Hello guys, my name is Tegan and today I want to show you our secondhand
furniture, which is basically all of our furniture. There are several reasons why
my husband like to further by secondhand furniture rather than brand new. Number
one you save money.
Secondhand is always cheaper than brand new. Number two, you can buy more unique
pieces. Not necessarily one-of-a-kind antiques but furniture that says something
about you rather than when you shop. Number three you can afford higher
quality, solid rather than ply-board pieces. This third point is what we
really try to focus more on nowadays. So, quality over quantity in all aspects of
life I guess. And number four, you reduce landfill by buying less into consumer
culture. Our shoe cabinet is actually a wine cabinet. I saw this idea on
pinterest and I bloody loved it! I grew up never wearing shoes inside the house
so there must always be somewhere to store shoes at the door. You can find
wine cabinets much cheaper than this but I took a long time to find something
that would fit in this awkward space for our front entrance and now that is one
of my favorite pieces of furniture. It's very solid and I think it's
probably the highest quality piece we own. We brought it home hanging out
the boot of a car! I thought i was going to lose it on the freeway but you gotta
do what you gotta do! This plant stand was $12 at a trash and treasure market. I had
literally been looking for one like it for years but athefew I'd come across were
always more than $100. When I bought it and was carrying it around
the market, one lady accosted me and seemed to be very upset that I'd found
at first. She was like, "where did you get that?!"
"what are you gonna do with it?!" and I was like, "I'm gonna put a plant in it?"
I swear she nearly ripped it out of my hands
This entertainment unit was probably a little more than i originally wanted to
pay, but we really love the design. All we had to do was drill a hole in the back
for the DVD player and the appletv chords.
And it's got plenty of room for all our DVDs, our cds and a few other bits
and pieces as well. We have pretty much decided that we are never ever going to
buy a new couch or lounge suite again, so long as we have our cat Selene.
The only piece of furniture we've bought brand-new was a Fantastic Furniture
couch, it wasn't amazing quality but it looked alright and it did the job.
Then Selene arrived on the scene and she thought it belonged to her. I tried
everything to stop her scratching it; wrapping it up in tin foil and sticky
tape, buying her all the different kinds cat scratchers but she basically destroyed it
within 18 months. We purchased this leather suite for a great price and
around the same time I invested in the cheapest cardboard cat scratchers from
Kmart which Selene loves! We don't expect it to stay in pristine condition forever
because Selene does still like to sleep on them but at only $250,
we don't really mind so much This rug, while not secondhand, was ex-floor stock which
is another great thing to look for instead of buying brand new.
Before I met Adi, I planned to keep a Jungle Python as a pet. I arranged for my
wildlife keeper license and I bought this converted kitchen cabinet from eBay
as a terrarium. Then almost immediately after that I met Adi and he flipped out
when he saw the, what i thought was an obviously fake snake, so it's been empty
ever since. I don't really want to get rid of it.
We use it for book storage and I keep my records in here as well. We've thought
about keeping frogs or stick-insects in here but I'm not so keen. I'm not sure
really how I feel about keeping a snake in such a captive environment anymore either.
This is the second dining table we've bought a couple. When we first moved in
together we used my old IKEA desk
as a dining table for months. Then we bought a small round 4 seater on ebay and once
we moved into this house we sold that one to someone who was going to
refurbish it, because we want to tell me bigger for this space
honestly I think we paid a little too much for it, especially since it's just
from Fantastic Furniture but it has been serving us very well.
I searched for ebay for our master bed suite for months and eventually won the bidding on
this one for what I think was a great price. It's natural, solid oak and I love
the paneling on the side of the drawers. The model came with wooden handles for
all the drawers but the previous owners never installed them and we think it
looks great without them too! We were a bit disappointed with this purchase,
it's a fantastic furniture brand again and while I knew this when we bought it
the photos did not indicate the poor condition of the wood and I couldn't
leave it there because I'd already organized for my father to bring his ute
up to the city to help us collect it.
It has however been very useful when family come to stay.
And finally, not really a furniture item i guess but a large household piece nonetheless
Our aquarium which is way too expensive for us to buy brand new. This was another
'hanging out the boot on the freeway' scenario which in hindsight was not the
smartest idea. But it survived and even though we've only had varying success
with the aqua garden and not very much success with fish,
I think it's a great addition to our home. Not just with the peaceful vibe
it creates but the cupboards below act as bonus extra storage too.
Thanks for watching guys, let me know if you enjoyed this video and whether or not you buy
secondhand furniture and, if so, what is your favorite piece? See you next time
Bye!