I have been thinking about this blog..and my little furniture refinishing hobby/ biz . I started out trying to fill up my own house and then tried to be like The Frosted Gardner or maybe Altr'd Furniture?.
Now, I think I am not cut out to be like these amazing women with all their vision and their husbands that help them out...these women take your treasured heirloom and refinish it,& reinvent it. Their pieces are solid wood, cloaked in history and built to last. These are pieces that have been handed down or sought after.. meant to be kept forever.
I am my own kind of furniture refinisher. I find useful furniture that has potential. Furniture that is repairable, paintable, updateable, and repurposeable. This is furniture that did not cost the original owner a fortune but it started out new and nice. This is the furniture that people saved up for and bought from places like Ashley, Big Lots, Mor Furniture and took home and "used". Now they have either outgrown their use for it or it has become outdated or they simply have no place for it anymore... maybe it's slightly broken, or they are just sick of it. This is where I come in.
New paint, new knobs, updated, modernized, beautified.
Useful again.
This is furniture that is affordable, furniture that is for growing families.., Furniture that goes off to college. Most families have a few "key" pieces that are expensive and treasured and then they fill in the rest of their home with affordable nice looking pieces. My pieces are guest room furniture, children's room furniture and furniture that does not cost soooo much that you have to keep it a lifetime to get your money's worth out of it. This is furniture that seamlessly blends with your style and "looks"like you planned it.....even if you had no clue.. it looks like you picked it out on purpose.
you can't go wrong, it goes with almost any decor and any color...and it's affordable.
Don't feel guilty,,, when it gets scratched...when you can afford to replace it with better or when you're plain sick of it.. sell it, donate it..It suited your purpose , it was cheap, it looked good. No regrets.
Replace a piece at a time or just change everything up every so often,
In my own home, I frequently sell on Craigslist and I buy on Craigslist. I charge fair prices and I pay fair prices. I meet alot of people in all sorts of situations that feel the same way I do. I know that my taste will change, and my life will change and my furniture needs will change along with it all.
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This concept I think works well with our changing lives and our economy right now.... I never feel " stuck " with a dining room set.. or a desk or bedroom set.. I know that when I am bored with it.. I can have the fun of selling it and getting something different and making it uniquely mine and it's fun.
Decorating your home SHOULD be fun.... it should not be a serious, overwhelming, life altering, expensive chore.
So go ahead, buy it, paint it, use it, sell it, change your home to suit your life.
Have fun.!!!!!!!!
