What makes a piece of furniture your favorite? |
It's comfortable:
41%
It's stylish:
48%
It's colorful:
1%
It's inherited:
8%
It's something we fought over in the divorce or break-up:
1%
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Which of the following items is the first piece of furniture you bought yourself? |
A futon/bed:
53%
A card table:
3%
A dresser:
7%
Book shelves:
12%
A cinder block:
4%
I have never bought a piece of furniture:
1%
Something else:
21%
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How much change would you find in your sofa if you looked right now? |
No more than a dollar:
37%
A few dollars:
5%
More than a few dollars:
1%
No change, but possibly some cheese doodles:
58%
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Have you ever "rescued" a piece of furniture that someone else has thrown away? |
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At what point in your life were you most happy with your furniture? |
When I lived in my parents' house:
4%
When I lived in the dorm:
1%
When I moved into my first apartment:
7%
When I bought my first home:
13%
Right after the divorce:
3%
Right now:
73%
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Is there a room in your home in which no one really uses the furniture? |
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Do you consider yourself a talented interior decorator? |
Yes, I have a natural eye for placing furniture:
57%
Yes, I've learned how to arrange furniture thanks to all those cable shows:
11%
No, I should probably hire a real decorator or ask someone to help me:
31%
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How often do you rearrange the furniture in your home? |
Twice or more a year:
13%
Once every couple of years:
59%
Once every five or ten years:
21%
I'm still waiting for shag carpeting to come back in style:
7%
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Have you ever designed a room around feng shui principles? |
Yes, my furniture is harmonious with my spirit:
36%
No, my furniture is arranged how I like it:
61%
No, my landlord won't let us have pets:
4%
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On which of the following pieces of furniture in your home are you most likely to have dinner? |
The dining room table:
14%
The kitchen table:
51%
A bar or countertop:
6%
The bed:
4%
The table in front of the television:
23%
The patio table:
3%
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Are your pets allowed on the furniture? |
All of it:
30%
None of it:
41%
All but the bed:
5%
The bed, but not the living room sofa:
5%
I don't have pets:
20%
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Which of the following items least deserves to be called furniture? |
Inflatable couches:
9%
Beanbag chairs:
32%
Cinder blocks:
20%
Air mattresses:
4%
Stripper poles:
34%
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How are you most likely to deal with a roommate's ugly couch? |
I would buy new furniture to replace it while she was out:
5%
I would "accidentally" set it on fire:
8%
I would buy a slipcover for it:
32%
I would move:
6%
My roommate would move:
48%
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In which of the following City neighborhoods are you most likely to find the furniture you like? |
The trendy furniture stores in the Downtown Loft District:
48%
The eclectic furniture stores in the CWE:
12%
The antique furniture stores along Cherokee Street:
18%
The thrift furniture stores in Midtown:
6%
The contemporary furniture stores in the Loop:
16%
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Which of the following furniture styles best describes your personality? |
Victorian:
7%
Arts and Craft:
14%
Colonial:
10%
Art Nouveau:
11%
Shaker:
4%
Asian:
5%
Scandinavian:
40%
Found in an alley or on the curb:
3%
Assembled from a box:
6%
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Which of these familiar furniture faces is your favorite? |
Tom and Dave Philips from Weekends Only:
4%
Becky Rothman, Queen of Carpets:
11%
The Slyman Brothers:
8%
Mike Finan from Uma Dot Spot:
32%
Brook and Amy Dubman from Carol House:
15%
The Mattress Giant:
1%
The Schweig Engel posse:
30%
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Is the TV a piece of furniture? Is the computer? |
Both:
44%
Neither:
37%
TV, not computer:
17%
Computer, not TV:
1%
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