Sad part is I bet everyone would love to have the oak furniture, but nobody can afford it.
Today I talked a while with an owner of an antique shop. There’s almost zero interest in decent antique furniture. Massive oak remains unsold, while it lasts hundreds of years.
People are buying as cheap as possible. He is shifting more and more towards small “antique” bracelets, rings and other junk that they usually just receive for free when they clear houses.
This couple of euros junk just sells.
He also had a couple pairs of shoes of old brands, they last a lifetime, they are basically new but “old fashioned”.
I asked him how old he thought my shoes were. Couple years he answered but still looking good, easily fixable, old fashioned way.
Told him, 3 new soles, 1 new inner work. 21 years old. Wore them couple of times each month…
He said the best pairs should last 40 years wearing them weekly. You can still find a few manufacturers in Europe…
Low time preference shifting to high preference in the antique market was not something I was expecting to see.
Fun part, the fridge he had reminded me of nostr:nprofile1qqsy8w40ps5wdna3jkchacyrux0t8f90m7k9fkdkhtchqfcw6xf7xnqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmrwfjkzarj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5da7tvd 😂
Discussion
Don’t know where you are located but the oak furniture is cheaper then an ikea alternative that’s the sad part. I do not see people with a new home buying decent furniture. The people of my age (20-35) buy a new kitchen replacing a perfectly fine (their words) ‘ugly oak wooden one’ that was in the house. Because they can’t afford the new kitchen they finance and therefore rent that new kitchen. They sit in front of the tv watching house styling programs, who are sponsored by factories which work the same way as the sh*tty fast fashion industry companies. It’s sad that our generation in general doesn’t develop or have their own style or natural feeling house. At this moment most choose an ibiza style ikea house which is absolutely more expensive then go to a local secondhand or marketplace website to search for decent furniture. Hope that’s not the main thing in the world but that’s what I see with the peeps around me :(