupholstered.
I never buy anything without doing a Google image search first. And not just furniture. I have found the exact same items for a fraction of the cost. For instance I saw a hose holder on Pottery Barn's website on sale for $53 and the same one was available on Walmart for $38 and I think I paid $32 for it on Amazon. One thing that's surprised me is how often items from higher end retail sites are also for sale at Home Depot for much less.
I bought my kids beautiful table lamps for their bedrooms. When they moved out, I said take whatever you want or can use...the first thing they all said , "I want my lamp!" Now, they use them in their living rooms. A good lamp is never a waste of money!
There has been a bit of a trend of influencers buying clothes/items that have identical images but are sent from different retailers, and comparing the quality. They usually buy one of each price point, from the shockingly cheap to the kinda expensive. None of them look like the image on the website lol It would be interesting to see you do something similar, maybe with chairs or a side table
I always loved wing chairs but they are way out of my budget. So on a whim I bought 3 from my local Restore (2 matching & 1 different style) on sale for a whopping $36.10!! All have really good wood & springs, just needed new foam & material. So I bought all the tools & supplies, including books, & learned how to reupholster them myself!! One is complete, the twin is in the process & the other I hope to start & finish this summer. Probably have about $1000 in supplies, 😂, like a decent pneumatic staple gun & air compressor, but I’m still going to come out ahead. I’ve learned so much in the process (like, who knew furniture coverings were STAPLED together?!) & I fell in love with reupholstering! I now also have a few other pieces in my list of things to re-cover!
I also learned to reupholstery by watching videos and then buying supplies. Even did piping, which makes the couch I did look professional. My old sewing machine handled the sewing work when I learned heavy duty needles were the way to go. I bought the fabric at a discount outlet for upholstery, good quality stuff. Bought zippers in a large roll. Only thing I regret was using a battery staple gun. But I wasn't going to invest in an air compressor.
I'd also add that doing a lot of work yourself is a great way to spend money - when I don't know how to do something, I ask the UA-cam Dad community. There's always a video explaining how to do a lot of the smaller reno tasks (and it's not always a Dad, of course, but when I changed out my faucet, I followed along with a video where a dude started it off by saying "Hi Kids!," so there we are)
I DID go to a carpet supplier and bought some commercial grade colorful carpet and selected a border and they made us a beautiful area rug for a large room. The price was great and they made it the way we asked for it. The only thing was - and I warn you to check out - the back of the rug looked very rough. You could see how they put the carpet and border together because of the GLUE all over the back! They did the job as best they could - the rug lasted for a couple of years before it tore apart. Now we have hand-knotted (the back is gorgeous), wool, one-of-a-kind area rugs from Wayfair (our biggest rug is 10' x 14' and had a ridiculous price of $10k - we bought it for $2500). Another of their rugs cost us $740 and had a price of $3400. These rugs are well made and should last forever...oh please let that be the case!
We rented a house and didn’t want the beautiful hardwood floors scratched up by our zoomy Jack Russell. We bought carpet off the roll sized to fit the rooms as big as we wanted and had the edges bound. It worked great, saved the landlord’s floors and when we moved we just rolled it up and took it with us to use again.
Hey, Nick, thanks for reminding me about ReStore. I've been wanting to do some small projects in my home, but just don't want to go pay the price for crappy looking wood at a Big Box Store. I'll take a trip over to ReStore next week to see what I can find. Who knows?!? Maybe I'll find one of those big chunks of marble for $4.00!!!!😀
That's why we subscribed, Nick - to hear your personal "tricks" you've picked up over the years. One of my favorites is "Take the cheap marble and run!" That's the only one I haven't used except for mosaic art projects. In college I remember going to import stores and getting paper hanging shades with yellowish/pink bulbs, Indian textiles, with bricks and boards for bookcases and baskets and grass cloth contact paper. I also framed fabulous art from old art books. I don't think I've ever been so satisfied by any room as I was by my $70 1974 studio apt. I loved what you said at the end about lighting - so true.
Used or bargin coffee table books that are no longer being appreciated as reading material are full of frame-worthy photos or art. You can carefully remove pages, put into inexpensive frames and change up what you have displayed on your walls. Nice way to decorate a kids room as well - you can use images from vintage kids books.
Carpet: what you suggest is exactly what I did for the nursery/kids’ rooms. I knew they would raise hell on the rugs as they grew (and they did) and I wasn’t comfortable with small area rugs and bare wooden floors in the kids’ rooms (splinters are a thing in 100 year old houses). And I didn’t want to destroy the gorgeous wood floors with full carpeting. Getting a nearly room-sized carpet and finishing the edges worked perfectly. When they left for college, the carpets came up. Easy-peasy.
As for lighting, depending on your decor, room, and style, rock lamps give off a nice ambiance too. There are different type of rock lamps which come in various sizes, shapes, heights, and colors.
I’m on a “paint and stain cheap furniture to upgrade it” journey right now with an IKEA tarva set for my bedroom. New mother of pearl and brass hardware, paint the shell gray, stain the drawers special walnut, taper the legs… wish me luck! 😬
Just one quick "tip": there's a difference between reupholstering and re-covering a piece of furniture. If the filler and springs of a piece are in good shape, you can leave all that alone and pay to have it re-covered instead of reupholstered (which usually involves replacing all the foam and batting as well as some or all of the springs). It's generally quite a bit cheaper to simply re-cover something! That said, if there's any doubt about the state of the filler and/or springs, just have it all done rather than forking-over the money to have a piece re-covered because it'd be a shame to have to redo it all in a year or two because the insides were wearing out!
