Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 18:38     Subject: Re:Selling heavy bedroom set
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there local auction houses that would do this plus other large more expensive pieces at the same time?


I was going to suggest this. My parents did very well with their high quality 1960s furniture when they downsized. They had their movers drop things at an auction house. A few pieces brought in $$$. Everything sold in the end.


But 1960’s furniture is back in style now. OP’s furniture is just dated.


So when will the 2000 furniture be back in style?
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 18:18     Subject: Re:Selling heavy bedroom set
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there local auction houses that would do this plus other large more expensive pieces at the same time?


I was going to suggest this. My parents did very well with their high quality 1960s furniture when they downsized. They had their movers drop things at an auction house. A few pieces brought in $$$. Everything sold in the end.


But 1960’s furniture is back in style now. OP’s furniture is just dated.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 18:04     Subject: Selling heavy bedroom set
Anonymous wrote:Do you need the money?


+1

Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 18:04     Subject: Selling heavy bedroom set
Anonymous wrote:People move a lot more often now. No one wants to pay to move heavy furniture.


x10000

OP, we get it, you think your big old furniture was an "investment" - but most people don't feel that way.

Remember when everyone "HAD" to have a sleigh bed? And a roll top desk? .......Yeah, not any more.

PP that posted the fake ad was not far off, at all.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 17:56     Subject: Re:Selling heavy bedroom set
Put a sledgehammer to it and throw it in your fireplace this winter. No hauling needed and you’ll save on wood this winter.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 17:02     Subject: Selling heavy bedroom set
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's hard to hear. I know, because I've heard it, too! But responders here speak the truth.

At this moment in time, it's as though we have to look at furniture like it's disposable.

My poor cousin has to figure out how to get rid of several pieces of giant, seriously ugly bedroom furniture. I struggle with how to get her to understand that as much as it was beloved by a family member, no one is going to pay her for that furniture.

It’s too bad that there isn’t a lively recycling market for wood furniture. Things taking headboards/foot boards and making end table or console tables. Making a desk from a dresser top. Or even grinding the wood down for wood chips/mulch. But the chemicals/paint probably make that not feasible.


Talk to someone who runs a tree service. Wood, even furniture grade hardwoods like cherry and walnut, is a waste product. All of the value comes from the labor that goes into transporting and processing it to make furniture. Once the furniture has served its purpose it's also a waste product. Consider that many people burn wood for heat. To the extent that firewood has value, again, it's because of the labor that goes into transporting and processing it.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 16:57     Subject: Re:Selling heavy bedroom set
Maybe you can learn to live with it, OP. Like bootcut jeans, it’ll come back in style eventually. And all this Wayfair, wood veneer, “mid-century” crap will be landfill fodder.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 16:53     Subject: Selling heavy bedroom set
Anonymous wrote:also, people might not want the whole set, but i think dresser and nightstands will sell for sure.


I agree with this. List all separately on Craigslist.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 16:50     Subject: Selling heavy bedroom set
I wouldn't want it for free because it's heavy. I can't even buy one piece sofa because of that. I get tired of furniture and want to be able to move it or get rid of it alone or with one friend.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 16:33     Subject: Re:Selling heavy bedroom set
You are going to end up paying someone to haul it all away.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 16:29     Subject: Re:Selling heavy bedroom set
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there local auction houses that would do this plus other large more expensive pieces at the same time?


I was going to suggest this. My parents did very well with their high quality 1960s furniture when they downsized. They had their movers drop things at an auction house. A few pieces brought in $$$. Everything sold in the end.


Mid century modern is in demand. Sleigh beds are not. OP will either have to pay auction house to pick up the furniture or hire two men and a truck to pick up the furniture. At auction a sleigh bed will bring very little.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 16:26     Subject: Re:Selling heavy bedroom set
Anonymous wrote:Are there local auction houses that would do this plus other large more expensive pieces at the same time?


You will end up paying the auction houses to come out and haul the items away.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 16:23     Subject: Selling heavy bedroom set
Donate.

Out of style.

No one wants heavy furniture. No one wants furniture sets.

Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 16:19     Subject: Selling heavy bedroom set
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You can certainly try to sell it. Let us know how that goes. I’m not even being funny. I’d be interested to hear if anyone buys it. There’s a free bedroom set pretty much every week on my local freecyle page and most aren’t 20 years old.


My cousin actually sold her bedroom set. I don't think she recouped much, but someone came, picked it up, saved it from the landfill, and she even got some money back. Lots of newer furniture is just pure crap, so there are bargain hunters looking for quality stuff.

FWIW, when I bought my first apartment, I bought a used bedroom set - teak, MCM. People were getting rid of old and outdated stuff left and right in favor of the modern formica styles. I still have that set.


This is what I mean, it’s solid wood of very good quality. Classic sleighbed.


Sleigh beds take up a lot of floor space because of the way they jut out at the head and foot of the bed. Many people avoid them for this reason.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2022 16:17     Subject: Re:Selling heavy bedroom set
Anonymous wrote:OP again, why would no one want a solid wood bedroom set anymore?


No one buys "sets" of furniture. People furnish rooms with pieces they love and which coordinate together.

Also, heavy, dark furniture is not appealing to most people.

Call A Wider Circle and ask them to come haul it away.