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Save or Splurge: Home Edition

  • Writer: Carolyn Stanton
    Carolyn Stanton
  • Aug 29
  • 2 min read

Designing your home with high quality brand furniture instantly elevates its sense of class and perceived value by showcasing craftsmanship, and style.


Brands like Restoration Hardware, Roche Bobois, Minotti, or Jonathan Adler are popular choices for pieces that serve as both functional furniture and artful statements. These high-end items are often made from premium materials—such as solid woods, Italian leathers, and handwoven textiles—and feature meticulous attention to detail.

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When integrated into a well-balanced design, designer furniture increases your home's appeal to discerning buyers who recognize and appreciate quality - but there’s more than meets the eye. If you’re looking for home renovation tips, check out our guide: Renovate Your Home to Add Major Value.


How many times have you walked into a home, and been surprised to learn that a piece was a total steal? That elegant wood beam - actually painted styrofoam? Here’s our favorite “save or splurge” design buys to have you living in luxury.


Lighting:

We’ve all seen the elegant crystal lighting collections from top brands like Arhaus or Restoration Hardware. But there is no need to spend $4,000+ on a chandelier when you could get a similar style for a few hundred. Instead, put that money towards home renovations that actually increase your property’s value (re-sanding and staining old wood floors or replacing old tile).


If you like selections like these:

Restoration Hardware: $3,595
Restoration Hardware: $3,595
Pottery Barn: $1,499
Pottery Barn: $1,499

Shop these instead:

Villo Home: $380
Villo Home: $380
Lewouer Lighting: $264.95
Lewouer Lighting: $264.95

Beds:

Nothing says drama like an overstated bedroom set with heavy hardwood, and rustic handcrafted style. Do you like these pieces?

Perigold: $5,229
Perigold: $5,229
Palmer: $3,299
Palmer: $3,299

If you do, try these canopy design beds instead:

Home Depot: $499
Home Depot: $499

Dramatic L Shaped Couches:

Nothing modernizes a living room quite like an elegant oversized sectional. With a dramatic L-shape you can spread out while elevating the look of your most trafficked room.


Love these sectionals?

Jonathan Adler: $12,000
Jonathan Adler: $12,000
Pottery Barn: $7,246
Pottery Barn: $7,246

Opt for these instead:

Bob’s Furniture: $1,999
Bob’s Furniture: $1,999
Wayfair: $589
Wayfair: $589

Gym Equipment:

Did you know you could get equipment just as good as top manufacturers from drop shipping sites like Aliexpress, Amazon, SaleHoo or Spocket.


Would you love a state-of-the-art treadmill, rack for weights, elliptical or rowing machine? Check out these great buys.

Spocket: $234
Spocket: $234
Aliexpress: $121.65
Aliexpress: $121.65
Amazon $109
Amazon $109

Ready to adorn your space? Let us know your favorite buys at @Wealth_Elf.

 
 
 

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