I find it helpful when you mention or link your videos relevant to the topic. This video acts as the summary and quick tips and the individual videos allow me to “zoom in” and learn more about the specific tip you mentioned. It doesn’t come across as promotional content.
I have a couch and chair from the 1940's that I've had re-upholstered twice. They'e beautiful and will last forever. Only downside is that this kind of old quality furniture is heavy, heavy, heavy.
I have gone to antique auctions and paid $100 for mahogany or walnut dressers. A little cleaning to remove years of wax and grime and the beautiful wood grain is revealed. Wonderful craftsmanship and solid furniture. My husband and I also check out the rubbish piles in our neighborhood when the city has bulk pickup at least once a year. We recently got a huge solid wood picture frame and several other solid wood cabinet doors and brand new crown mouldings along with some other hardwood boards. My husband is a woodworker and can incorporate these items into his builds by cutting the wood to size. He can also refinish/ repurpose solid wood pieces that need just minor repairs for minimal cost and sell them.
When my husband and I had to renovate our home, we practically lived at the Restore. I got a good size piece of vinyl flooring for $15. It covered our bathroom and we used leftover pieces for my shed later on. I got a vintage china hutch (aka hooch storage) for a few hundred bucks, in excellent condition.
My house is full of antiques ive hAd for 40 yrs. HOWEVER I do love to hear Nicks ideas. And i love to hear his encouraging voice. He makes my day sunshine. He could work as a motivator. Thanks. Enjoy your show so much. Also keep speaking swiftly. Slow speakers Are boring.
A good source also is to befriend some local, higher-end contractors. Show up with donuts and coffee and see if they have surplus materials or are doing demo. They may let you remove cabinets so you can repurpose them. It's no cost to them and saves them disposal fees so they will just let you have it, or excess tile and things they didn't use, but the customer already paid for. Make some friends. Various trades will also have off-cuts and rejects you can get for free or super cheap.
Sometimes it's best not to ask questions 😂 I remember once going to an address on a furniture advertisement that turned out to be a warehouse full of furniture. I thought it was kind of clandestine looking but found a nice set of of dining furniture which they delivered. A while later, the same furniture guy got robbed in a parking lot dealing diamonds. Go figure what he was into!
*Re-Store & Lighting* . I'm a huge Re-Store fan. I purchased an 8 arm for my dining room with shades and a 4 arm for my kitchen for $10 each on a 50% off sale. I have also DIY'd a few 90's plaster table lamps into large vessels, a lot of 3 cost me $25. I made a back drop for a vintage metal sign using laminate flooring planks which made the piece substantial and a one of kind piece, $10.
I have had a few rugs custom made and it is interesting because it isn’t expensive. You are right. It’s a little plain but if you have carpet in one room and want something under the dining room table, it works well.
The Restores in my area are great. I can find just about anything I need there, from dishes, to decor, tools and appliances. They have just about anything you need for your home. I like vintage and antique furniture and found a washstand with Knapp joinery. I restored it and have it in my living room. Also, painting furniture is a simple and easy way to update it. I have several pieces in my home that I have refinished/painted. In addition to saving $ it is also satisfying to see the end result.
I just got a table that my grandparents bought in 1919!! Yikes I love it! It was painted black when they bought it then my cousin was gifted it and she had it for 50 years and brought it back to its original beauty and now I am blessed to have it!! ❤
ReStore also has old stuff, I'm guessing from remodels or demolition, and I picked up a metal door with a couple decorative windows for $30 for my new home office. An odd thing they had at this one was old wood veneered extra tall fire doors. You just never know.
Yes it has gotten expensive but it might be worth it if it is an heirloom piece or you are looking for something truly unique and what you have is premium quality furniture.
My city has two ReStore locations, I think. I donated furniture and some appliances to one of them when I was moving a few years ago but never thought to reverse it and check what I might want from there, lol. At some point, I'd like a dresser so my clothes aren't always in plastic totes 😂. I gave away the prior dresser since it didn't fit my style (furniture that was my mom's, then given to me in my teens), and it was just way to big. Going from one upstairs apartment to another, it would mean eventually having it brought down again once I got the new dresser and I didn't want to have to worry about finding a place that both delivered my new piece and would take away the old. It was best to just get rid of it before even loading the moving truck. But yes, thank you, Nick, for bringing up ReStore!
Funny, I was just at the ReStore today. They sell leftover materials, as you said, but they also sell the vintage doors, windows, appliances, sinks, cabinets, light fixtures, etc that get pulled out of remodels. My ReStore also has books--their books are cheaper than Goodwill books.
What a gold mine of knowledge you are, Nick! I'm going checking out quite a few of these! I have such a LOVE JONES for lighting! My lighting pinterest board is my happy place! Thanks for sharing your insider knowledge!
Love restore. You can find the coolest things there.reupholstered furniture can be so cool. Painting furniture is great unless it is fabulous wood, like teak or pecan or cherry or walnut. I love lamps.
