what would you buy at west elm for $2000

[LoveTrains]

I won a gift card to west elm for $2000. What would you buy? I don't need a new sofa as I have two newer ones. 

[Marmee]

Well I could use a new bed, a new sectional & a dresser so I'd have no issue buying stuff. If I didn't need major stuff...maybe bedding, pillows/decor stuff?

[LoveTrains]

I'm thinking about a new bed or a new table and chairs....gah. It's so hard! I can't decide!

They opened a new store in my town and I entered a contest on FB and won the grand prize.

[Roc A Bee]

That's rad! I would want a new bed, art, and a new coffee table in that order

[nicechicken]

That's so cool.

I could buy anything there. I love it all!

[Pom]

CONGRATULATIONS!

[MrsDarcy]

Ooo, I'd get a king sized bed.

[shopgirl07]

I would buy outdoor furniture. It's so expensive!

[dottyblue]

Personally? I'm not always a fan of their style, but I can incorporate pieces of their stuff in my transitional-ish house.

I would be buying this mirror:


Several of these for the holidays:
 

A bunch of their textured serveware:
 

and new bedding (their duvets and sheets hold up really well and are really soft):


Have fun!  So jealous!!

[cajunmom]

I would get new dining room chairs. I love my table but my chairs, not so much.

If there were anything left I'd buy new bedding and some accessories for my bedroom.

[sfy]

Congratulations, that's so awesome .

I love shopgirl07's idea for outdoor furniture.

Personally, I could use new window coverings, so I'd spend some of it there and maybe get a new chandelier for my dining room. I once spent a few hundred dollars there in pillows for my living room furniture and it was glorious lol. So I'd be open to that also.

[insominac]

We got our dining room chairs from there.

I'd probably spend it on decor items as we have all the furniture we need. So bedding, holiday decor, planters, lamps, etc.

[moolarkey]

At least one new sofa. I'd like to replace the family room sofa and if enough $$ leftover, one for the living room too

[pantsparty]

LUUUUUUUUUUCKY!!!! My office and living room may as well be West Elm showrooms, LOL. It would have been awesome to win a gift card!

I don't have any of the furniture you mentioned (dining room set or bedroom furniture) but the furniture I have holds up very well!

I would definitely make sure to wait for a 20% off sale. A few times a year I think they also have a sale where if you spend $1,000+ you get 25% off. There's basically no escaping their delivery fees, so it's best to wait for a sale to somewhat lessen the overall cost there.

[simpsongal]

AWESOME! Personally, I'd probably buy bedding, and accent pieces/furniture. But my house is rather traditional.

re: the boxwoods posted above, Target has similar ones that I'm guessing are cheaper (just a PSA) -my God Ballard charges an arm and a leg for those things.

[njohnson1972]

Can you use the gift card at Pottery Barn or Williams-Sonoma? They are all the same company and you can usually use the gift cards at any of their stores.

[rikki]

I would sell it and buy a purse.

[magdala]

I have been very pleased with the curtains that I bought from them.

[LoveTrains]

Sept 27, 2016 10:52:41 GMT -5 rikki said:

I would sell it and buy a purse.

Ohh....not a bad answer.

[ellipses84]

That is awesome! I would buy dressers, or some other beautiful storage piece. Real wood dressers that come pre-assembled function so much better and last longer that the cheap kind you have to build yourself.

[karinothing]

A new dining room table and chairs and then a new light for my entryway if I had extra money.

[LoveTrains]

Do you all like this table?

www.westelm.com/products/parker-expandable-dining-table-g830/?pkey=call-dining-room

[liveintheville]

Sept 28, 2016 9:52:17 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Do you all like this table?

www.westelm.com/products/parker-expandable-dining-table-g830/?pkey=call-dining-room

What chairs are going with it? Need pics.

[CloudBee]

Sept 27, 2016 10:52:41 GMT -5 rikki said:

I would sell it and buy a purse.

Yes, I came in here to sell it. I bet you could get $1,800 selling a $2k GC. Maybe a little more.

We ended up with a ton of William's Sonoma GC's when we got married. Having already been living together for a few years in a house we jointly owned, we really didn't need much. My true wants were on my registry, so the GC's were "fluff". I sold every single one of those GC's and got around 90% of their value. Then we just tossed the money into the bank for whatever. 

The idea of buying $2k in furniture right now "just because" makes me anxious. Maybe if we were in a new house or something. But our current home? Nope. I would rather mop the floors than deal with hauling out furniture and managing the delivery of new stuff right now.

If I had $1,800 in profits... I might get a house cleaner for a year.  SaveSave

[LoveTrains]

Yeah, I don't actually need furniture, which is the annoying thing.

H just said that one can now buy Sonos stuff at West Elm and he has been eye-ing doing that in our entire house. They also sell custom blinds and drapes and I have a beautiful room on the back of my house with windows across the entirety of two walls that need custom blinds. So I'm considering that as well.

I need to go back to the store. We only went once for the grand opening party which was actually totally fun! They had free cocktails, champagne and amazing apps plus a DJ.