Whether you are trying to cut down on furniture and consolidate in your home, or are looking to add more pieces of furniture to your humble abode, second hand furniture stores are your secret tool.

They can work in two ways for you: a place to find furniture at a reasonable price to add to your home, or serve as a place where you can take unwanted furniture to and donate!

Ok, so let’s get started on this re-vamping journey and explore how you can downsize or upsize with the help from second hand furniture stores.

Downsizing

Organize

Organizing your belongings and even incorporating your organizing into your furniture and overall style of your home will help for you to downsize and open up more room in your home. For example, here’s a great idea for using an already existing shelf for a double purpose, holding organizing bins:

Photo Source: Better Homes and Gardens

Donate

If you’re trying to get rid of furniture and create more space in your home, make sure you don’t just toss your used furniture, but instead donate it to second hand furniture stores. Often your local second hand store will gladly accept furniture donations, so long as the furniture is still in good condition and can be resold.

Upsizing

Now, this is a good problem to have. You are looking to add more furniture to your home and are trying to figure out what to do with your space! This is always a fun time. Maybe you just moved into somewhere new, or are upgrading what you currently have. However, buying new furniture can be so dang expensive.

Shopping at a second hand furniture store can fix that very problem!

Know what you want

When shopping for furniture, especially at second hand furniture stores, it’s important to know what you want and have a plan. Second hand stores are awesome but you don’t have as many matching pieces or as good of an ideas to what you’re going to find unlike a typical department store.

Keep an open mind

While you need to have an idea of what you want and stay focused, you also need to keep an open mind when it comes to second hand furniture. It’s important to be able to recognize potential and see what it could possibly be! So what did you learn? Don’t judge a dresser by its varnish!

Second hand furniture has so much potential because:

• It can be painted
• It can be stained
• It can be tiled
• It can be decoupaged

This site has some great ideas on how to revamp second hand furniture: Refunk my Junk

Whether you are upsizing or downsizing, second hand furniture stores are a great resource to use! They are a great place to get rid of furniture you don’t want and to buy pieces for a fraction of the price.

If you’re looking for second hand furniture, consider shopping at the Arc Store!