Quality furniture

[enfieldspares]

Well made furniture is CC41 wartime and post-war "utility furniture". I am still eating off the breakfast room table my parents bought in 1947.

 

[BSAvale]

Well made furniture is CC41 wartime and post-war "utility furniture". I am still eating off the breakfast room table my parents bought in 1947.

Exactly, the furniture I have from my grandparents is of that vintage. Still going strong. One sideboard I regularly see for sale for >£1000 too.

 

[Apthorpe]

Get yourself onto ebay , and buy brown furniture , then either paint it , or strip it and wax it . Brown furniture costs pennies now, but is generally very good quality , and can look pretty good when refinished .
Full disclosure. My good lady is a top class upholsterer / furniture restorer .

Sacrilege!! Except where it's very tired.

 

[long_range_rob]

Don’t forget Facebook marketplace. I’ve had a dining table with 8 chairs, display cabinet and three piece leather recliner suite for the cost of collection. As previously stated a lot of people change their furniture like they change their underpants.

 

[Apthorpe]

Don’t forget Facebook marketplace. I’ve had a dining table with 8 chairs, display cabinet and three piece leather recliner suite for the cost of collection. As previously stated a lot of people change their furniture like they change their underpants.

But hopefully they haven't shat in the furniture....

 

[mel b3]

Sacrilege!! Except where it's very tired.

I quite agree , but brown furniture is worth nothing these days , and most people wouldn't have it in the house . Better to turn it into something with a value , than to turn it into firewood.

 

[Apthorpe]

I quite agree , but brown furniture is worth nothing these days , and most people wouldn't have it in the house . Better to turn it into something with a value , than to turn it into firewood.

I'm surprised woodworkers don't buy more of it. A lot goes for far less than the timber value, with wood quality that doesn't exist any more. I'm sitting next to a table made of 20 inch wide mahogany planks, which I paid less than the value of one plank for.

 

[mel b3]

I'm surprised woodworkers don't buy more of it. A lot goes for far less than the timber value, with wood quality that doesn't exist any more. I'm sitting next to a table made of 20 inch wide mahogany planks, which I paid less than the value of one plank for.

Funny you should say that . I have a mate that buys old furniture, and takes it apart and sells the wood . The crazy thing , is that he earns more for taking old furniture apart , than he used to make for building new furniture . His furniture making is just his hobby now .
Personally I think it's a crying shame , but nobody wants brown furniture anymore.

 

[kent keeper]

Another vote for second hand. I'm currently sitting at our dinning table that was £1600 new. I gave the owner £80. That was almost ten years ago.