"What truck got robbed at knifepoint in order to have these $4 marble.. that fell of the back of this van sometimes it's best not to ask questions, take the pieces and run" yup
I was looking for a spindle frame chair and found it on Google for $885 to $299 for a similar chair. I ended up getting the $299 chair at no less than Home Depot online. Surprisingly, it was better made, and the fabric much nicer than the $800 chair at a popular furniture store. You can definitely find similar items at varying prices. I love all your videos, and your advice is spot on! ❤❤❤
You know what would be awesome is if you did a video series with different design styles and best buys for each style. Different people have different styles and it would be great to see videos around each of those styles and some great items that would fit in them and best places to shop for each. Just an idea… thanks for your fantastic videos! You’ve helped me nail down what style I am after 30 years of not being able to put a finger on it! ❤️
I live in the States. I went to the warehouse for a carpeting store and purchased 16 feet of carpet off the roll. They cut it, had it bound, and delivered it. This was from the remainder of a large roll of high quality carpeting. It ran about $700 . My sister in-in-law found carpeting for her living room that she had cut into a 9ft circle. I did this previously in another house and it worked out beautifully.
I have had experience with customizing carpets for my home back in the 1970's. From Eatons actually, but I am sure any carpet seller could have, or would now do the same. I had two sizes made for the living/sunroom area, and a hall runner cut and bound. I was also able to buy underpaid so they did not slip or move around on the hardwood floors I had refinished, in a 1930's house I purchased at the time. It was very reasonable compared to individual rugs. One thing to note - I was able to get some very beautiful wool rugs doing it this way.
I just used your google lens tip on the cute floor lamp in your video that has a scalloped shade and bamboo pole. Found it ranging from $270 - $1,070! Thanks Nick.
I had an area rug made for my apartment in ‘94 - wool flat nap from a roll which they fringed for me. Kept it for more than 20 years. It was such good quality in the color I wanted. 👍
Love the advice about lamps. I inherited two antique lamps (mid century modern style) from my dear grandma and just found new shades. They are by far the best feature in my eclectic living room. Love good lamps.
We have two loveseats that were very high quality originally. We still love them. We got quotes last year to reupholster them. Even using discount fabric the cost was about $3,000 each! That was more than we could pay. So still living with the original fabric.
Slipcovers! Depending on the style of your furniture, you may be able to get good quality stretch slipcovers that may make your furniture look brand new. Look for the 2-piece ones or more to find ones with separate vest cushions. This will make it look MUCH better. Even getting this kind probably won’t cost you more than a few hundred dollars for each loveseat. If your furniture is that good quality that you were even thinking of reupholstering them, it’ll be worth it. That said, it doesn’t work for every style of sofa, so YMMV.
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I do now! Thanks again, Nick.
Is your newsletter just cover the modern design style? I'm more into traditional interiors myself.
By far this video is the most informative I’ve seen about saving money to decorate our homes. Thank you so much for giving us this information. ❤
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🙋🏻♀️Former Habitat ReStore employee here. Ours had all kinds of building and finishing materials plus furniture, appliances and decor items. It’s a place where you might have to hunt through things or check back often, but you will definitely find some unexpected gems! Ours got a lot of vintage furniture and antiques donated that you would never be able to find elsewhere.
Best store ever!
Such a great place! I don't have one near me anymore and I miss that place! Have found some major gems.
I just got a dresser for my boys there yesterday! Question for you if you’re willing - I often haggle the price when I do intend to purchase and sometimes they’re totally willing to haggle the price and some locations act like they’ve never had someone try to negotiate prices. What’s your experience with that - is there some sort of policy?
@@evam4182 as far as I know, there is no official policy, but at our store we expected haggling! It never bothered us. Maybe it varies by location?
I bought a brand new farmhouse cast iron sink by Kohler (which retailed for $1800) for $100 at our Habitat ReStore ❤ & it was still in the original box 👀 . Maybe it didn’t fit in the original customer’s sink area 🤷🏼♀️ but it fit mine 🥳
FYI: best to take your measurements for whatever you are looking for when you shop there.
I've literally saved £1000s searching for 'white label' goods thanks to Nick's video on the subject. A bath tub I wanted was £2000 at a luxury bathroom store, I found it elsewhere for £950 🙏🏻💕 I'm doing it for everything in our renovation. Thank you so much Nick!
Do you know if there are any re store type stores in the UK?
@@razamughal4582 do you mean like Home Sense and TJ Maxx? We have them. TJ Maxx is TK Maxx though 🤣
There’s a ReStore right down the road from me and when I bought my house and gutted it, I donated some of the materials to them, then found an attic staircase for $75 (saving nearly $400). Then the contractors left a lot of materials here and I turned around and donated those too. If you’re a shrewd shopper, you can get all kinds of stuff there and it’s a universally worthy cause.
And they often give you coupons when you donate stuff too!
I did a show with a community theater group that played in a local church (don't ask!). There was only one set, and it required a staircase. Which had to be "built to fit." Well, it was built to fit a Habitat for Humanity project, and was donated to that house when the (very short) run was over. I was highly impressed.
Sometimes it’s best not to ask questions. Just take the marble and run 🤣🤣🤣
His comedic timing is hilarious. 😂
Love his explanation on how the $4 marble got to the store 😂
All your vids are priceless. Take the marble and run ….. lololol
I think that was the original name of an old Steve Miller song, "Take the Marble and Run"
I couldn't find anything online about why the word was changed to Money. I prefer Marble, and I'm guessing by all the comments here, lots of people would.😅
Nick's #1 Pro Secret for saving money: sometimes it's best just not to ask questions, okay? 😂😂😂😂😂😂 LOVE IT
Take the cheap marble and run!
We call that “start the car” after an IKEA ad from years ago.
“Some of my videos aren’t that great” ….says my #1 favorite design UA-camr. You are fantastic, Nick. Thank you for the ideas and humor.
It's true about the lighting! A famous lamp manufacturer had a demo hotel room that they lit 3 ways. In certain light, it looked like a cheap hotel - and you can guess the rest. In other light the exact same space looked like a 5 star hotel room. I found it shocking and I'll never forget the power of good lighting.
