How many years do you expect a bedroom set to last?

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Anonymous wrote:As long as possible. Why it's important to get something classic, not trendy.

No such thing, except for certain antiques and even so "brown" furniture is out.

For me, until I'm sick of it.

Nonsense.

It is out. Look at high end auction prices, they have fallen for that type of furniture compared to 10-20 years ago. You can't give the cheaper stuff anyway because most people don't want it. Look at houzz, shelter mags, and design blogs. Or just keep saying nonsense. If you like it, great, but it isn't stylish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as possible. Why it's important to get something classic, not trendy.

No such thing, except for certain antiques and even so "brown" furniture is out.

For me, until I'm sick of it.

Nonsense.

It is out. Look at high end auction prices, they have fallen for that type of furniture compared to 10-20 years ago. You can't give the cheaper stuff anyway because most people don't want it. Look at houzz, shelter mags, and design blogs. Or just keep saying nonsense. If you like it, great, but it isn't stylish.

We bought our wood bed and one wood dresser from Room & Board almost 20 years ago and they still look fresh. We've changed bedding and some of the other furniture around over the years, but they don't seem dated or out of place at all.

Nonsense.

[Anonymous]

First bedroom to pop up on Houzz:
http://www.houzz.com/photos/17571044/Appartement-Holtzheim-modern-bedroom-other-metro

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as possible. Why it's important to get something classic, not trendy.

No such thing, except for certain antiques and even so "brown" furniture is out.

For me, until I'm sick of it.

Good God. Really? Brown furniture is out? Furniture has been stained brown for 100s of years. Good luck with whatever trendy color you think is "in." You must have more money than sense.

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So if brown is out what is in?

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The dressers and night stands my dh and I use (bed frame is in the attic) are in the pictures of my mom getting ready for her wedding. They celebrate 50 years in February!

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15 to 20 years is enough for me. At that point I feel I've gotten my money's worth and might want to update, redecorate. lifetime furniture has absolutely no appeal to me, not sure why it is important to have the same furniture for your entire life - but that's just me. To each her own.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
As long as possible. Why it's important to get something classic, not trendy.


No such thing, except for certain antiques and even so "brown" furniture is out.

For me, until I'm sick of it.


Nonsense.


It is out. Look at high end auction prices, they have fallen for that type of furniture compared to 10-20 years ago. You can't give the cheaper stuff anyway because most people don't want it. Look at houzz, shelter mags, and design blogs. Or just keep saying nonsense. If you like it, great, but it isn't stylish.[/quote]


Yep. If you like it, great. It will be stylish again at some point. Trends come and go. What is important is if you like it. It's your house.

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One of the great men of American furniture design was Gustav Stickley who, in 1910 said:

"...I felt that the badly-constructed, over-ornate, meaningless furniture that was turned out in such quantities by the factories was not only bad in itself, but that its presence in the homes of the people was an influence that led directly away from sound qualities which make an honest man and a good citizen. It seemed to me that we were getting to be a thoughtless, extravagant people, fond of show and careless of real value, and that one way to counteract this national tendency was to bring about, if possible, a different standard of what was desirable in our homes."

My bedroom furniture is Stickley. Not the mission stuff but the much maligned Brown furniture. As posted earlier we've had it for nearly 25 years. I still like it but apparently even Stickley turned out what is now undesirable.

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Anonymous wrote:15 to 20 years is enough for me. At that point I feel I've gotten my money's worth and might want to update, redecorate. lifetime furniture has absolutely no appeal to me, not sure why it is important to have the same furniture for your entire life - but that's just me. To each her own.

+1. What's the brag worthiness of having the same furniture for 50 years?

Complain all you want, but your grandparents' heavy brown furniture produced between 1850 and 1980 is not desirable. You literally have to pay people to haul it from your house because no one wants it right now. Check craigslist. People are selling their old, perfect condition solid wood bedroom sets for $150, but they'll sit there for months until they finally have to pay someone to drive it to salvation army for them.

It's fine if you like it and enjoy it. But I don't see why there is smugness in having old furniture solely for the sake of it being old.

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Unless some posts were deleted I can't tell if people were being smug about having old furniture. They just stated they had it. The OP asked how long a bedroom set lasts. The answer is that they can last hundreds of years.

