Second Hand Furniture With a Past and Unfinished Furniture With a Future
Furnishing your home can be quite an expensive experience, but an easy way out of most of that expense is to buy second hand furniture. While you might initially think that you’ll be getting beat up rejects, that’s not the case at all.
Most of the used furniture on the market is in very good to excellent condition– the way it would probably look about a month or two after it comes into your home. So if you’re getting concerned about quality, just tell yourself that you will end up with just as good a product as you would have if you had bought it new, you’re just saving yourself a bit of cash, and jumping ahead a few months.
Of course, as with any furniture purchase, you do need to make sure that you will be getting a piece of furniture that not just looks good, but will last as well. Shop with caution and make sure to ask questions and thoroughly examine the item before buying it. Whether you are going to second hand furniture stores or answering classified ads, you will always need to
If you are buying directly from the original owners, take a look around their home. Do they smoke? Do they have pets or children? If either of those are the case, you will have to be slightly more cautious. Anyone who is trying to sell second hand furniture is going to present their goods in the most positive light possible, so you take a good look over the piece for any excessive signs of wear.
Make sure to smell the insides of any drawers or cabinets. Do they smell of smoke, urine, or mildew? Open any drawers and apply some weight with the palm of your hand. Do they creak or seem to give more than you would expect? And of course, make sure to look over the exterior to make sure that it meets your standards.
When looking at second hand furniture for sale on the internet, you will need to be just as cautious. While you obviously can’t scout out the owner’s home of examine the item yourself, ask the seller for pictures of any defects, scratches, or stain. If the seller claims that the piece is in perfect condition, put on your skeptical hat. I have never seen a piece of furniture that has left the factory that is in mint condition, and there is no reason to believe that a piece of furniture that has lived in someone’s home for any amount of time wouldn’t show it.
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Posted in Second Hand Furniture · December 8th, 2009 · Comments (1)