Is this on UA-cam? I'd love to see this.
@@helenmudge9989 Same, would also like to see.
Sorry, no. I saw this in real life...@@helenmudge9989
One more resource for free of cost decoration that is normally ignored: Shadows. Put a spot light hidden behing a plant and you can decorate a full wall or ceiling for the evening and night. Same during sunlight, plants or well chosen patterns in front of a window can create a similar effect. Shadows can be abstract and subtle but they can be very effective, sometimes friends tell me "I like your home, but I dont know why". And thats why, shadows.
I would love to hear more tips on this!
Don’t say “some of my videos aren’t that great.” You’re amazing!!! So thankful for your channel!!!
Completely agree -- but it made me laugh so hard! Thank you for saying that, Nick!
I'm in Maine USA, "Vacation Land", the antique shops here charge higher prices in the spring/summer, when people are here on vacation. I shop late fall and winter when prices are down.
Many blessings!!!💖💖💖
I live in Fort Lauderdale, FL and we charge the same prices (with exception of global companies' presence of cruises/flights/hotel stays) and our local prices are the SAME. If you buy a hamburger in winter, or a lamp, or a pair of pants, the prices are the SAME. What kind of BS is that that you RIP OFF tourists with inflated prices? Remind me to avoid "vacation land" Maine.
@@suecampbell4811 Unkind. You do you and they do themselves.
@@suecampbell4811I live in Florida as well and that’s not my experience. Maybe you’re lucky but that’s not what happens in more popular vacation locations. There’s a difference between snowbird season and not. Note: this last year or so is completely bonkers for prices.
@@suecampbell4811 Having been a tourist in Florida, I can tell you that you DO have inflated prices for all things tourist-attracting during the more popular vacation times compared to the other times of the year. All tourist hubs do that. That's one of the reasons people will recommend traveling in the off-season. You can save a lot of money.
@@suecampbell4811 oh honey.. you realize in most tourist areas around the world is ripping everyone in the area off all the time, let alone just the tourist for just a portion of the year..
Carpet people will bind the rug, and they will add custom boarders. I had a corporate logo put into a rug, then had it bound and it was actually cheaper then buying a regular rug. Carpet people are amazing.
also ask if they have remnants - a large piece of carpet left over from someone else's job is even cheaper than buying from the roll, and the carpet company will then cut it to your size and bind it for a reasonable fee,
I canNOT believe Nick passed up the opportunity on that sheepskin chair. No sarcastic comment? Sheep with legs? Muppet chair? Nick, are you ok?!
It looks like a tiny highland cow 🤔
lol, I look forward to those comments! 😅
@@bricksloth6920I love highland cows 🥹
Bahhhhh ha ha the pause before he called it cute. 😂
He HAS one of those - yes he showed it and I am STILL reeling. Nick, THAT makes me ask if you're ok.
I worked in a very good carpet store, we did quite a few custom rugs. We had gorgeous all wool carpets that we would custom cut and then we would send them off to a local person who would finish them with or without fringe. It was a relatively inexpensive way to get a nice wool rug.
All solid tips, Nick, as you said. My only quibble would be on reupholstering. It might be different in the US and Canada, but it is a really costly thing to do here in Australia. Still worth it for a sentimental piece or designer find - I am saving to have my grandfather's wingback chair recovered - but it is cheaper here to buy a new designer chair than have my old one recovered. Lots of videos showing people buying fabric cheaply at a store and having their thrift find recovered, but you also need to be careful to buy fabric of sufficient weight and tightness of weave, than will not rub or pill.
It's very expensive in the states, at least the places where I have lived.
I live in the same city as Nick and it cost me $6k to reupholster a sofa that has been passed down in my family for generations. So definitely cheaper to buy new unless it’s very high quality, or sentimental value.
Edit: Having said that, it would have been cheaper if I didn’t fall in love with and chose a super expensive fabric 😂. He also did redid the cushioning and stain on the wood frame.
@@jeanallan8106 the fabric can make it super expensive. I reupholstered my couch after one of my cats destroyed it. I chose a fabric that cats can't scratch 👍, my couch destroyer is no longer with us 😢.
The foam is definitely the most expensive part, & it’s so important to get the right kind, especially for the seat. I did a lot of research just on that aspect.
everything is expensive in Canada and don't forget the exchange rate
I tried to go the buy old & reupholster route to save money. We found some amazing high quality 60s chairs- a his & hers set that went perfectly with our existing couch for under $800. The re-upholstery of just one chair was over $2K. And they're tiny chairs and used very low cost material. I could've gotten new chairs in the fabric of my choice for WAY less. So, depending on where you live, it's not always a good deal. Sometimes businesses see someone wanting to recover an item that's quality enough to do that with as their meal ticket. Sadly, this seems to be the result of a throwaway society. Most people where I live just toss their stuff after a few years. Reupholstery isn't cheap unless you do it yourself.
Yes it has gotten expensive but it might be worth it if it is an heirloom piece or you are looking for something truly unique and what you have is premium quality furniture.
In the UK it's probably only worth reupholstering if your furniture is expensive, or it's really cheap and you do it yourself. I've certainly recovered a few stools with a scrap of fabric and a staple gun.
Totally agree with reupholstering being expensive. But a lot a new furniture is poorly/cheaply made so it may be worth paying more in the end.
I am not sure why you didn’t get quotes.
