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2 pieces of good (not ikea crap quality which you don't want to move around anyway) furniture would easily cost $14k.
by deadbabe 2y ago
2 pieces of good (not ikea crap quality which you don't want to move around anyway) furniture would easily cost $14k.
- Der_Einzige 2y ago[flagged]
- dantique 2y ago[flagged]
- kristjansson 2y ago> highest end furniture money can buy I’m sure they’re wonderful, and congratulations on the new acquisition! But you must know that’s a nonsensical statement. Above a certain level of sufficiency for purpose, it’s all a matter of taste. And like all matters of taste, the price can expand to absorb almost any budget
- ghaff 2y ago>it’s all a matter of taste And priorities. I spent a lot on a dining room table but recently decided I'd buy an all-wood with more assembly replacement bed rather a really expensive hand-crafted platform. Can probably just have my contractors assemble and I'll still come out way ahead.
- Der_Einzige 2y agoIf you do furniture research seriously, you learn that the difference between Hancock and Moore or similar brands and like crate and barrel is enormous. Go search for Hancock and Moore furniture at your local estate sale and notice that no one will let it go for less than like 50% of its original cost even despite significant usage. This is because those in the know realize that it’s the top quality product. It’s like boots - whites boots or Thurgood are objectively superior to almost everything else in terms of price to performance ratio. Most don’t buy them because they buy into Nikes bullshit propaganda. Product differentiation based on quality is the single most important aspect of price - even if companies do everything they can to obscure quality discovery. When you care about the following (google these, they are the marks of quality in the furniture world), paying a pretty penny is worth it. Kiln-Dried Hardwood, Corner-Blocked, Double-Doweled Joinery, Eight-Way Hand-Tied Sinuous Springs, real full-grain leather (Aniline or Semi-aniline Dyed)
- UncleMeat 2y agoPeople aren't saying that this isn't nice furniture. People are saying that obviously furniture can get even more expensive.
- Glyptodon 2y agoI haven't purchased, but a furniture store near me had a leather "Chateau Chair" of their's marked down from like $6k to $3000-something so it's hard for me to imagine the $12k for 3 larger pieces, though maybe it's a question of leather or non or something.
- what 2y agoYou can buy high quality furniture for way less than that. You’re just paying for a brand that no one will even notice.
- throwaway173738 2y agoOr real maple and oak instead of veneer. Which can be reupholstered and sanded and refinished periodically as the piece ages.
- Glyptodon 2y agoIt's hard to say w/o knowing what, but even getting a couple reasonably priced and finished Amish pieces for something could easily add up to half that. But if you're talking something like a large and well made leather sofa-recliner-sectional type thing it's plausible that it could add up to that much for one piece depending on size, construction, and leather.
- iamacyborg 2y agoHigh quality means different things to different people. Plenty of folks will notice the brand, because they produce iconic designs.
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoI have an IKEA desk I’ve moved eight times and it’s still going great after 20 years. I think it’s the oldest thing I own actually.