30
Apr
sell it all?
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sometimes i have really random thoughts.
and i’ll create an unextremely unlikely senario,
where a difficult decision has to be made.
so, today’s thought…
“would i sell all my furniture for $20K?”
every chair, couch, table, bed, etc.
and after some deliberation i decided, yes.
yes, i would!
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so how about you, would you sell all your furniture for $20K?
xoxo, lisa
oh, yes. all of the furniture i own is probably worth about $500 total, MAYBE $1000 if i include the stuff i have at my parents’ house, so yes, yes i definitely would. please give me twenty grand. :]
Absolutely!
I’ll say maybe. The only piece I’d have a hard time parting with is my hope chest. My parents bought it for me after my eldest son passed away (at 7 months old). I don’t think I’ll ever part with that.
in a heartbeat! no way my furniture is worth any where near that amount
absolutely not. no way, man. ive got furniture that held bowls in my grandmas kitchen: no money is worth a memory.
Much of my furniture comes from my grandmother’s house and my mother’s. My grandmother was extravagant and I am so lucky to have these substantial pieces. No way. I’d sell all my clothes for $200 though!
Hmmm. I think maybe I would. Just a few pieces that would cause me to pause. But I love thinking of all I could get to replace it with $20,000!
Definately!
Definitely! …….. except for the Adirondack bench that my hubby made and gave to me when he proposed. Except for that, they could have everything for 20k!
Nope! I have too many pieces that were passed down from family members or that my Grandpa made for me so the memories are worth WAY more than $20k.
Nope, too many antiques and pieces with a story attached!
I’ve sold it all before…for less than $20,000 and I’d do it again. It’s very freeing.
In a heartbeat! Every once in a while I wish I could just put everything I have on the curb and start over, so if someone offered me money to do so I would defiantly take it and run.
Wow, I would really want to, but most of it was handed down to us and is 60 plus years old and in good shape. in fact, I just had a couch and two chairs recovered. It’s got sentimental value. Now the stuff my husband and I have purchased? Oh, that stuff can go!
Hmmm….I have some pieces of furniture that I really LOVE. I have a Singer sewing machine that I use as a side table. It was my husband’s grandmother from the1930s. I really don’t want to part with that. I also have my parents old headboard, and since my Dad is passed it is pretty special. So, nope I wouldn’t for 20k.
How about I trade half of my furniture for 10k?! Then I can keep the pieces I love and get rid of the ugly ones
Sell every piece of furniture….$20,0000 huh…..I can imagine walking through my house…a blank slate and heading to numerous furniture stores to start over again and furnish it in a totally unique way…how fun…I would do it in a second and never look back!
I almost thought I would, but then I remembered the bookshelves and other pieces that my grandfather made me and there is no way I would ever give those up.
Hahaha yes I would. Except for my grandmother’s chair and the handmade furniture my hubby made!
Oh yeah and I like Sarah’s idea. Sell half for 10 K
yes.
but i don’t think anyone in their right mind would pay that much for our furniture.
i actually just ditched most of my furniture to move with my family. We couldn’t fit it in the Uhaul! I wish I had just taken that 20k
LOL, yes, since it’s not even worth about $50.
I think so… fun question to consider
Absolutely!! I long for a life with no material possessions…now if only i could convince my husband!! $20K would be great for a couple of getaways or one extravagant trip!!
in a heartbeat! our furniture is mostly hand-me-downs. and they’ve seen much better days. i could furnish my whole house with amazing new pieces for much less than $20K
Yes (except for the antique bed set my daughter is in…it was mine as a child)
Yes! No problem! Please connect me with any intersted buyers!
Most of our stuff is handy-me-downs or stuff from Target or Ikea that my wonderful husband has painted or sanded or changed the knobs on to make it look more like Pottery Barn or Crate N Barrell.
For 20K, I would think so. I would have to ask DH of course. We have too much furniture right now anyhow!
no. i’d sell some of t, but not all of it. not the armoir built by michael’s father (dennis). not the piano given to us, and restored by michael. and there are a few other items that have sentiment and story. those i could never sell.
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what an interesting question! do you literally mean ALL the furniture in my house, like dressers and bookshelves or just living room furniture? We have several antique pieces so that would really be a hard call since some pieces we probably couldn’t replace and/or would take lots of time - however it could be a very fun project/mission to have - finding all the right stuff again!!
have a great weekend lisa!!
xoTiffany
i could never sell my dining room set. it was my grandmother’s and i love it too much ~i just couldn’t do that. i also have a pantry that my husband, a good friend & i refinished together~nothing fancy, just painted black and a varnished piece of barnwood on top. but there were so many conversations, drinks and good times spent while it was being finished, i couldnt think of selling it.
