Have you inherited furniture?
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7 years ago
Hand-me-down furniture is perceived in different ways.
For some, it has sentimental value and that's why it's always kept in good shape and given a special place at home. Others just doesn't see it as fitting their style and prefer to sell or... re-gift the 'heirlooms'.
Have you inherited furniture from your family? If so, what did you do with it? Did you keep it as is, fix it up or toss it?
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Vote and share your experience in the comments – photos of your best/worst inherited furniture is encouraged!
Yes and I keep them in my home in the original style
Yes and I keep them in my home, but I adapted them
Yes, but I have sold them/given them away
Yes, but they're in storage
No, I've never inherited furniture
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wilmet45
7 years agoI haven't inherited furniture, but my daughter has. I moved into a modern apartment from a four bedroom house, and she moved with her partner at the same time to a four bedroom Edwardian house. My dark oak, mostly Ercol and Jaycee, furniture went with her, and it looks great in her new home- better, in fact, than in my previous 30's semi.
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PROCaroline Banks Art
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
The top photo is the original inherited bergère which was very tired so I sourced a mohair velvet (photo 2) which is as close as I could find to the colour I remembered from my grandparents' study. I now have the history and memories of 3 generations in this pair of armchairs.
Stephen Edwards
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
PRODesign Storey
7 years agoI inherited my great grandmother's Lloyd loom seats and I love them. My mother gave me them when I had my first student flat 20 years ago when I was at architecture school and I have loved them ever since. My mother had sprayed them gold! But I updated them in farrow and ball's off black. I love the lines and the scale of these chairs and they fit perfectly in our cottage!
Jan Johnson
7 years ago
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