| The easiest way to buy furniture is quite simple - | | | | Though you are getting products at over 50% below |
| step into the nearest showroom, and pick up what | | | | their retail price, this is no reason to compromise on |
| suits your taste. But is the easiest really the best? If | | | | your choice. You can easily get high-quality items that |
| you've give the Internet even the briefest glance, | | | | exactly match your preferences, as long as you |
| you will see that it is really, really easy to save | | | | spend some time making your choice. Here is a quick |
| hundreds of dollars. | | | | recap of the options you have. |
| The first doubt that pops up when we see huge | | | | For faucets, the choices are: |
| discounts is this - is there a discount because the | | | | 1. Colors/materials - stainless steel, black, nickel, |
| product isn't good enough? Wouldn't it be better to | | | | pewter, brass, bronze, chrome |
| go for tried and tested stores and brands instead? | | | | 2. Spread - narrow, wide, center |
| Will I get adequate support even after making the | | | | 3. Knobs vs levers vs automatic(laser) detection |
| purchase? | | | | 4. Design - infinite variety |
| The answers to these are - | | | | For sinks, the popular choices are: |
| 1) The discount is there because online places usually | | | | 1. Materials - Glass, Stone, ceramic |
| ship directly from the factory, saving a lot of money | | | | 2. Type - vessel or embedded |
| in transportation costs and middleman's fees. | | | | 3. Color - almost endless variety |
| 2) Online stores do stock tried and tested brands. If | | | | 4. Shape - shallow and wide, or narrow and deep |
| you've fallen in love with a vanity from an unknown | | | | For the storage section, you can have |
| company, don't fret. Check out the well-known | | | | 1. Materials - Wood, glass(paneling), metal |
| brands of wood and glass. As long as the raw | | | | 2. Storage type - rack, drawer, cabinet, basket |
| materials are chosen correctly and the design pleases | | | | Also, bathroom vanities can be placed on the floor or |
| you, you really can't go wrong. | | | | wall-mounted. You can also choose to have a |
| 3) I'll be honest here. You may get bad customer | | | | combination of floor and wall-mounted items, as long |
| service from an online seller, but it's no more likely | | | | as they look good together. An elegant |
| than getting bad customer service from a retail store. | | | | glass-and-metal vessel sink vanity placed on the floor |
| Both are businesses, both want good reputations, so | | | | and paired with wall-mounted stainless steel faucets |
| neither will want to treat their customers badly. | | | | and a minimalistic, simple mirror is a wonderful |
| With good discounts, you can get top-quality MDF | | | | space-saving solution, for instance. |
| wood vanities for as low as $595. For higher priced | | | | If you find the right online store, you can shave |
| materials and larger sizes, the prices go up to $1595 - | | | | hundreds of dollars off the price of your bathroom |
| a price that will comfortably fit in a 56" | | | | vanity. Alternatively, you can get better vanities for |
| granite-topped double vanity. | | | | the same price. What, then, are you waiting for? |