I would absolutely, to have a brand new fresh start would be awesome!
I’ve got a lot of pieces given to me by my mother, and my husbands mother, and from husbands grandparents house. The rest is really cheap fill in stuff. So I’m going to say no, because no amount of money could bring back the dead who made the desk, or who conceived and bore in our bed, the mother in law who bore my husband. And our children who slept in those beds with us, and wrote on our beds, those beds are memories to be passed, not sold. Sure I’d like 20grand but not enough to sell our heritage.
What a silly question, of course I would. Any reason to shop.
I would totally sell all my furniture for $20K. Every stick of it, including the sentimental pieces like my oak filing cabinet and the old wooden table I got from my grandparents’ farm. The new stuff I bought with that cash would become sentimental too, so, ya know, fair trade.
Absolutely!
I love your furniture, but I’m thinking…. yes!
no way! too many pieces of precious furniture handed down to my by my parents. couldn’t part with the antique farmhouse hutch. dresser that was my mom as a child & then mine. oh no money could make me part from those.
absolutely…and then i’d have so much fun re-decorating for about half that amount!
Hhhmm, I’d have to say no. When we moved to the US 5 years ago we spend a ton of money on furnishing our new home and there are a lot of pieces that I love and wouldn’t want to part with. If you were talking about just one room though I’d definitely sway the other way.
No I simply couldn’t, well not all of it anyway! I have a stationary cadenza (lots of drawers) that was my Dad’s - it used to be in his doctor’s surgery and is SO PRECIOUS to me. I also have a gorgeous writing desk that was my Grandmother’s. Hmmm yes I’m extremely sentimental! Having said that there are some pieces I would gladly see the back of - from my hubby’s previous marriage.. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Big smiles..
in a heartbeat!
YES! our stuff is crap and of no sentimental value, so I wouldn’t mind parting with it
No, I’d have to keep some of my funky stuff. I might sell all of my dishes for 20K, though! ha!
it’s only stuff - i would definitely sell it!!! i’ve realized since having anna is that worldly material goods means absolutely nothing when you have a child with developmental delay. i would give anything for my baby to be better!
Great question, I had to think about this for a second!
However; no, actually I wouldn’t. My father in law has made my husband & I wonderful pieces. A lawyers bookcase, a bed, CD/movie rack, a clock, TV stand and a chest of drawers. He put forth so much love and hard work into each piece and when he is no longer with us his memory will remain with each grain of wood.
Question for you: If you could keep one piece, what would it be and why?
Yes. Except it’s not worth that much. And the rocking chair and porch swing stay. My mom rocked me and my siblings to sleep in that for several years and now I’m rocking my own little one in it. And the porch swing was a 1st anniversary present from my dad to my mom. We only have it right now because they haven’t had a front porch big enough for one since I was little.
Oh absolutely. Not even a second thought!
hmmm…I would really have to think about that one…probably not
Oh, heck, YES! Of course, someone would have to be knockers to offer that kinda money for my ‘early-garage-sale’ type of decorating!
I would definitely sell it all for $20k but I would definitely make out like a bandit! I own hardly any furniture. That would be awesome though!
Tempting because my furniture is not worth nearly that much. But several pieces have so much sentimental value. My husband made several pieces and so many pieces have a precious story attached to them. I’m glad I had a chance to think about this - it makes me appreciate the material things I have more. Thanks!
Heck yeah!
The question on this end is, “Who in their right mind would offer me 20k for my furniture?!” I have weird thoughts, too. I found a tiny home for sale in our little town. For $36,000.00! I spent a week talking to my husband about selling everything we one and moving into this fixer-upper…that is down the street from all the downtown bars. My husband works nights as a police officer and I get squeamish in our nice little neighborhood home…he didn’t go for my sell everything plan. Still not sure why…
But we did sell all our furniture last fall to be debt free! Card table is now in our kitchen and sweet folks buying new couches gave us their old. Worth every bit of inconvenience to be out of debt!
This is all so beautiful. Any chance you could help an aspiring blogger get started? I don’t sell anything, but I want to blog and have no idea where or how to start? HELP!! Merci!!
probably not - too many memories tied up in that furniture. eldest daughter’s bed was my grandparents when they first married (and she probably delivered her 7 children on! - - new mattress, of course) and my younger daughter’s bed was my sister in law’s when she was a child. our guest bed is my in-laws bed when they first married. my husband and I sleep in the only (fairly) new bed in the house.
OH HECK YES I WOULD!!! Considering our couch set is the only thing that we didn’t find free or cheap… and the 4 pieces were still only $1100. Oh my word, I’d come out like $17,000 ahead for our entire house (2 kids + 2 adults)! Now that I say that, I’m so glad I don’t have $20,000 invested in furniture! Ouch!