Appliance and Furniture Purchases! Great Deals!

We close on our house two weeks from tomorrow so I have been doing a ton of research recently on appliances. I already knew that I wanted the LG front-load washer and dryer and a GE Profile refrigerator to match the rest of my kitchen appliances. I've been looking around at different stores to find the best price. We got an even better deal than we ever expected and had a great salesperson. Most of you may not know it, but stores will price-match other stores and sometimes they will even take 10% off the price from the other store to encourage you to buy from them.

We went to HHGregg because they had the fancy new fridge I wanted for several hundred dollars less than everywhere else. This fridge is normally $2999.99 but is on sale at Best Buy and Home Depot for $2699. HHGregg has it on sale right now for $2429.18 and even though it doesn't usually apply to such a great sale, they gave us the 10% military discount too! So we got a $3000 fridge for $2186.26!!! It's super fancy and has an LCD screen with some pretty cool features! I wasn't seeking out a fridge with an LCD screen because I'm pretty sure I don't need it but the cost of this fridge was about the same as the one without it. I also love that the ice-maker is on the inside of the door so it doesn't take up valued fridge space. I've been dreaming about owning a french-door refrigerator for as long as I can remember and that dream is coming true! Here's it is!

Model # PFE29PSDSS
I'm in love!

The side of the fridge is gray, in case you were curious.

I love how there are shelves on the inside of both doors even though the ice maker is on the left side! 

The washer and dryer we purchased are normally $1200 a piece. HHGregg is having a great sale on them and after our military discount, they were only $854.33 a piece! Because they were such a great price, we decided to get the pedestals too! I was going to have my hubby build me a fancy pedestal that holds laundry baskets in it to save us some money but I really wanted the ones that match the washer and dryer and he really didn't want to build me one! So we both win! They are normally $250 a piece and HHGregg gave them to us for $189.99 a piece! That's still a lot for a pedestal, I realize that, but that's what you pay for convenience, I guess! Here they are:

The brand is LG and the color is called Graphite Steel. Model # WM3470HVA & DLEX3470V
This was the only picture I could find of them together!

We had a really great experience at HHGregg today. Not only did they give us such a great deal on all three appliances, but they also took 20% of the cost of the service plans for each one. The washer and fridge both have a $50 mail-in rebate as well so that's another $100 of savings! HHGregg normally only offers 12 months financing but we told them we needed at least 24 since we are buying so much for our new house. Our salesperson asked his manager and he said it was no problem! They were both so professional and thanked my husband for his service. I seriously recommend this store to any of you who are still shopping around for appliances. If you live in the Columbus area, our salesperson was Justin Coffman at the Easton location - he told me to put his name in my blog :) He is super knowledgeable. He knows everything there is about the fridge and washer and dryer we purchased.

Ashley Furniture is just across the street from HHGregg so we decided to go in there and look around. I picked out the morning room set I wanted a long time ago but I like to check-in from time to time to make sure they still have it and to see if it's on sale. We weren't going to buy it today but it was the cheapest I have seen it in the past 4 months. We bought a table with a leaf in it that seats eight since our morning room is over 19ft long. We bought all eight chairs, the matching buffet, and two matching bar stools for our kitchen island.

The table and chairs. 

We only purchased the bottom half of the buffet. I want to hang a picture or a mirror above it. It looks so much prettier in person. It's darker. This picture doesn't do it justice at all!

Both together

We bought eight of these dining chairs

We bought two bar stools for the gourmet island

La-Z-Boy called us yesterday to tell us that our furniture and artwork are ready for delivery! Perfect timing! You can read my blog entry about that furniture HERE. We also have our eye on a set for our formal dining room but that will have to wait! I blogged about it a while back. You can find that entry HERE. We are just spending so much money right now and we still have to purchase 6 ceiling fans, a backup for our sump pump, a dehumidifier.....the list goes on and on! Whoever knew that buying a new house was so expensive? ;)

We close on our house on Monday, August 6th. We get the keys on Tuesday August 7th. We have our La-Z-Boy furniture, Ashley furniture, and appliances from HHGregg all scheduled to be delivered on Saturday, August 11th. That's going to be a crazy busy day!

Earth Day

I just wanted to let everyone know that Earth Day is April 22nd. Most stores have energy efficient appliances on sale. I went to Best Buy last night and they are up to 25% off!

I didn't get to buy any appliances though. I couldn't justify buying my refrigerator and washer and dryer this early -- Even though I would have saved $600 on the W&D pair and $500 on the fridge! Where would I even put them? Not to mention that our mortgage rep told us not to make any large purchases between the time we were approved and the time we close. Boo! At least I can still dream about my new appliances. I have already picked them out!

The Fridge is from GE. It has French-doors and has an ice & water dispenser in the door . I picked GE because I want all of my appliances to match. I was looking at a GE Profile fridge but the sales guy at Best Buy told me that the Profiles have a gold tint to them so they wouldn't match my other appliances! He just saved me a huge headache! He also said that this model is actually getting discontinued next week. He said the new one will basically be the same but the icemaker will be inside the door and will take up less space! I guess there is a benefit to waiting.

Aren't the washer and dryer beautiful?!?

LG Front-loaders in Graphite Steel w/pedestals

On a different note, has anyone picked out a dehumidifier yet? We were told that we should put a dehumidifier in our basement and connect it to the sump pump for at least the first year. They said since the basement walls are poured, we would need the dehumidifier to get rid of the extra moisture. I know NOTHING about dehumidifiers. I did find one that I like -- lets be honest, I picked it out because I think it's pretty, lol! I know enough to get one that is big enough to handle the square feet in our basement. Other than that, does anyone have any advice on picking one out?

Here is the one I have my eye on so far:

Here's the link to it: http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&productId=202885720