Like some posters I have "old brown furniture" because I inherited them. Hey, they were solid wood, excellent shape, classic designs, looks nice in my house and it was free!

Fashion goes in and out of style. Always has, always will. Many of us don't care and stick with what we like and enjoy.

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Anonymous wrote:15 to 20 years is enough for me. At that point I feel I've gotten my money's worth and might want to update, redecorate. lifetime furniture has absolutely no appeal to me, not sure why it is important to have the same furniture for your entire life - but that's just me. To each her own.

+1. What's the brag worthiness of having the same furniture for 50 years?

Complain all you want, but your grandparents' heavy brown furniture produced between 1850 and 1980 is not desirable. You literally have to pay people to haul it from your house because no one wants it right now. Check craigslist. People are selling their old, perfect condition solid wood bedroom sets for $150, but they'll sit there for months until they finally have to pay someone to drive it to salvation army for them.

It's fine if you like it and enjoy it. But I don't see why there is smugness in having old furniture solely for the sake of it being old.

[Anonymous]

We have Marlo furniture so I don't expect it to last. I hate it. I'm ready to switch and get good furniture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless some posts were deleted I can't tell if people were being smug about having old furniture. They just stated they had it. The OP asked how long a bedroom set lasts. The answer is that they can last hundreds of years.

Like some posters I have "old brown furniture" because I inherited them. Hey, they were solid wood, excellent shape, classic designs, looks nice in my house and it was free!

Fashion goes in and out of style. Always has, always will. Many of us don't care and stick with what we like and enjoy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15 to 20 years is enough for me. At that point I feel I've gotten my money's worth and might want to update, redecorate. lifetime furniture has absolutely no appeal to me, not sure why it is important to have the same furniture for your entire life - but that's just me. To each her own.

+1. What's the brag worthiness of having the same furniture for 50 years?

Complain all you want, but your grandparents' heavy brown furniture produced between 1850 and 1980 is not desirable. You literally have to pay people to haul it from your house because no one wants it right now. Check craigslist. People are selling their old, perfect condition solid wood bedroom sets for $150, but they'll sit there for months until they finally have to pay someone to drive it to salvation army for them.

It's fine if you like it and enjoy it. But I don't see why there is smugness in having old furniture solely for the sake of it being old.

This whole conversation reeks of smugness. People are definitely bragging about having old furniture and looking down on those with the old ("it may not be trendy, but it's better quality, and my grandmother got it as a wedding present in 1854, so it is clearly superior to buying something new!").

[Anonymous]

I inherited old brown wood furniture that had been in my grandparents and great-grandparents houses. Several pieces go back to the turn of the century.

They were working people, FYI. Carpenters, factory foreman, hardly anything fancy. The furniture is just solidly made hardwood in traditional classic styles.

I did reread the thread and I think any smugness is in your perspective rather than any reality.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless some posts were deleted I can't tell if people were being smug about having old furniture. They just stated they had it. The OP asked how long a bedroom set lasts. The answer is that they can last hundreds of years.

Like some posters I have "old brown furniture" because I inherited them. Hey, they were solid wood, excellent shape, classic designs, looks nice in my house and it was free!

Fashion goes in and out of style. Always has, always will. Many of us don't care and stick with what we like and enjoy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15 to 20 years is enough for me. At that point I feel I've gotten my money's worth and might want to update, redecorate. lifetime furniture has absolutely no appeal to me, not sure why it is important to have the same furniture for your entire life - but that's just me. To each her own.

+1. What's the brag worthiness of having the same furniture for 50 years?

Complain all you want, but your grandparents' heavy brown furniture produced between 1850 and 1980 is not desirable. You literally have to pay people to haul it from your house because no one wants it right now. Check craigslist. People are selling their old, perfect condition solid wood bedroom sets for $150, but they'll sit there for months until they finally have to pay someone to drive it to salvation army for them.

It's fine if you like it and enjoy it. But I don't see why there is smugness in having old furniture solely for the sake of it being old.

This whole conversation reeks of smugness. People are definitely bragging about having old furniture and looking down on those with the old ("it may not be trendy, but it's better quality, and my grandmother got it as a wedding present in 1854, so it is clearly superior to buying something new!").

[Anonymous]

My daughter currently has my old bedroom set in her room.....it's almost 40 years old. I'd love to pass it to her kids one day