RebYidd23….
I don’t have ‘fancy shmancy’ furniture. We buy the best we can afford and it lasts a lifetime or longer. That’s what I was taught by my great grandparents and grandparents, I sit typing this comment at my home office desk that my grandfather bought when he opened his Optometrist practice in 1926.
We have many family pieces that have passed down through the family. We often buy quality used items and reupholster or refinish them. I do not see the value in cheaply made products that don’t last a long time.
I recently reupholstered (me, not a shop) the seats on our dining room chairs. It’s probably the 4th time I’ve done so in 45 years of marriage. B”H I have the tools and ability. My father insisted that all his sons learn how to use hand tools and do basic, carpentry, plumbing, painting and electrical. We are not cliff dwellers, if you are going to own a house you should be able to do basic maintenance. Mrs. CTL was the granddaughter of a painter. He had only daughters and granddaughters..they all learned to paint, sheet rock and wallpaper.
The CTL main house has doubled in size since we bought it decades ago. All work was done by us and siblings except for those items such as framing, installing an in-ground pool and plumbing and electrical required to be done by a licensed person in order to get permits and COs.
B”H, I still get exercise mowing, my lawn , shoveling the snow and taking out the trash.
The only 2 pieces of furniture I might think fancy are ‘Ebony and Ivory’ our Black and White Grand Pianos. The Black we bought for our children to learn and play on. The White belonged to my late MIL and moved in with us when she did. She taught our children all to play.
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