And I'll repeat myself: Never pay someone else to do what you can do for yourself! It's way, way cheaper.
Love my local Habitat for Humanity! Just found a beautiful 7’x7’ WOOL rug with tags attached! (Listed online from vendors listing at 7-8 times the price I paid) I am currently searching for some tile to redo my kitchen backsplash-patience is a virtue. Thank you Nick, you are a treasure!
Great video! I want to add some thing that I found when I shopped at restore.
We were trying to find two exterior French doors that did not have a stem between them. Not sure if stem is the right word, but when we went to Home Depot and all the big box stores, all we found were exterior doors that still had that floor to ceiling stem in the middle of them with where they close together. I think it was because the area we lived in was generally on the colder side, so they felt that no one would want two doors that opened fully without a stem in between.
But we did! Lol
We happen to go to restore, and there they were! We literally could not find them in our province, but we found them at restore.
So sometimes it’s not cheaper. It’s actually the product you were looking for and couldn’t find elsewhere!
And the fact that the money goes to Habitat for Humanity is also an extra lovely win! ❤
We don't have a restore in my area. However, the landfill has an enclosed space that has left over doors and paint and random construction items available to the public. You don't know what you'll find, but I guess it's worth a look.
and it is free! I miss the day (years back) when you could forage yourself among all the stuff that builders would dump there as there was nowhere else to put it where I lived....
I have done the carpet cut to my room size - the supplier finished the raw edges. Worked perfectly!
Is that expensive…to have edges finished?
It really isn’t expensive, but I don’t remember the exact cost. The carpet store will tell you upfront what it will cost based on your carpet size.
This doesn't have much to do specifically with your video, but I went to Home Sense this week and I kept thinking of you the whole time--like you were going to pop out of some huge basket and poke fun at me! 😂 I didn't buy anything mirrored, though. Points?
Get some Ikea cotton curtains with the back tabs, long enough to go floor to ceiling. They’re flimsy so plan on two pair per window. For forty bucks, it’s instant luxe. Get a remnant of expensive fabric and make a small throw pillow to add to your cheapies. Get a marble or travertine tray for you coffee table. Makes any table from the side of the road look fabulous. If you have a dining room, clean off the table, and get a lidded, chunky vase - it can be cheap and ugly - put fresh flowers in it and bang. Put a $40 mirror from Home Goods across from a window to light up and enlarge the room. Go online and find incandescent bulbs. Uh-oh, I hear the police pulling up. Good luck!
Why incandescent bulbs? Pretty much any style of bulbs you want can be found in LED nowadays
@@kw7378a1 They might be thinking that you need incandescent to get "warm white"
@@kw7378a1 Eye health. (But I don't want to start a war, here.)
What is a lidded vase?
Estate sales have never let me down. I've bought expensive furniture for way, way less than buying new plus no one else has it.
If you have an architectural salvage place in your area those are worth checking out as well. They have some pre-owned but high quality lighting, cabinets etc
Oh, wow... I Googled "architectural salvage near me" and found the coolest store I never knew existed, even after living here 10 years! Thanks for this!
Well this has just changed my life for the better! It totally makes sense that such places exist, but I never thought about them existing before, and now I have discovered there is one near me full of beautiful, unique pieces I can't wait to check out in person.
I love architectural salvage places. I found so many great things.
Growing up my parents got all our rugs from a carpet remnant store. At home we just hot glued around the edges to keep it from fraying and done! Cheap and easy ❤
My big tip for saving money and making my space look better is having less furniture. Skip end tables. It's way easier to put your drink on the coffee table in front of you, so ditch the end tables, get some cute wall mounted lights. Less dusting and easier vacuuming as a bonus.
but then where do i put my cute lamps?
@@philtastic4 thrift store donation! Because I realized we never turned them on. We just dusted them.
Or use end tables and ditch the coffee table.
@@MyFocusVariesi guess it depends on the person because I use my table lamps religiously
@@murielbaith5445That's what I did. I don't even have a couch and coffee table in my 2-bedroom house because there is nowhere to put it. My living room is simply not big enough and it would look out of place, anyway.
"Sometimes it's best just not to ask questions." BWAHAHAHAHA I love it!
When my generation was just starting out in life in the mid-70's, one way to get carpeting was to raid the trash bins of carpet stores and combine enough remnants to cover your floor. I have seen patchwork carpeting apartments. I don't think Nick would approve (to say the least), but it was better than cold feet.
Yes, definitely. I remember taping together old carpet sample squares to make a huge rug...😊
Great for kids rooms, basements, bonus rooms and the like!
Super duper video! So helpful. I find your UA-cam delivery so witty and amusing. And, you’re a cutie, too. I’ve gone backwards and am watching all your videos. Was so sorry to hear about you long term partner breakup,but I’ve found that one never knows what the future holds and should alwats hope for the best. I speak as a female with 72 years of experience! Please Keep up the great work with your channel. I know that you have many of us out here who are always looking forward to your next video.
I want to add consignment stores! They often have brand new furniture but with some minor defects that wouldn't allow them to sell in the name brand store
YES! The Re-Store is such a great place. I never ask questions.
I feel SO much better. Just used your tips to see that my designer is charging me $200 LESS for the media console she ordered for me than what I can find online.
One inexpensive tip to share: move your furniture. Sometimes it's moving the sofa, tables, and lamps around and you'll have a more interesting place. Also, painting the space helps a lot, too.
yeah moving furniture also helps make doing a deep clean and declutter a lot easier with the process. and putting down a new layer of paint on the walls helps so much! people are so surprised that white paint can fade and get layers of grime over time and look drab, a new coat can really wake up a space.
