Furnishing a whole apartment at once
Furnishing one room at a time is easier on the budget and harder on the nerves. Doing a whole apartment in one go means one set of decisions, one delivery to plan around, and a place that works from the first week rather than the third month.
What you get
- Help thinking through what each room actually needs before anything is chosen
Step by step
- 1
Work out the rooms
Count the rooms and note the size of each one if you know it. Photographs of empty rooms are more useful than a floor plan, because they show where the windows, doors and radiators are.
- 2
Sort it into now and later
Beds, seating and somewhere to eat come first. Side tables, bookcases and the second armchair can wait until you know where you put things down.
- 3
See the main pieces in person
A sofa and a mattress are worth sitting on and lying on. The smaller pieces can be chosen from a photograph, but those two cannot.
Quoted after a visit
Quoted after a visit. What a whole apartment comes to depends on how many rooms you are furnishing and which pieces you choose, so there is no single number worth putting here.
- Anybody moving into an unfurnished apartment with nothing to bring
- People on a deadline, where a move in date decides everything
- Anybody who would rather make all the decisions in one week than over six months
About apartment furnishing packages
A bed and mattress per bedroom, seating and a coffee table for the living room, and a table and chairs to eat at. Everything after that is worth living without for a few weeks, so you learn where you actually need it.
The living room wall the sofa will go against, the bedroom walls, and the narrowest point on the way in. Those three numbers prevent most of the problems.
What this usually involves buying
Come and sit on it
Bring your measurements. The doorway, the turn at the top of the stairs, and the wall it has to go against. Those three numbers prevent most of the problems.