# The One Room / One Store Challange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719 "2009-08-08T03:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/1 "2009-08-08T03:24:57Z")
Seeing as on my other thread so many people liked the Container Store, I thought I’d ask this. Here’s the challange: You have one room to decorate: You can spend any amount of money you want: The catch is this: You can only purchase items to decorate your room from ONE store: Which store would you choose? The Container Store? Target? Saks Fifth Avenue? I would’ve said the Sharper Image, but since that isn’t around I’ll go with Crate & Barrell ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/2 "2009-08-08T03:56:12Z")
Pottery Barn! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/3 "2009-08-08T07:14:19Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve shopped at Pier One, but I think that I’d probably at least look in that chain to see if I like the current selections. ---
**Author:** ![SmashTheState](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/4 "2009-08-08T07:17:49Z")
I don’t buy furniture or decorations. I either find it in the trash or I make it myself. It’s been decades since the last time I bought furnishings. Does “a trash heap” count as a single store? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/5 "2009-08-08T07:23:09Z")
I don’t think that a trash heap counts as a single store, unless you get VERY lucky indeed. It’s amazing what people will throw out, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/6 "2009-08-08T14:06:52Z")
[Ten Thousand Villages](http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/). Oh, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/7 "2009-08-08T16:31:23Z")
Rooms to Go or Pottery Barn or Crate and Barrel ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/8 "2009-08-08T16:56:32Z")
World Market could do a living room or dining room easily. Just my style, too. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/9 "2009-08-08T16:58:11Z")
::glances at living room:: IKEA. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/10 "2009-08-08T17:13:46Z")
Target, mostly because you can get things like curtains and rods as well as “set abouts” and things to hang on the wall, and minor furnishings like bookshelves. ---
**Author:** ![Alastair\_Moonsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@Alastair\_Moonsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alastair_Moonsong)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/11 "2009-08-08T17:32:55Z")
IKEA. I love their stuff. Clean lines! Modern styling! Doesnt look like something my Grandmother would have in her basement! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/12 "2009-08-08T17:35:06Z")
Homestead, makers of fine custom hardwood furniture. > **[Amish Custom Furniture | Hardwood & Upholstered | Homestead Furniture](https://homesteadfurnitureonline.com/)** > > See high-end furniture designs when you visit Homestead Furniture. Our custom Amish-made hardwood furniture is heirloom quality and custom built in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/13 "2009-08-08T17:42:28Z")
ABC Home, in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/14 "2009-08-08T18:41:40Z")
This thread intrigues me because I don’t think I’ve ever decorated a room. I don’t even know what this entails. I have stuff. When I move, stuff gets disbursed through new place. Done. I will have to check out these stores you all mention (the ones with websites at least). Clearly I am missing an opportunity to spend money. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/15 "2009-08-08T18:52:24Z")
Ikea … it is designed to be able to fit out an entire house/apartment other than clothing and books. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/16 "2009-08-08T19:06:15Z")
As long as I wasn’t constrained by anything as pesky as a budget I’d pick Restoration Hardware. I like the look of a lot of their store displays. It is out of my price range, and out of any anticipated price range I might ever expect or hope to have, but it’s fun to consider. I really do think I could do a whole room there from furniture to window treatments to “set abouts”\* \*far preferable to me than “knick knack” or “accessory”. Thanks, **Claire Beauchamp**! ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/17 "2009-08-08T19:19:01Z")
> [@SmashTheState](#): > > Does “a trash heap” count as a single store? I guess you could rephrase it as “thrift store” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/18 "2009-08-08T19:44:54Z")
I do all my decorating at Home Depot and Office Depot. But then I’m a pack rat and only buy open shelves that are the right size for file storage boxes with lids. My entire apartment looks like the back room of a CPA’s office. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/19 "2009-08-09T01:30:54Z")
> [@stuthehistoryguy](#): > > [Ten Thousand Villages](http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/). Oh, yeah. Damn you. That’s incredible. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719/20 "2009-08-20T21:30:05Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Damn you. That’s incredible. Glad you liked it. A good deal of my stuff is from there as it is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-room-one-store-challange/505719.md?page=2)