Posted on 04/20/2021 9:18:06 AM PDT by weston
Oh, I wish I could buy/move that furniture, down here, Judy!
I have a storage room of pieces that I cannot part with because they’re all American made, (now :) vintage pieces of wood furniture.
I love to paint furniture, so my plan is to paint these pieces, one day, and keep using them. Storage is free, and there’s even workspace (for painting).
Here’s the catch with new, quality made (upholstered) furniture....it’s getting harder and harder to get, because fabrics and foam are in short supply.
A decorator friend said what is holding up most of her projects, right now....is getting these high end, quality pieces....because supplies to make them are short.
Do your kids/family not have room/use for these wonderful pieces? 😩
Or Danish (Ikea).
When I moved I didn’t have any furniture. My manager gave me the hard rock maple kitchen table and chairs she grew up with; she said she couldn’t even give them away. It’s not like it was a dining room suite-just a small round table with removable leaves and six chairs.
Lol, sounds like me.
You going to sell them?
Rusty, I can’t even give them away. I have a lovely Shermag dining room set.....table, six chairs, buffet and hutch. It’s in immaculate condition. I don’t know if it’s very much for a dining room suite, but I paid over $6,000.00 15 years ago, and it doesn’t have even a mark in it. I have offered it for free, and nobody wants dining rooms any longer. I have boxes of crystal that nobody wants. Tons of it. Pinwheel, Cross and Olive, Waterford.....nobody keeps crystal any longer.
Thanks, cs. Yes, it is very nice furniture. Nobody wants it. I have the Gibbard 4 poster bed at the cottage, and the dressers and night tables at home. Nobody wants this stuff anymore. Heck, my son sells tons of coffee tables and chairs made out of barnboard. He bangs them together in his garage in his spare time and people can’t wait to get their hands on them! My lovely, crafted, historic Gibbard pieces.....meh.
I never had the kind of life where crystal or formal furniture played a part, but that’s what I’m reading with people downsizing and wanting to get rid of their treasures, no one else does either. I’ve bought crystal glasses from Goodwill for 99 cents and seen full sets of china for $30 at the same place.
I don’t know about in Canada, but if you have quite a bit of those kinds of items that you don’t want and no one in your family does either, maybe check into estate sales companies or ones that specialize in downsizing? You’ll probably only get pennies on the dollar, but at least you’ll get something out of it.
My kids haven’t said so, but I think they think it looks like old people furniture. I think it’s a shame, but I’m likely going to be leaving it curbside for someone to take. There’s the bedroom suite, the (Shermag) dining room, boxes of crystal....so much stuff.
Here’s the Shermag furniture - it’s the Skive with a matching hutch and buffet.
https://www.shermag.ca/decors-dining-furniture.html
Beautiful furniture. In style too. I can’t imagine e your children wouldn’t want it.
This company buys and sells china, glassware, flatware. I’ve bought pieces from them.
Sad how young people would rather have particle board furniture instead of real wood. The synthetic materials are not healthy.
I love it.
Clean, classic lines.
I’d take it, in a second, if I was them!
What crystal pieces? 😍
“I’ve got to wash all of the little leaves on my two fake trees today.”
I just take computer/keyboard spray air cans and spray all the dust off my artificial plants. Works real well.
I don’t know that’s an issue for preference per se. I think it’s a practical matter.
I’m not a young person, but I can’t afford a $15,000 dining room set. Heck, I couldn’t afford a $2,000 dining room set! And even if I could afford it, there’s no room in my house to put one.
If it comes down to my having to eat off the floor, spend $300 for a cheap table or go in hock for a $5000 dining room set, I’m springing for the $300 table.
Hard to believe. People don’t care about quality or the finer things. Maybe you could sell crystal to some antique shops?
Hi Judy - perhaps you can check with the people who are staging your house. They may know of a dealer or auction house who would take it off your hands.
There is a market for higher end furniture. Interior designers can locate it. With all those lovely McMansions in Canada, I’m sure there are people looking for quality pieces at more reasonable prices.
OTOH, I have some pewter I bought decades ago for a few bucks. I looked some of it up, and one plate was going for $45 to $90.
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