Antique Overload

We are in the midst of an Antique Revolution. There are many reasons, when furniture shopping, to go with an antique purchase over a regular retail store. Here are what I believe to be the top 10!

10. An antique is an investment. While other furniture will wear out in a matter of years and quickly become firewood, antiques gain value with time. Not only does it serve a purpose in your home, but it will become a family heirloom.

9. It’s a guarantee that your piece will be original. You will never have the experience of a neighbor entering your home and saying, “Hey, we have that same furniture in our house!”

8. It’s nice to have things that are older than you are in the house.

7. Antiques are great conversation starters. Not many people will be able to ‘one-up’ the fact that you have a European antique sitting in your living room.

6. They look nicer than the furniture you have now.

5. Sometimes antiques are haunted. This is good if you’re in to that sort of thing.

4. Quality construction. Nothing beats the craftsmanship of an experienced carpenter. Not even a machine. Why settle for mass produced, machine made furniture when yours can be beautiful and hand crafted?

3. Antiques make you cultured… or at least appear cultured.

2. We can obtain them cheaper than most retailers sell them for. Honestly, why would you spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a piece of furniture from a retailer when you could buy a high quality, original, imported piece for equal or oft’ times, less money?

1. Antiques have withstood generations and generations of children… they can withstand yours.

If these reasons aren’t enough to convince you that antiques are amazing, I don’t know what will!