Mistakes people make when buying Furniture and how to avoid them

Buying furniture is among the biggest purchases you will make after buying a house.

In this special report the experts at Furniture Sir Plus will show you the most common mistakes people make when buying furniture as well as how to avoid them.

#1.  Thinking that shopping for the right kind of furniture will be easy. Are you one of those people who think that choosing the right kind of furniture for your house will be very easy and simple? If the answer is yes you are not alone! Most people think that it will be. But the truth is, it is not. There are plenty of things that it makes sense to shop around in local mom and pop stores for but Furniture is not one of them. You want to go to a store with a large enough selection that you will most likely find something in it the first time you go. There are very few things in life as annoying as driving from store to store for days because you cannot find a piece everyone agrees on

#2 Trying to save money by buying second hand furniture or purchasing furniture that is not made from good quality materials.

 This mistake is something that most of us make; not just in buying furniture but also in buying anything. If you think about it, furniture really is kind of expensive, its just that kind of thing. By buying furniture made out of cheap materials you end up just having to pay again and again for repairs and new stuff. If you are on a budget make sure that the store you go to offers financing that you will be approved for and layaway plans

#3 Buying from Stores were the staff don't have an even basic knowledge of the things they are trying to sell you.

This is a mistake that is perhaps the worst as well as most common. Ask the staff questions about the furniture you are looking at. A fe good questions to ask might be:

 1.) What density is the foam in these sofa cushions? (Higher end sofas should have 1.5 density and higher lower end ones 1.4 to 1.0)

2.) How are the drawers on this dresser constructed? (any bedroom that is more than 200.00

should have drawers constructed with either french or English Dovetail which means that the pieces of wood interlock like a puzzle and are not just nailed together.)

3.)How many coils does this Mattress have? (average is about 460 coil any mattress over 800.00 should have at least 720)

Follow these simple steps and your experience buying furniture will be easy… and maybe even fun!

The one easy step you can take that will decrease your child's chance of being involved in drugs by over 50%.

Drug addiction is perhaps the largest problem facing our youth today particularly in Urban and low income areas. Although there are no guaranteed ways to insure our children's protection there are steps that can be taken that significantly lessen the chances of this problem affecting your children. 

 In this post we will walk you through one easy step that will make your child %50 less likely to become just another statistic in the war on drugs.

The percentage of teens that used drugs in the past year are truly frightening and staggering, but perhaps even more frightening are the statistics on how many teens knew were they could easily obtain drugs. Here are the rates, reported by teens,  as to which drugs they knew how to obtain easily:

*  Marijuana: 85.8%  

* Amphetamines: 55.4%  

* Cocaine: 47.8% 

*  Barbiturates: 46.3%  

* Crack: 39.2% 

* LSD: 33.1%  

* Tranquilizers: 30.1% 

*  Heroin: 29.6% 

*  Crystal meth: 26.7%  

* PCP: 24.2%

(Source "Drug Use: Youth," Bureau of Justice Statistics. U.S. Department of Justice. [Online.] )

What these numbers show is that almost half of the teens in the ENTIRE U.S.A. said they knew were they could easily obtain such deadly & powerful addictive drugs like Coke or Crack; the scary thing is that in inner city and urban communities like ours the rates are a whole lot higher.

A study conducted by CASA (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse) showed conclusively that children in families who eat at least one meal together are:

300% less (3 times) likely to try marijuana

250% (2.5 times) less likely to smoke cigarettes

150% (1.5 times) less likely to try alcohol

These studies also show that the older kids are, the more they may need this protected time together, but the LESS likely they are to get it. Although a majority of 12-year-olds in the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) study said they had dinner with a parent seven nights a week, only a quarter of 17-year-olds did.

The Studies also show that kids who eat with their families get better grades in school and have a more positive attitude about their future.

Of course (like many things!) this is not so simple, there are some risks to eating together as a family. In order to be successful, family dinners must be enjoyable -- for you, for your spouse (if you have one), and for your kids. If everyone is tense, irritable or unhappy, there won't be a lot of conversation, bonding or other benefits.

Here is how to avoid those risks:

1.) Speak about subjects that your children like to talk about. Dinner is not the time to talk to them about cleaning their room or improving their grades.

2.) Don't force them to finish their plates and don't get insulted if they don't. Remember this should be a time when your child or teen feels they can relax and feel at home

3.) Its fine if its simple. Just because your all sitting down doesn't mean you have to make a Thanksgiving Dinner every night!

4.) Last and most importantly make your home as physically appealing as possible on the inside. Make sure it has an inviting comfortable feel to it. Look around your house, are the dining room chairs chipped or is the sofa worn out? It may cost some money to buy new furniture, but remember if your child or teen isn't proud of and comfortable in the rooms in your house they are much less likely to enjoy or even attend the meals you will put together. Spend some time deciding how to best make whatever space you have in your home as nice as possible; and make sure to only buy furnishings from stores who have a staff that can help you choose which furnishings will make your house more comfortable and appealing.

Do these simple steps and you have just decreased the chances of your child getting involved with drugs by 50%.