What to register for and what not to

You may need furniture but unless your guests have some deep pockets or you are looking at IKEA furniture, it's unlikely someone will get that for you. I need a new car and my bathroom redone but I wouldn't register for either.

Register for items with low ($10-50), medium ($50-150) and higher price points ($150 plus ) and save your money and/or use any money you happen to get as gifts to buy furniture.

I would not do that because I would not purchase a couch for someone as a wedding gift.

We added items like picture frames, a toaster oven, upgraded dinner plates, a steam mop, etc.

Maybe create a go-fund me account that will be dedicated to new furniture, or there is a registry site called Zola that allows people to contribute to larger items. I would imagine it should allow you to add items from other sites so you can get what you want.

Zola Registry by Zola, Inc.https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zola-registry/id852691916?mt=8

Don't make a Go Fund Me for furniture like Haley suggested......

Yeah please don't use a go fund me. That is typically for really hard life situations, like someone not being able to afford medical treatments. It's not for upgrading your furniture. I would have a small registry and if people decide to give you cash, use it towards your new couch.

ETA we registered for one furniture item, and it's $400. We definitely don't expect anyone to get that for us unless some people pool together and do it as a combined gift. After your wedding, most places will offer you a discount to purchase the rest of the stuff off your registry- that's what we're planning on doing.

I would agree with everyone else to have small registry so people hopefully know a cash gift would be appreciated...I did have a friend register for a couple pieces of furniture, and several of our friends went in on it for a group gift, which was an option provided on the website (basically I believe each person selected the "group gift" option, paid whatever they wished to contribute, and the couple received a gift card for the total funds so they can purchase the item).

Go fund me is for people with immense diseases, pet with critical injuries, and charities. Not new furniture.

I can't imagine anyone actually buying you furniture unless 10 people all got together, but it seems weird.

Why does someone suggest Go Fund Me for every question that has to do with gifts, registries or honeymoons?

@Haley- what makes you think that just because you are getting married, it is ok to beg for funding?

Asking for any gifts is rude. Registries are merely an indication of what you would choose for your new home. Go Fund Me is begging. Begging for non emergencies is beyond rude. If you need to beg, perhaps reconsider that expensive dress or honeymoon.

After the wedding, my DH added a $500 fancy watch for himself to our Amazon list, so that we could use our completion discount to save some money.

Do. Not. Make. A. GoFundMe. For. Any. Wedding. Related. Expense.

I registered for some smaller furniture items at target - counter stools, a bookshelf, a rug. So far the counter stools were purchased! We will probably use any cash gifts after the wedding toward larger furniture items. I wanted to add furniture store gift cards to the registry but wasn't able to get the link to work.

Small items are fine (like stuff Kristin mentioned).

Some small furniture items can be fair game, but I think a couch is too big of a big ticket item, both in price and actual size (like that's not something that can be dropped on your doorstep in a box, you need to schedule an actual delivery with furniture company for that...that's Way too much for a wedding gift)

Smaller scale (size and price wise) furniture I think can be okay. Like a little kitchen storage cart or something. I know someone who registered for a bar cabinet-- nice piece of furniture, maybe $400-500; and a group of us (college frat friends) went in on it together and it was perfect.

But big furniture I'd advice just waiting and after you get cash gifts, you can put them toward that stuff