I like restore places. I got a door for $25. Solid wood. Can't beat that. And a friend of mine was able to build most of her little outbuilding with just the supplies from that store. Including a little sink, a little countertop, flooring, windows, etc.
On Nick's recommendation I bought a couch cover from Bemz, to transform an Ikea couch. It's beautiful.
YES, lamps! Bonus tip. You can find some really beautiful lamps for cheap at antique and resale stores.
Ebay and Etsy are great for that. All my lamps are from there.
So true! We bought all of our lamps at antique stores, and even one from ReStore! Had'em rewired, and they are beautiful, unique, and even with the rewiring, they came to less than a $100 each 😃
@@7binaz109 how did you find someone to rewire them?
14:40 I was given some old wingback armchairs. I didn't like the fabric therefore, I'd found some great wingback armchair slipcovers from Amazon. When people visit my home they think that the chairs have been reupholstered.
I never buy anything without doing a Google image search first. And not just furniture. I have found the exact same items for a fraction of the cost. For instance I saw a hose holder on Pottery Barn's website on sale for $53 and the same one was available on Walmart for $38 and I think I paid $32 for it on Amazon. One thing that's surprised me is how often items from higher end retail sites are also for sale at Home Depot for much less.
I bought my kids beautiful table lamps for their bedrooms. When they moved out, I said take whatever you want or can use...the first thing they all said , "I want my lamp!" Now, they use them in their living rooms. A good lamp is never a waste of money!
There has been a bit of a trend of influencers buying clothes/items that have identical images but are sent from different retailers, and comparing the quality. They usually buy one of each price point, from the shockingly cheap to the kinda expensive. None of them look like the image on the website lol
It would be interesting to see you do something similar, maybe with chairs or a side table
Omg, Nick. You rock! Thanks so much for the Restore info. I had no idea we have like five of these in each surrounding county.
I always loved wing chairs but they are way out of my budget. So on a whim I bought 3 from my local Restore (2 matching & 1 different style) on sale for a whopping $36.10!! All have really good wood & springs, just needed new foam & material. So I bought all the tools & supplies, including books, & learned how to reupholster them myself!! One is complete, the twin is in the process & the other I hope to start & finish this summer. Probably have about $1000 in supplies, 😂, like a decent pneumatic staple gun & air compressor, but I’m still going to come out ahead. I’ve learned so much in the process (like, who knew furniture coverings were STAPLED together?!) & I fell in love with reupholstering! I now also have a few other pieces in my list of things to re-cover!
I also learned to reupholstery by watching videos and then buying supplies. Even did piping, which makes the couch I did look professional. My old sewing machine handled the sewing work when I learned heavy duty needles were the way to go. I bought the fabric at a discount outlet for upholstery, good quality stuff. Bought zippers in a large roll. Only thing I regret was using a battery staple gun. But I wasn't going to invest in an air compressor.
I'd also add that doing a lot of work yourself is a great way to spend money - when I don't know how to do something, I ask the UA-cam Dad community. There's always a video explaining how to do a lot of the smaller reno tasks (and it's not always a Dad, of course, but when I changed out my faucet, I followed along with a video where a dude started it off by saying "Hi Kids!," so there we are)
Best not to ask questions. Best advice ever. Thanks, as always.
I DID go to a carpet supplier and bought some commercial grade colorful carpet and selected a border and they made us a beautiful area rug for a large room. The price was great and they made it the way we asked for it. The only thing was - and I warn you to check out - the back of the rug looked very rough. You could see how they put the carpet and border together because of the GLUE all over the back! They did the job as best they could - the rug lasted for a couple of years before it tore apart. Now we have hand-knotted (the back is gorgeous), wool, one-of-a-kind area rugs from Wayfair (our biggest rug is 10' x 14' and had a ridiculous price of $10k - we bought it for $2500). Another of their rugs cost us $740 and had a price of $3400. These rugs are well made and should last forever...oh please let that be the case!
We rented a house and didn’t want the beautiful hardwood floors scratched up by our zoomy Jack Russell. We bought carpet off the roll sized to fit the rooms as big as we wanted and had the edges bound. It worked great, saved the landlord’s floors and when we moved we just rolled it up and took it with us to use again.
Hey, Nick, thanks for reminding me about ReStore. I've been wanting to do some small projects in my home, but just don't want to go pay the price for crappy looking wood at a Big Box Store. I'll take a trip over to ReStore next week to see what I can find. Who knows?!? Maybe I'll find one of those big chunks of marble for $4.00!!!!😀
We have done two rugs by going through carpet stores. They had it bound for me. Beautiful and thrilled with results.
That's why we subscribed, Nick - to hear your personal "tricks" you've picked up over the years. One of my favorites is "Take the cheap marble and run!" That's the only one I haven't used except for mosaic art projects. In college I remember going to import stores and getting paper hanging shades with yellowish/pink bulbs, Indian textiles, with bricks and boards for bookcases and baskets and grass cloth contact paper. I also framed fabulous art from old art books. I don't think I've ever been so satisfied by any room as I was by my $70 1974 studio apt. I loved what you said at the end about lighting - so true.
Used or bargin coffee table books that are no longer being appreciated as reading material are full of frame-worthy photos or art. You can carefully remove pages, put into inexpensive frames and change up what you have displayed on your walls. Nice way to decorate a kids room as well - you can use images from vintage kids books.
