It is VERY common for a store to repair an item rather than replace it. This is not because the store wants to shaft the customer. It is usually because the manufacturer will want to send replacement parts (ie, the base of a chair, seat of a sofa, side panel of a bed, etc.) rather than replace the entire piece. This is common sense. Why would any store replace an entire piece when a part can be ordered and make the existing piece new again. Most people have no clue how the industry works nor do they have a clue how most furniture is made and built. If you bought a new car and something was wrong right away, the dealer would repair it, not give you a whole new car. This is standard practice in the furniture industry as it should be. I have worked in furniture for over 30 years with 3 different companies. Repairing before replacing is not a scam and is standard practice in most instances. Most advice given online about how to deal with furniture stores is garbage, and most issues can be resolved with a simple repair of replacement part. If a leather sofa comes with a big scratch, why on Earth would the manufacturer replace the enitre piece when they could replace just a seat cushion, or even send a cut and sew piece of leather for a repair person. American consumers are spoiled and seem to think they can just demand whatever they like from a store and the store has to kiss their ass. Nope!

I am also in the process of adding a built in closet to my master bedroom. I lost a walk in when I remodeled the bathroom years ago. We started out with a bookshelf/media unit that my husband was going to build and ended up at a cabinet maker and adding closets/drawers. Its not inexpensive, but I was surprised at how reasonable it actually was. We chose cherry with raised panel doors. I can only imagine how much more reasonable it would have been if we'd chosen paint grade with less drawers. We had the same unit priced by a well known closet company and they wanted 4x more money!! I was floored! In 14 feet I'm doing a 24 inch depth with a closet at each end, a total of 12 drawers, open shelving and a place for a flat screen. Cabinet companies in our area are hurting. Might be worth at least having someone price it, plus they will draw it out for you and then at least you've got a plan that you can do yourself to save money. We'll be installing our own which will save some money. I'm excited to add the storage and get rid of some old furniture!!

I've been through what you're going through now. It was an agonizing decision. DH was pressuring me to get rid of my mother's bedroom suite. It was not our style, 1950's blond mahogany. As much as I disliked it's looks I schlepped that furniture across the country on all of my moves, from one apartment to another. On one of it's cross country trips I received a call from the moving company, someone had stolen the van and they might not be able to recover it. During that time I couldn't believe how UN-upset I was over this possible loss. Finally someone else would be getting rid of it for me so I wouldn't have to feel guilty about doing it myself! But then the moving van was recovered and the furniture arrived safe and sound. DH pleaded with me to get rid of it, he even dangled a carrot in front of me...I can buy all new furniture in place of Mom's bedroom suite. I really wanted to but I was haunted by what she would think if she were alive. This was all I had left of her aside from a pearl necklace and letters. I asked myself, if she were alive would she tell me to sell it? What would she do if she lived another 25 years and it was still her furniture...would she have gotten rid of it herself after all this time! I asked my sister if she would take it and she said NO WAY. Would her son want to take part of it, I could get rid of some pieces if at least one was saved. He had no interest either. That's when it hit me...am I holding on to this furniture because I expect it to be as treasured by the next generation. Is it going to be handed down so that others will have a link with the grandmother or great-mother they never knew? Already I had that answer, they wanted no part of it. So what was I hanging onto it for? Even if they did I know they would have destroyed it given how they treat furniture. If I left it to them in my will they'd send it to the thrift store without a moment's hesitation! With no one to leave it to I realized it had no future past me anyway. I was looking for excuses to get rid of it but that's what you have to do, give yourself enough reasons to justify the action. If my Mom were alive I think she would want me to experience the joy of picking out my furniture as much as she did hers. I noticed she wasn't carting around furniture from her parents or grandparents day either! An important thing to remember is that inanimate objects do not have souls, they aren't the people who owned them. I have smaller objects of hers and of course photos and my memories. What I ended up doing before sending my mother's furniture to charity was write in her name and the date she bought the piece in the back of the dresser where it would remain hidden until someone took out a drawer and looked way back in there. I also wrote my name. So I've made our mark on the furniture, it will always be ours no matter where it goes. And I also kept one little nightstand, not able to part with every piece I kept the smallest one. It's hiding in my closet, heehee, waiting for me to get to the age where I may have to go into a nursing home. Then, when I have to edit all of my furniture down to a small room I can decide if her nightstand comes with me. And then we will have been together from beginning to end! :D p.s. To those of you with kids...don't wait, tell them NOW that when you're gone feel free to get rid of anything they want. Don't burden them with that guilt. If your legacy is tied to piece of furniture and nothing else then you've failed somewhere along the line! My grandmother used to say her biggest fear was that she would be forgotten. Not having her furniture around anymore has done nothing to diminish my memories of her.

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