Free Antique Furniture

Why don't people buy antique furniture anymore? 

I personally think it is because they are lazy... which plays into another thing... people don't buy houses often. They tend to bounce from one apartment to another... which means a lot of moving... so they want lighter furniture to move... equaling out to LAZY. 

No one cares about the fact that antique furniture is stronger, solid, REAL WOOD, beautiful, can be stripped and repainted over and over again beCAUSE it's real wood, or just stained even... they would prefer Walmart's lovely particle board that literally crumbles. I don't understand that.

Last summer a 20 year old couple came into the shop and were talking about a 1950's retro pecan colored bedroom set. They were like "oh we really need a bedroom set and this IS complete set, but ... $250 is an awful lot... why don't we just get a bed and dresser from Walmart..." I said "excuse me... not to be rude, but would you really rather spend more then $250 at Walmart on a bed and dresser made of particle board that will guarantee to fall apart in the next year or 2 over $250 on a COMPLETE set that is made of REAL wood and obviously will last a long time?" They turned and stared at the set with a look of complete realization and bought it 5 minutes later.

I mean... come on people...

Then on top of it I go into hobby stores and see new furniture painted to look old... and that neon painted distressed look is popular too... but it's NEW furniture. Made of particle board.... stupid. So stupid. We can't GIVE away some furniture. We just left a complete dinning room set behind at an auction because no one wanted it... even for free. Then we gave another person a complete dinning table with chairs, leaves, card cover for the table and leaves, plus a buffet that matched!! FREE... FURNITURE THAT WON'T JUST BREAK APART.... sold for $2 or completely FREE... often burned because no one wants it... funnier part... YOU CAN'T EVEN BUY FIREWOOD FOR $2! SICK

Our monthly Antique & Collectible Auction is held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds, and we get a lot of people in there... it's been there for over 30 years... but no one buys furniture anymore. It is so sad to watch. If I had a truck I would fill storage units with free furniture left behind. So sad


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