Registry for furniture ?

As others have said, you know your guests the best. If you think this is something they would do, then by all means do it. It's not something that I think my friends and family would have done, since I know most of them wanted to physically give me a gift at the shower.

I just have a question -- and maybe it's just that I have misread your post -- but if you are closing on your house in a few weeks and your wedding isn't until next May, when are you expecting to pay off the layaway items? Assuming your are going the traditional (or what I think of as traditional), you won't have a shower until early next year, which is when you would receive gifts. Unless you are having an engagement party and will be providing your account number before the engagement party or something. Or maybe you are not moving into the house immediately??

We aren't closing on the house until the end of August unless the owners move out early. We don't plan to move into the house until October 1st. There are some things we want to change/repair before we move in. Before and after we move in we will be getting some items here and there. I mean we still have regular bills, wedding expenses and what not. So about time the wedding come we might not need as much in regards to furniture. I'm sure my granny and parents will donate a few furniture pieces. I'm not 100% what we will actual need until we start getting stuff here and there. Does that make more sense !

I don't think it's a big deal. People used to (maybe still do?) register for washing machines and stuff. Why is furniture any different?

Add it to your registry and if no one buys it, a lot of places offer discounts on unpurchased registry items.

I think it really depends on the price of the furniture.... if you are registering for, like something $150 or less it seems fine, but when I buy a person a gift I want to buy the gift, not put $50-$150 (depending on how much I plan on spending) on a couch that is likely not going to get completely paid for. I have a daybed for our guestroom on my list, but it isn't a pricey piece of furniture and I saw it while registering for the rest of my stuff.

Thanks for the clarification. I say do it if you think your guests would be on board.

Congrats on your house!!

Thanks Renee !

I think if you want to put pieces of furniture on your registry for people to buy, that is fine. But what you are describing about putting money towards some furniture is essentially the same thing as a honeymoon registry or other cash registry to me. So I don't agree with it.

I agree with future mrs. jkr

You can register at Macys, They have furnature at certain stores depending where you are located. Then its part of your registry and people can give gift cards for larger items.

One way you can do it, is to use the Macy's Dream Fund. Basically, as part of your registry there they also have the option of putting money toward your "dream fund" which is basically a big gift card. You can put a little note that says you are saving toward a few things and if they want to put money onto the card rather than cash, they can. It doesn't mean they will, but it's one way to get around putting big ticket items on your registry.

We did that and added a comment that all gifts on the Dream Fund card would be going toward a new mattress set. We'll see how that goes over with our guests but I've seen it a few times and thing it's nice to have the option if you don't want to pick one of the other gifts.

YOU know your family & friends and I bet they know your situation of moving into a house. If FH and I came across this we would definitely help put money towards the furniture I don't think it is tacky at all. A sofa would get more use then a gravy boat c'mon.