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Sometimes I don't want quality...

July 15th, 2009 at 02:12 pm

I know a lot of people are fans of buying quality items. I am too for say clothing or appliances/gadgets that I know I will use to death. But when it comes to furniture, I really hate buying quality. I like to change the look of my rooms and with all the moving I have done over the years, I tend to end up with a collection of furniture that doesn't necessarily fit in the next place. The problem with furniture is that even the cheap stuff lasts forever.

Most of the furniture I have owned over the years I have been able to pawn off on friends when I tire of it or move to a place it won't fit. I am currently staring at a very nice table that is huge and am wondering if my friend would like to have a table set. Somehow, I don't think she will want it thanks to it being so large (which is why I don't want it). Which leaves freecycle or craiglist for disposal. And right now I just don't have the time. Blah. Maybe Goodwill will want it?

I can imagine how much fun it will be when I finally decide to get rid of my current bookcases and replace them with matching larger bookcases (years down the road but getting rid of furniture seems to be a challenge for me). Just like down the road I will need to decide whether to get my 2 burgundy chairs reupholstered to a more suitable color (most likely since they are nice chairs) or get rid of them and get new (only if its impossible to reupholster them).

Course, if I declutter the house again, maybe my furniture won't bother me. The need to purge stuff seems directly linked to how much stuff is lying around (my library is overrun with tools and my covered porch is covered in landscaping stuff and my backyard has a pile of junk that needs to be disposed of). I suspect I will be tackling all of my problem areas long before I get rid of that table.

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3 Responses to “Sometimes I don't want quality...”

  1. Broken Arrow Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 02:48 pm 1247669286
    1247669286

    Hehe, that's understandable. The only real furniture I have right now is a desk and some chairs. The rest are hobbled together, but you know what? I like it the simplicity of it. I don't have any problems with not having more furniture than that.

  2. whitestripe Says:
    July 16th, 2009 at 09:37 am 1247737053
    1247737053

    we buy most of our furniture from op shops or DF makes it. most of what is from op shops is 60's or 70's style - some have been fairly expensive pieces even though they are from op shops. i don't like the idea of always changing furniture because it seems like such a waste of resources and time and money. BUT. I buy cheap tshirts Smile my tastes stay the same pretty much, and i do buy classic pieces otherwise (like jeans, jackets etc) but when i find a tshirt i love, i wear it do death. so much that people (friends or DF) have told me 'stop wearing that'.

  3. Caoineag Says:
    July 16th, 2009 at 01:22 pm 1247750575
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    Whitestripe, I wear clothes to death but when it comes to furniture, I want to change it based on what I need and the space I have. I have never actually thrown a piece of furniture away, always gave it to a friend who actually needed it. I have never seen a piece of furniture that needed to get thrown out (though I am going to have to redo my poor ancient little couch table. The leg screws are stripped so I need to replace the hardware. But that sucker is older than I am). I also rearrange my living areas every 6 months simply to gain more space or have a new layout. So if it isn't versatile, I am not going to like it.

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