Furniture

[ThunderGuts]

Afternoon all,

The expense of having a kid continues . . . kitting out the bedroom is the next phase. We need to get him a cotbed and a wardrobe with drawers (ideally). I am a massive hater of chipboard; it's heavy, weak and I just dislike it, so IKEA etc. is out (and so is a lot of other stuff apparently). I want to get proper wooden furniture . . . but where do people recommend? The likes of oakfurnitureland or whatever its called seems to be sky high in prices, the other end of the spectrum is something off FB marketplace, gumtree etc. but it's a bit of a gamble, there's probably issues transporting it and it might need tarting up.

Are there any other retailers of solid wood furniture I should check out? Based in South Manchester.

Cheers.
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[Diggs]

Get a second-hand cot as the little person will out-grow it in no time at all. You'll know this has happened when you are watching telly downstairs and you hear a 'thump' followed by a cry...

The only other thing you'll need is a chest of drawers.
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[ThunderGuts]

Cheers both. Any ideas of wardrobes? Same thing - second hand? I'm not fussy about such things, although the Mrs will probably want me to paint it or something.
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[Polarbear]

Find your local auction house and go down there. Solid wood furniture (usually the dark brown type) goes for pennies, really.

You can use as is (I actually like old dark furniture) or upcycle with a sander and paint (how wifie wants it).

You can really get some amazing bargains.
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[Robby]

Somewhere near you will be a shop - possibly a charity attached to a church - that clears out old people's houses when they die and tries to sell the furniture. You may find some gems in there.

However, I would just get over the chipboard hate. Ikea stuff is cheap and safe, and will last long enough. You're kitting out a bedroom for a small person who will grow and break things, not buying furniture to last a lifetime. It also frequently pops up secondhand because everyone has it, and small people grow.

Safe is the main thing. Having a kid is basically committing yourself to spending the next decade on suicide watch. If there is any possibly way that furniture can fall over (possibly involving lego wedges and leverage) it needs to be fixed to the wall.

[Diggs]

[dynax]

Have a google for anyone making pine furniture in your area, i had a bespoke set of drawers made to use as a printer station, 2 drawers and stands 700mm high at a metre wide and 600mm in depth, it is solid and i put it on heavy duty castors to move it around, and paid under a hundred pounds inc delivery, you should be able to get something of a standard size for around that sort of price
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[grr666]

Gumtree. Schpock, Ebay.
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[MCN]

Solid wud furniture is expensive due to material cost, Manufacturing Cost and it is nice.

Mass production hammered prices but MDF Chip Block is cheaper and cheaper construction methods are used. (Those fecking hinges that are fitted into cabinets made of cheese.)

Auction houses Warrant Sales are your source.

And then you can refurb to freshen up. Strip it Paint it or Strip and wax seal it.
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[thx1138]

auction houses, I used to be a porter in one,

victorian furniture usually sells for the same price as the high end new flat pack crap, and is a thousand times better in my opinion

[A100man]

[A100man]

I found it it was like this but ours also had shelves above IIRC.

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/sundvik-changing-table-chest-of-drawers-grey-brown-50424006/
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[stinkwheel]

My local council housing department has a charity setup which sells second hand furniture and supplies furniture free for people who have none with the proceeds. You get good, solid old fashioned wood furniture for sweetie money.

The British Heart foundation also have used furniture shops you can get some good stuff in.

There isn't a stick of new furniture in my house.

If you want it painted rather than "brown wood", you can still get proper oil-based eggshell paint if you look for it. It comes in metal tins, if it's a plastic tin, it's not what you are looking for. Also look for the big, red "high VOC" logo on the label.
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[ThunderGuts]

Cheers all. Sourced a cotbed from one of wifey's colleagues for a song, just need to hunt down a wardrobe type thing now.


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