Is your household expanding? Are you working on putting together a suite of furniture for your first upcoming apartment? In any case, getting a new dining table isn’t usually a high priority. Tables usually show some signs that they need to be replaced long before they are deteriorated enough to be an issue.
Since you have some warning of needing to buy a new dining table, it can pay to wait until the right time of year to place your order for your new dining table set. Here are the best times and places to get your new dining set, from January to December.
When to find dining tables on clearance
You will be able to save quite a bit if you are able to shop dining tables that are on clearance or marked down due to lack of sales. Clearance sales for all furniture retailers occur in January and July when new furniture collections are released. If you shop online, you can often find even more options in an ongoing clearance catalog.
American retail holidays
Although most American holidays were not created with retail in mind, most retailers nationwide follow the same basic sale event schedule. The retail holidays during which you are most likely to find dining room furniture are President’s Day (February), Memorial Day (May), Labor Day (September), Black Friday weekend (November).
In addition to these preset retail sale events, you can also buy dining table set online for almost ongoing sale price.
Additional opportunities to save
Most furniture stores also hold sales based on cultural norms. In particular, for furniture stores, Americans celebrate Mother’s Day (May), Father’s Day (June), and back-to-school season (August). Dining sets are most likely to be found on sale during Mother’s day and back-to-school seasons than on Father’s Day.
You might also be able to find café style or bar-style dining tables and stools at a cheaper price at the end of the back-to-school season as furniture retailers try to ditch their excess stock of these dining sets that are the most popular among young adults and college students.
Save even more with free delivery
You can also save even more money on your next dining room furniture set by shopping online. In addition to lower everyday prices, discounts for buying multiple pieces from a furniture collection, and other ways to save are available widely online. The best online furniture stores will also offer free delivery to your door. Even if you request white glove delivery, you will still pay less for getting it to your door.
If you do want to have a white glove delivery service, with your dining set being delivered, assembled, set up, and placed where you want it, you should limit your purchase to non-peak times if possible. Around the holidays and back-to-school season, dining tables and chairs are experiencing higher sales volume, particularly more sales requesting that same white glove service. The harder it is to get on the schedule, the more you will likely pay for the service.
