We hired an interior designer about 2-3 years into owning our house.
We spent 2-3 years of wandering in and out of furniture stores, trying to find pieces that we thought would fit the house and ended up with not much.
If you can find a good interior designer (someone that takes into account functionality of a room, and your budget requirements) - then they are well worth the money. We saved a lot of time / money, and we still have all of the major pieces after 8 years.
We've purchased couches, chairs, coffee tables, console tables, benches, through our designer. She had sourced through various types of places too depending on the budget and our needs. Some of was through HomeSense, Ikea on the lower end, and on the higher end, some of it was custom through various places in town (whittakker designs, maria thomas, etc).
Much easier for us to tell our designer what we are looking for, what we are trying to with the room and the piece and she just presents us with some options. Haven't had to talk to a salesperson since.
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