Freecycle/Freegle
Most of our furniture if not all is recycled via the landfill-phobic and/or the YWCA shop
ie a gigantic Tetrad grande Chesterfield that was mostly unused but a bit stinky-damp-stored.
We split it in half (designed this way), stood on end, ran a fan heater and kept the windows open for about three or four days. Used some anti-mould/enzyme spray (if I remember correctly) just to be sure. Estimated cost was less than 100 quid in energy/cleaning product. We later discovered the sofa cost about £2500 new, and ours was now like new! Quality product. Heirloom stuff.
10 years later it’s just had new cushion covers (made by local sewing genius) and the buffalo-hide (wt??) is going strong and looks set to out-last us both.
Last week picked up another Freegle chesterfield (two seater) and it cost us just £45*. We gave away two armchairs to make space.
*Yes, should have been ‘free’ but cost £45 quid to replace the car tyre. There were 6″ nails on their driveway. A trap!
True confession. I love my secondhand bikes more than my new ones.
I get this too. Currently looking at a shabby/neglected retro Raleigh money-pit that I adopted. Spent 30 minutes removing grime/seeing shine and then began that inevitable attachment/white-knight syndrome 😉
