It's the closest to a tattoo I've ever come in a furniture purchase.

Certainly, a number of considerations, like taste, price, quality and function, are involved when making any major furniture purchase.

A good plan can help to reveal the best possibilities for space allocation, and it can also be a guide for making furniture purchases.

Even if I survived long enough to make another major furniture purchase.

Most of my furniture purchases were bookshelves.

"Though 81 percent of the furniture purchases involved women, 72 percent involved men," Ms. Brown said.

Art Van has offered televisions with many furniture purchases in recent years.

That selection is meant to create an upbeat yet traditional atmosphere aimed at mature shoppers making large furniture purchases.

And esthetics are a bigger consideration in companies' furniture purchases.

When contemplating any furniture purchase, consider the essentials, from materials used - fabric, stuffing, frame - to method of assembly.