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Why Is Furniture Important?
Furniture is one item that plays an essential role in the process of any interior design. With a significant number of furniture styles available on the market, there are times when people tend to overbuy or tend to accumulate more to fill an empty space.
Before we discuss the options available for unwanted furniture, we should first discuss the importance of furniture in your home or at your commercial property, and then proceed with the ways in which we can better utilise unwanted furniture.
What Are The Roles Of Furniture?
In today's era, there are so many furniture styles that settling on a correct decision is a tough task. Once there is an empty space in a room, the one major thing that comes into your mind is furniture. The only other things that fit into a room apart from the furniture are room accessories such as mirrors, lights, and other household items.
Therefore, before over purchasing any furniture, it is extremely important to consider the roles of furniture. Let us briefly go through the roles and significance of furniture while it brings in the aesthetics of your commercial space or your personal property.
Comfort
Furniture is an essential equipment in any space that makes it even more functional and gives you comfort. And therefore, the furniture not only increases the look of the home but also offers the ample comfort to rest and relax.
Functional
Furniture is an essential equipment for every space and provides significance and functionality to the people residing in the space. It also provides a luxurious finish and gives an amazing outlook to the space.
Utility
The furniture is the major reason for utility in any space. For example, dining chairs and dining tables at the hall, king size and queen size beds for the bedrooms, and similarly, other furniture for different parts of the space.
These are one of the few reasons why furniture has an important role in any space. We would further discuss ways we can deal with unwanted furniture. In today's era where there are a lot of companies that produce extremely beautiful furniture, there are times when new property owners buy new furniture.
In such cases, the old furniture that they own might be unwanted. Another situation that arises is that people accumulate furniture over time before shifting to a new property and would carry it to the new apartment which would be more time consuming. Also, it would not be cost effective as shifting excess furniture to a new property would invariably be charged by the moving company.
Useful Ways Of Utilising Unwanted Furniture
While refurnishing your property, moving house, or if you are looking to downsize, it is completely normal if you are probably left wondering what you can do with your old furniture. A lot of the people have the space for it, but the furniture is left there to collect dust. Another point to add here is that a few of the furniture might be of good use to some individuals close to you like your friends, family, etc., but a few pieces of your furniture might just be thrown out altogether.
It is an important point to note that moving houses, moving offices, or moving furniture is a time-consuming and labor-intensive task, and you will not always have the manpower, time, or the right vehicle to shift your furniture. A lot of the time, you may not be able to leave your furniture on the curb as it may be too bulky for someone else to carry. Many local councils will not allow you to put heavy items on the curb.
It is advisable to contact rubbish removal services, otherwise you might end up paying a hefty fine for assuming it is right to leave unwanted furniture on the curb. In such cases, you have five options: sell your furniture, donate it, repurpose or recycle it, try a furniture removal service or hire a skip bin to handle your furniture. In this article, we would briefly discuss all five options and then you could make an informed decision on which method would best suit you.
Selling Your Furniture
Whatever the reasons are for selling your unwanted furniture, whether you are moving house, decluttering, upgrading, replacing, or downsizing, you ideally would want to get rid of your unwanted furniture as soon as possible. And if it is a piece of furniture that you value, you ideally would want it to be sold to someone who can use it.
This would help you declutter your space, give the furniture to a person who ideally would want to keep it to redecorate their space and help you earn some money out of it.
While you are at it, a good move would be to put up an advertisement of your used furniture and optimise it on platforms like Facebook ads, Google ads, etc. that would give you leads on individuals who are interested in buying your furniture.
If you are staying in and around Australia, there are a few platforms that cater to buying and selling furniture like eBay, Cash Converters, Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree, etc.
Donating Your Furniture
As people say, donating, in general, is a way of giving back to society. Donating furniture to charities would also mean that you are providing to an organisation that would also reuse your furniture by giving it to people and families who genuinely would require it but do not have enough money to purchase it. While you may or may not get any monetary benefits out of donating furniture to charity, it would be for a good cause.
Moreover, you can rest assured that your second-hand furniture would be helping a charity in one way or the other depending on which charitable organisation you have donated your furniture to. For instance, Salvation Army furniture pickups would greatly help you in your donation process. However, it is a good idea to call your preferred organisation and confirm with them their furniture pickup charges.
Since you are donating your used furniture, you may want to confirm if your furniture ideally should be in good condition or 'gently used' as they say, which essentially means that they should not be worn out. There are many charities and non-profit organisations, schools and churches, community theatres, and animal shelters that would be interested in taking in used furniture, assuming it is in good condition.
If you can’t find a charitable organisation that can accept your furniture, the best thing would be to contact your local council. Visit their website and search for rubbish removal services. Some local councils offer these services for free while others may charge a small fee to dispose of your furniture.
Recycling or Repurposing Your Furniture
This is a great process and an option for reducing the waste that you would create as well as helping the up-cyclers who really like and enjoy recycling furniture. There is a lot in your furniture that can be recycled, for example, the metal fixtures can be turned into something new.
Also, as a source of raw material that can be turned into new furniture, there are several companies in and around your local area that would be able to professionally contribute to your requests.
Contact A Local Furniture Removal Professional
This is a process that specifically works on removing unwanted and old furniture from people who would want to give it away. While you are at it, the first step would be to either get rid of your old chairs, couches, or any other furniture pieces by selling the furniture or, if that option is not viable, donate the furniture to charity.
If both of these options are not viable then the furniture is not in a usable condition which gets us to the next step which is to contact a local furniture removal professional, and they can come, evaluate your furniture and dispose of it on your behalf. This is a speedy and efficient process wherein you are assured the furniture is either donated or recycled depending on what you want.
The amount charged by furniture removal professionals depends on the region you live in and the urgency of disposing of the furniture. However, as mentioned, on average, furniture removal companies in Australia would charge anywhere between $200 to $2400 depending on whether your request is local or interstate.
Hire A Skip Bin To Handle Your Furniture
If your furniture is not in good condition, an easy way to dispose of it would be to hire a skip bin. A skip bin can help you remove unwanted furniture and they will do it at your convenience. To summarise, owning a beautiful set of furniture that would amplify the aesthetics of your home or your property, is a key factor in decorating and showcasing your personality, and your vibe.
The methods mentioned above are quite obvious but if done in a systematic and correct way, it would help a lot of other people who require new furniture. We hope we have given you some insights and options that may have helped you reconsider your options and means of utilising your unused furniture in a meaningful way.
