Why is it so difficult to give furniture away?

Why is it so difficult to give furniture away?

Current trends minimal sleek - not Brown Victorian, maybe?

I find a lot of younger people do not want secondhand furniture, they want all brand new. When we got married in 1977 we grabbed anything people offered us as did most of my friends.

We had our kitchen updated a few years ago and a friend said her daughter and husband were on a very tight budget as they had overstretched themselves on buying a house. She said all they had in their kitchen was a sink!

Our worktops were in excellent condition and were much bigger than her kitchen so they could have cut them to size. I offered them and she said she would get back to me. They were in a neutral colour so would have gone with anything. The daughter never got back to me so I asked my friend if she wanted them and she said they weren’t really her thing so she had persuaded her husband to buy new worktops for her.

Newquay most charity shops take electrical items ours does we have a tester trained up amongst the volunteers

Our church has a storehouse for furniture so they would know what folk want. Apparently there’s always a shortage of beds! As they’re not selling items they’re exempt from fire safety labels I think.
I understood British Heart Foundation Will take electrical items.
So try local churches/charities?

Fenwicks in Newcastle did vintage furniture a few years ago and the price of secondhand Ercol and GPlan was eye-watering! However, like others, I’d been forced to give my own GPlan away some years earlier!

A friend recently sold her Mum’s house and asked the young couple who bought it if they’d like the dining room furniture left in (GPlan and free). Despite having nothing but a bed and a IKEA sofa, they said they’d rather have an empty room!
Frustrating, isn’t it?

I recently downsized seriously. I found the Salvation Army very good, but the BHF very sniffy! Emmaus was good too.

Definitely freecycle If you have a Salvation Army or heart foundation they take furniture and usually pick up (well they do here)
Try putting any small items outside your back gate everything goes within minutes if I do that 😂

I usually find that things go on Freecycle / Freegle (FB is very erratic!).
But try looking on your council website / asking on FB / googling - there are a number of charities who take furniture (admittedly fire safety is an issue) and re-purpose it. We have a number locally, but they can take a bit of finding.
Emmaus have a number of branches around the UK.

I am quite a fan of freecycle / freegle, but you do have to be careful. I always say 'if I have not heard from you by xxx, I will re-post' as some express interest then drop off.

Recently I found an upholsterer who teaches classes. He took an old chair to use for teaching / to gift to a student.

It's weird isn't it. Why are people so fussy.
I'm the same and have far too much.
I posted a few things on gumtree for sale and sold 2 old radiators. The rest is still here and I doubt I can give it away
On the other hand I am looking for an old kitchen unit for my workshop. Do people give these away?

I used to have ercol brown windsor furniture, cost an arm and leg. I managed to give the dining table and 6 chairs away. The dresser was impossible and I had to pay £50 in 2006 to have it taken away.

Ever since we/I have bought modular light coloured oiled oak pieces, still ercol or Danish but they would fit anywhere in any house and if there is excess one day, then the AC would want them

Lesson learned, the hard way

We had to pay for someone to clear my Mum’s house when she went into a care home after exhausting all other avenues. Quality g plan and similar furniture we couldn’t give away.