When my partner and I first got a place together, we didnt have much money as got cheap furniture (bed, mattress, sofa, wardrobe etc). Now it's a couple of years on and I would really like to start buying some nicer, quality things in the near future, especially as we are going to be buying our first home soon. But I feel bad at the thought of doing so because everything we have still functions, and will do for a while. What do other people do - stick with cheap starter furniture, or get rid and just buy new stuff even when they don't need to?