Reply to Baby boomers and their furniture

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Baby boomers and their furniture"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Estate sales and consignment shops are now loaded with great furniture at a fraction of the original price if you are interested in transitional pieces that are pretty timeless. Too many people buy contemporary furniture which becomes out of date in ten years. [/quote]

Yes, we've bought all the high quality non-trendy secondhand / vintage furniture we need and donated / sold our crappy ikea stuff that was falling apart. There is nothing wrong with ikea, but you can sometimes find nice solid furniture for the same price or less, and it will last a long time. Anything I purchased in my 20s that was solid and vintage, I still have in my 40s. Some I've given away or sold, and pretty much made back what I paid for it.

My mom (WWII generation) never downsized, she was so attached to her stuff and furniture. She was still wanting to buy stuff the year before she died, in her 80s. It was sad, really, because we could have used a lot of it when we were younger and by the time she died we could only take / swap out a few pieces we needed.

I can understand parents and grandparents wanting to pass down solid furniture, but they need to do it when it would help kids and save them money. And, if you don't hate "brown" furniture or paint / refinish it, you can get some good secondhand deals right now and use your money for other things.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics