Hi folks! I'm in need of your opinion, and hoping you could help a gal out. Please be gentle with me, as I'm no wedding-planning expert

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My fiance and I are getting married in ~8 months, and just bought a new condo. We have plenty of "things" (towels, linens, flatware, etc), but almost no furniture. Everyone knows how expensive furniture can be, and given that we're also in the midst of wedding planning, we don't really have the funds to purchase any for our new home.
My potentially crazy idea was to put furniture pieces on our wedding registry and encourage groups of people to go in on it together. Otherwise, we'd of course be happy with cash or whatever someone may be inclined to bring.
What do you all think? Is making a registry of furniture insane or something that could work?
Much appreciated! - a little bird planning a wedding
Re: Wedding Registry - Is asking for furniture acceptable?
That said, I'm in furnture sales, so 1.) I like any excuse for people to buy furniture, and 2.) I see a lot of people put furnture and msttresses on registrys to buy after the wedding with completion discounts.
And yes, almost no one will judge you for accent pieces.
Good luck!
I wouldn't judge furniture on a registry (especially if it was a store that didn't exclude furniture from the registry completion discount) as long as there were other less expensive items on the registry too. But, I also wouldn't get together with other guests and buy someone a couch or something for their wedding. I would, however, consider getting the couple a gift card from the store to use towards the furniture.
Also, consider the ratio of the furniture price to the average gift in your social circle. You don't want something on your registry that costs 20 times the average gift - that just looks greedy! But if you register for a couch that's only 3-4 times the average gift, that's not so bad.
And, please don't "encourage" guests to give group gifts. Gifts are (or at least should be) an unsolicited present from those who care about you. Registries are nice, because they help people know which patterns, colors, and items you like. Giving actual directions about how to give you a present is bossy and impolite (even if well-intentioned).