Benefits to Buying Unfinished Furniture

By Dave Johnson

How about buying unfinished furniture for your home? Many would shrug and say "no". Looks like a pretty scary situation but it is not so in reality. The term "unfinished furniture" could sound vague but when you look into the advantages of buying one without compromising on quality, you will agree with me.

Unfinished furniture is not always a flat packed deal. It is often a complete piece of furniture that requires painting or staining or varnishing.

By buying one, you would save on lots of money on your furniture all the while still getting a good quality piece of furniture that won't let you down. You can buy just about any style or type of furniture including unfinished bedroom furniture, tables, dressers, chairs, cabinets etc. and paint or stain them and use proper sealers to seal them.

There are so many benefits to buying unfinished furniture. Here are a few explained.

- It is constructed using real wood boards while most of the lesser expensive furniture that you find at stores are constructed with low quality wood and sometimes with particle boards covered with a wood veneer. If at all these low cost furniture be constructed with real wood, you are most likely to encounter issues like knots, blemishes, cracks etc. in the wood and these are usually hidden with paint or stain. Instead of buying these low quality and low priced furniture, it is advisable to buy higher quality real wood piece of furniture that is unfinished and the price is close to the low quality finished furniture.

- The price also plays a factor to go for unfinished piece. Since it is not completely finished, the manufacturers do not add the cost of finishing the furniture and these savings are passed on to you and you get a high quality piece of furniture at bargain basement price.

- If you are a person who is creative and likes to work with your own hands, you can consider it a project to buy a high quality unfinished piece of furniture and do-it-yourself to finish it by turning an old unfinished piece into a beautiful piece with just the addition of paint or stain.

- You can finish the furniture any way you like. You can stencil it, or use wallpaper to cover it, you can even use a wood burning tool to give it a unique wood burn design. The choices are endless.

- Anyone can do it. You do not need to be a great DIYer or have an art degree to make a piece of unfinished furniture look good. All you need is a bit of imagination or failing that some interior design magazines!

When you buy unfinished furniture and do some final finishes, you'll have a high quality and unique piece of furniture that has your work on it. - 29955

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