Carpet: what you suggest is exactly what I did for the nursery/kids’ rooms. I knew they would raise hell on the rugs as they grew (and they did) and I wasn’t comfortable with small area rugs and bare wooden floors in the kids’ rooms (splinters are a thing in 100 year old houses). And I didn’t want to destroy the gorgeous wood floors with full carpeting. Getting a nearly room-sized carpet and finishing the edges worked perfectly. When they left for college, the carpets came up. Easy-peasy.
We have done the custom carpet because we needed a big size. It’s amazing.
As for lighting, depending on your decor, room, and style, rock lamps give off a nice ambiance too. There are different type of rock lamps which come in various sizes, shapes, heights, and colors.
"It's probably best not to ask questions. Take that cheap marble and run." 😂😂
I’m on a “paint and stain cheap furniture to upgrade it” journey right now with an IKEA tarva set for my bedroom. New mother of pearl and brass hardware, paint the shell gray, stain the drawers special walnut, taper the legs… wish me luck! 😬
How did it turn out??
Just one quick "tip": there's a difference between reupholstering and re-covering a piece of furniture. If the filler and springs of a piece are in good shape, you can leave all that alone and pay to have it re-covered instead of reupholstered (which usually involves replacing all the foam and batting as well as some or all of the springs). It's generally quite a bit cheaper to simply re-cover something!
That said, if there's any doubt about the state of the filler and/or springs, just have it all done rather than forking-over the money to have a piece re-covered because it'd be a shame to have to redo it all in a year or two because the insides were wearing out!
I find it helpful when you mention or link your videos relevant to the topic. This video acts as the summary and quick tips and the individual videos allow me to “zoom in” and learn more about the specific tip you mentioned. It doesn’t come across as promotional content.
I've had carpet cut to size and bound. I needed a 14x14 ft rug. It worked great. I would do this again.
I have a couch and chair from the 1940's that I've had re-upholstered twice. They'e beautiful and will last forever. Only downside is that this kind of old quality furniture is heavy, heavy, heavy.
I have gone to antique auctions and paid $100 for mahogany or walnut dressers. A little cleaning to remove years of wax and grime and the beautiful wood grain is revealed. Wonderful craftsmanship and solid furniture. My husband and I also check out the rubbish piles in our neighborhood when the city has bulk pickup at least once a year. We recently got a huge solid wood picture frame and several other solid wood cabinet doors and brand new crown mouldings along with some other hardwood boards. My husband is a woodworker and can incorporate these items into his builds by cutting the wood to size. He can also refinish/ repurpose solid wood pieces that need just minor repairs for minimal cost and sell them.
not asking questions about the stolen marble. I didn't expect to be saying this about you, Nick, but THAT'S SO FRIGGIN BASED 😭❤🔥 it's giving praxis
When my husband and I had to renovate our home, we practically lived at the Restore. I got a good size piece of vinyl flooring for $15. It covered our bathroom and we used leftover pieces for my shed later on. I got a vintage china hutch (aka hooch storage) for a few hundred bucks, in excellent condition.
My house is full of antiques ive hAd for 40 yrs. HOWEVER I do love to hear Nicks ideas. And i love to hear his encouraging voice. He makes my day sunshine. He could work as a motivator. Thanks. Enjoy your show so much. Also keep speaking swiftly. Slow speakers Are boring.
A good source also is to befriend some local, higher-end contractors. Show up with donuts and coffee and see if they have surplus materials or are doing demo. They may let you remove cabinets so you can repurpose them. It's no cost to them and saves them disposal fees so they will just let you have it, or excess tile and things they didn't use, but the customer already paid for. Make some friends. Various trades will also have off-cuts and rejects you can get for free or super cheap.
Sometimes it's best not to ask questions 😂 I remember once going to an address on a furniture advertisement that turned out to be a warehouse full of furniture. I thought it was kind of clandestine looking but found a nice set of of dining furniture which they delivered. A while later, the same furniture guy got robbed in a parking lot dealing diamonds. Go figure what he was into!
*Re-Store & Lighting* . I'm a huge Re-Store fan. I purchased an 8 arm for my dining room with shades and a 4 arm for my kitchen for $10 each on a 50% off sale. I have also DIY'd a few 90's plaster table lamps into large vessels, a lot of 3 cost me $25. I made a back drop for a vintage metal sign using laminate flooring planks which made the piece substantial and a one of kind piece, $10.
I have had a few rugs custom made and it is interesting because it isn’t expensive. You are right. It’s a little plain but if you have carpet in one room and want something under the dining room table, it works well.
The Restores in my area are great. I can find just about anything I need there, from dishes, to decor, tools and appliances. They have just about anything you need for your home. I like vintage and antique furniture and found a washstand with Knapp joinery. I restored it and have it in my living room. Also, painting furniture is a simple and easy way to update it. I have several pieces in my home that I have refinished/painted. In addition to saving $ it is also satisfying to see the end result.
I just got a table that my grandparents bought in 1919!! Yikes I love it! It was painted black when they bought it then my cousin was gifted it and she had it for 50 years and brought it back to its original beauty and now I am blessed to have it!! ❤
Hi Nick, I watch your videos because your tips and mainly your stand up comedian soul.
Very acute sense of humor 😂 . We ❤ Nick
Fresh haircut 💇♂️
Love Nick!💜
ReStore also has old stuff, I'm guessing from remodels or demolition, and I picked up a metal door with a couple decorative windows for $30 for my new home office. An odd thing they had at this one was old wood veneered extra tall fire doors. You just never know.
