Old second hand furniture

ChilliBob

Misslayed said:

Stag minstrel is very good quality, well built, solid wood (I believe). Just very dark, so dated. Would upcycle beautifully. I have three pieces from my mother’s house, it’s on my ‘to do’ list to refurbish them! 

Nice, if I do get to this I'll keep an eye out!

kipsterno1

Have you looked on local Freecycle groups? It is always worth placing a wanted post.

WIAWSNB

Green_hopeful said:

Facebook marketplace often has furniture for not much money and you can search by distance so it doesn’t give you stuff miles away. 

Blimey! Just tried this in my 'hood. Vast majority ranged from 'free' to £30, with a couple over.

 

ChilliBob

Nice! I looked just now,. Mostly just ikea stuff that looks half broken sadly! 

jennifernil

Our daughter got a lot of stuff via her local freecycle and local Facebook page, mainly just to use as they were, but some for the materials to use for a different purpose……an oak bench is now 2 internal window sills.    Good items include office chairs and furniture, 2 leather sofas plus 1 chair,  2 oak frame cot beds for the kids, bunk bed frames, 2 solid birch Ikea dining tables, even fencing, and driveway blocks that were being lifted, and we acquired a solid oak Habitat dining table.

She has sold a few items locally,  but we have both found it is easier just to give things away, or donate to the British Heart Foundation shop.

Our local tip does not allow anything left there to be removed or sold, they even have cameras up to monitor this, which is a shame as some stuff is very good.  DD was nearly in tears after a trip there with garden refuse as she saw one person had dumped 4 perfectly good solid oak bar stools, which she could have made a good use of in her kitchen, or which could have been repurposed.  She asked if she could take them away or buy them, but was informed it was not allowed.

My OH is a woodturner and makes all sorts of old stuff into new things such as bowls, kitchen utensils and pens.  He has a LOT of timber stashed in the house and garage.
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WIAWSNB

jennifernil said:

Our local tip does not allow anything left there to be removed or sold, they even have cameras up to monitor this, which is a shame as some stuff is very good.  DD was nearly in tears after a trip there with garden refuse as she saw one person had dumped 4 perfectly good solid oak bar stools, which she could have made a good use of in her kitchen, or which could have been repurposed.  She asked if she could take them away or buy them, but was informed it was not allowed.

Is this a council-controlled recycling centre? Ours has a dedicated area for selling off worthy items like that. 

ChilliBob

I suspect ours would be like that, not like in the 80s when I swear we'd come back with more than we'd took (yeah, sure my Dad loved that!)

I need a couple of window sils for my summerhouse, that's an interesting idea I have now!

jennifernil

Council controlled.   They used to be happy for stuff to be removed, saved them dealing with it, but no longer.

I suggested to her that maybe the council/staff/whoever might want to sell anything good, but apparently not.

Maybe if she had been there when the owner brought them, she could have got them directly, not sure.

Troytempest

I would look at local auctions.  Ours holds monthly auctions of all sorts of stuff and always has some furniture items.  They are invariably top quality and go for silly cheap money.

Niv

nextdoor app / site also worth a look