LOL Few people would call my furniture “lovely”. Just good sturdy pieces that nobody would be afraid to sit or lie on for fear of it collapsing. Most furniture here has a fond memory attached to it. I feel very fortunate to have lived my entire life within a 2 mile radius with most of my family surrounding me. As dear relatves passed on, it just seemed natural to care for some of the objects that had become precious to me.
I have also bought and inherited some old, sturdy pieces of furniture. They are so much better made than what you find nowadays. I have my grandparents old washboard down in my laundry along with something my grandfather apparently made. It is a flat piece of wood on which he attached the tip of an old table knife. The knife can go up and down without moving from the board. He made it so my grandmother could easily cut pieces of soap to use for washing. I picked up a bar of Fels Naptha soap and thought it would be good to have on hand after all.