Here in Southern CA reupholsting can cost as much as brand new furniture piece
Yes it has gotten expensive but it might be worth it if it is an heirloom piece or you are looking for something truly unique and what you have is premium quality furniture.
My city has two ReStore locations, I think. I donated furniture and some appliances to one of them when I was moving a few years ago but never thought to reverse it and check what I might want from there, lol. At some point, I'd like a dresser so my clothes aren't always in plastic totes 😂. I gave away the prior dresser since it didn't fit my style (furniture that was my mom's, then given to me in my teens), and it was just way to big. Going from one upstairs apartment to another, it would mean eventually having it brought down again once I got the new dresser and I didn't want to have to worry about finding a place that both delivered my new piece and would take away the old. It was best to just get rid of it before even loading the moving truck.
But yes, thank you, Nick, for bringing up ReStore!
Funny, I was just at the ReStore today. They sell leftover materials, as you said, but they also sell the vintage doors, windows, appliances, sinks, cabinets, light fixtures, etc that get pulled out of remodels. My ReStore also has books--their books are cheaper than Goodwill books.
I did the Google lens search on my office bookcase. Save literally 4k!
What a gold mine of knowledge you are, Nick! I'm going checking out quite a few of these! I have such a LOVE JONES for lighting! My lighting pinterest board is my happy place! Thanks for sharing your insider knowledge!
I live in Northern Europe and sometimes normal building supply stores have off-cut sales, kinda like ReStore that was mentioned here!
My mum always used to do a rug made from carpet , then get it bordered , great value for money , great tips Nick, 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤛🏻🇬🇧xxx
Love restore. You can find the coolest things there.reupholstered furniture can be so cool. Painting furniture is great unless it is fabulous wood, like teak or pecan or cherry or walnut. I love lamps.
Not only great tips but entertaining as well.
"What truck got robbed at knifepoint in order to have these $4 marble.. that fell of the back of this van sometimes it's best not to ask questions, take the pieces and run" yup
I was looking for a spindle frame chair and found it on Google for $885 to $299 for a similar chair. I ended up getting the $299 chair at no less than Home Depot online. Surprisingly, it was better made, and the fabric much nicer than the $800 chair at a popular furniture store. You can definitely find similar items at varying prices.
I love all your videos, and your advice is spot on! ❤❤❤
Custom sized carpet works very well when one needs a non-standard size area rug. Many carpet retailers will custom make an area rug out of carpet.
You know what would be awesome is if you did a video series with different design styles and best buys for each style. Different people have different styles and it would be great to see videos around each of those styles and some great items that would fit in them and best places to shop for each. Just an idea… thanks for your fantastic videos! You’ve helped me nail down what style I am after 30 years of not being able to put a finger on it! ❤️
ReStore also sometimes has furniture. The one near me had a ton of bar stools from a nearby hotel's renovation.
Nick, your delivery is my new happy place.
I live in the States. I went to the warehouse for a carpeting store and purchased 16 feet of carpet off the roll. They cut it, had it bound, and delivered it. This was from the remainder of a large roll of high quality carpeting. It ran about $700 . My sister in-in-law found carpeting for her living room that she had cut into a 9ft circle. I did this previously in another house and it worked out beautifully.
I have had experience with customizing carpets for my home back in the 1970's. From Eatons actually, but I am sure any carpet seller could have, or would now do the same. I had two sizes made for the living/sunroom area, and a hall runner cut and bound. I was also able to buy underpaid so they did not slip or move around on the hardwood floors I had refinished, in a 1930's house I purchased at the time. It was very reasonable compared to individual rugs. One thing to note - I was able to get some very beautiful wool rugs doing it this way.
You're right, I didn't know about re-store and it is a gold mine of new and used items. There's four location in Toronto
An upholstery shop can replace the foam or stuffing in a saggy chair or couch. It will be pricey because they use the good stuff but well worth it.
I just used your google lens tip on the cute floor lamp in your video that has a scalloped shade and bamboo pole. Found it ranging from $270 - $1,070! Thanks Nick.
A bit different, but I used it recently and found the same earrings for between £20 - £200 on different websites!
Nick's humble is the next level 😂 all your videos are not bad, but this one is solid , and it helps you save $!
Bemz is a great store, spiced up my discontinued, 12 year old Ikea sofa twice already!
I had an area rug made for my apartment in ‘94 - wool flat nap from a roll which they fringed for me. Kept it for more than 20 years. It was such good quality in the color I wanted. 👍
I love ReStore! Never knew about carpet stores for rugs. I think I will search out that for our living room - needs a 9x12.
Nick: “I don’t know where you live.”
😂😂😂
Remnant stores are amazing. Fully concur on the ReStore front.
This has been one of your most useful videos ever. Thank you so much, & I will be saving it for future shopping "trips."
Love the advice about lamps. I inherited two antique lamps (mid century modern style) from my dear grandma and just found new shades. They are by far the best feature in my eclectic living room. Love good lamps.
We have two loveseats that were very high quality originally. We still love them. We got quotes last year to reupholster them. Even using discount fabric the cost was about $3,000 each! That was more than we could pay. So still living with the original fabric.
Slipcovers! Depending on the style of your furniture, you may be able to get good quality stretch slipcovers that may make your furniture look brand new. Look for the 2-piece ones or more to find ones with separate vest cushions. This will make it look MUCH better. Even getting this kind probably won’t cost you more than a few hundred dollars for each loveseat. If your furniture is that good quality that you were even thinking of reupholstering them, it’ll be worth it. That said, it doesn’t work for every style of sofa, so YMMV.