What Ever Happen To Real Wood Furniture????

MMm....are you sure that's trash to treasure?? or trash to trash..

I did quilify that it was treasure for the sawmills...

I really wanted to say trash to trash - but what was formally only good for animal bedding was now sold for bucks.

At least its out of the ocean or landfills - for a bit longer.

Yup--that particle board stuff does suck..doesn't even smell like real wood and don't laugh but love the smell of wood furniture...I know I'm a tad weird

oh i hear you-lemon polish on nice wood smells just awesome.not the same on particle.not to mention the particle never looks..fully clean?to me no matter how many times you wipe it down.

If and when I get that business with that check solved I'm in the "market" for a desperately new bed...been hunting around for bedframes already...guess I'm going to be stuck getting the particle board crap...I came across one website that had REAL wooden frames..and like you fainted at the price..oh, and don't get me going about the cost of mattresses...wanna laugh??...I think it's Sealy or Serta that has a separate line of "Vera Wang" mattresses...just because it has her name on it, the cost of a mattress is something like $2,000 ARE THEY NUTS??

2,000 bucks, Holey Moley.
what happened to the days when the mattress came supplied witht he bed.

Alas Goodie getting a bed AND mattress...those days are longgggggg gone
Hehee..found the website..its Serta and for your perusal and delight I present the Vera Wang mattress

http://www.us-mattress.com/serta-vera-wang-serene-indulgence.html

Gee Pye for that price, I would hope they are supplying a handsome hunk of a man also.

Hey!! That's not a bad idea!!

Yes and you should be able to pick and choose which hunk you want.

Did you know that more trees though are cut down though for the paper industry rather than for furniture? Especially companies like Kimberly Clark that cuts down the trees in the Boreal Forest to use for Tissues, and toilet paper? At least I buy paper products that are recycled...but yes even furniture that has been recycled as particle board should be made better at least

Yes even electronics don't last as long as they used to either, most get kinks in them after a year or two and either have to be repaired or replaced.

"furniture makers today wouldn't know a dovetail joint if it jumped up and bit them in the butt"
LMAO sad but true!
I have a couple of dressers in my kids' rooms that are older than I am and may be older than my husband too LOL
They have the dove tail joints
now some of the newer "furniture" in my house that dont have dove tail, we have had to on several occasions nail the drawers together because they fall apart when you pull them out!
When I do shopping for wood furniture I go to resale shops and consignment shops first and look for good quality pieces that can be refinished
I am tired of putting together fall apart furniture LOL

I love that line too bonbon...wouldn't know a dovetail joint if it jumped and bit them in the butt...heehee
The REAL problem though too, is most of this furniture is stuff you have to assemble yourself--I had to do that with my oversized computer desk...just me all by my wittle lone-y..nearly got a hernia doing it to as it's a heavy mother--I think I mainly started this rant cause if I get my check issue solved (another discussion) I desperately need a new bed...I mean desperately!! The bedframe is about 47 years old but now crappy looking even though it isn't particle board and the way it creaks and groans (and no I'm not overweight) I'm expecting it to fall through and visit my downstairs neighbors one night

Too bad years ago we didn't keep my great-grandmother's old furniture when she had died...It's now probably in some land fill decades ago...but that furniture was made well--even had the signature of the craftsperson who made it...how many furniture pieces have that now? They wouldn't dare put their signature on it cause they know it's crap

Yup--when you think of it, in the long run, by keep buying the crappy particle furniture to replace it over and over again, might as well buy the real stuff, but like who can afford it at any given time? You would need a small loan for that

well unfortunately my computer desk that I got last year is a particle board type...and yikes heavy as heck...I had to assemble it myself...now I'm Soooo careful with it, and won't have any glass of liquids to drink while here so won't get that "bubble" effect ..uh, just in case I spill something, but the dang thing has scratches on it..uh, no not from me...when I first got the computer desk assembled since the cats were curious about it used to slide on it as if they were roller blading on it...

That's the very reason why I will no longer have a coffee table in my living room. I was tired of the cats running and jumping on it to slide to the other side, wiping out anything that was on it not to mention that the dogs' tails would wipe it off as well whenever they wagged their tails near it. I gave up and burned it since it was so full of scratches that noone would of wanted it.

Yes we are in a disposable world unfortunately...and yes, while it may take longer to "season" real wood for furniture it does at least last longer

Oh I would love to see a photo of the bunk bed...it really does sound very unique..has he ever thought of making ones for sale??

Ask and ye shall receive. He is currently trying to sell this one but it is not a small bed some people dont like that. If he had time he would try and sell his woodworkings but he doesnt have time to market it. But he can make just about anything its great.

Wow that's fantastic minnie...how long did it take him to make that anyway? And he had to then stain it and varnish as well, right?

It took us about two days to finish it. It wasnt to hard just the small details took him along time as he doesnt have the right tools he carved the details all by hand. He is very creative. I saw a pile of wood and was like yeah right but it turned out great.