We donated our kitchen cabinets, several pieces of furniture and artwork to our local Habitat for Humanity Re-Store. They came and picked it up and gave me a charitable donation receipt.

Love the sound of your plans, great table you’re getting!

I’ve given things away for free on FB Marketplace many times, and they’ve all gone the day of the ad, with no annoying back and forth messages.

There are a lot of families relocating to the US from Afghanistan. I would check with a local refugee agency to see if they could use the furniture.

I believe these would be snapped up by some of the Shabby Chic conversion experts that keep popping up on my FB feed!! They will paint them, and ruffle them, and glue some flowers on them, and then be stars on Pinterest!!

I am pretty sure that Revivals would take them, unless they are overstocked, but I also hope that in December they would need more items.

They took everything we wanted to donate before that was in showroom condition, and all of these items are in showroom condition.

I think that trying to sell them could take too long, and I do not want them taking up too much space in our garage, although we still have quite a bit of space there to spare.

Although well made it’s a style that might be hard to sell. I would make someone happy, ask your lawn service guys if they know of anyone who would want the items for free. I gave a lot of womens clothing, some with tags for our landscape workers to take if they wanted, they always did. My husband gives all his old suits, shirts and shoes to a grownskeeper at work who is involved with the poor at his church. We also donated our guest bedroom set. We like to do a direct avenue to the needy sources when possible. My husband was recently told his suit was worn by a groom for his wedding. He didn’t own a suit so he was very happy.

I agree with justterrilynn...though well made, they are really dated and out of style; I can't imagine there is much of a $$ market. But look on your Next Door and Craigslist and see if you see similar things being sold or if people are giving them away. That might tell you if there is a market. I would donate them, if you can find somewhere that will take them.
eta: your new table is gorgeous and seems much more your style!

Unless it is going to someone I know, I usually donate usable furniture. Our women's shelter and Habitat both have good resale shops. Furniture that needs some rehab will likely go to the curb. We have large item pickup that can be scheduled on our regular pickup day by calling a couple of days ahead, though many items aren't at the curb long enough to get picked up by the collection truck. Either way, they get a second life with someone who appreciates them.

We do not have a lawn here or lawn service people - just a pool guy, and I doubt he would want this furniture.

Thanks for the suggestions - I think the best idea is to have Revivals pick it up - they are my favorite charity, and I have donated furniture to them before. If they do not want it, I can schedule bulky item pick-up to dispose of it for me, but I would rather see it go to a good home.

When I have put things out for bulky item pick-up here, someone usually comes by beforehand and picks it up for themselves.

Zalco, At least where we are, they only take monetary donations to help resettle refugees.

It is a wonderful organization: https://irisct.org/ It may be different elsewhere of course.

In the past, they provided amazon links with requested items but now,not even that. Sorting, storing (and often needing to discard) in kind donations,esp as large as furniture,is a cost center itself and uses up a lot of resources. Anyone considering in kind donations might consider selling the item and donating the cash proceeds.

Is there a Buy Nothing page on Facebook in your location? I’ve given away a number of items including a desk on my loval Buy Nothing page. Usually I arrange a porch pickup so I dont even have to be around when they come for the item, although that would not work for large items.

I used Freecycle in L.A. to get rid of my old exercise equipment when I switched to an elliptical machine, and it was picked up the same day I placed the ad.

There is also Freecycle in Palm Springs, and so that is another option, in case Revivals does not want the furniture.

I've seen similar furniture that was not even as nice at a consignment store in Palm Springs, and so I think Revivals will be able to sell this. I've also bought a lot of stuff at Revivals, and the last time I was there, it was very crowded.

I wish we had a Revivals here! But ours would most likely be full of circa-2007 Texas Tuscan stuff. :D

Love the new table, Lars. I would donate and second Buy Nothing groups. I am steadily getting rid of stuff through there. Put it outside, they pick up and you are done.

Mtn, at my primary residence, Bay Area, it is as you describe. I send money. At my secondary, Park City/SLC, they take money, of course, but are also collecting furniture, clothing, school supplies, period supplies, and foodstuffs. Maybe they have more room for storage in Utah?

It's not easy, but possible to sell. My Dad recently futzed around for quite a while trying to sell a very new lounger. He finally did, but it took a lot of time and ultimately schlepping for the 80 bucks, unlike if he had donated it and they would have come and gotten it. So it depends on your needs and tolerance for spending time trying to sell compared to what you would get for the stuff. It could sell fast and easy or not . . .

I think we'll try Revivals first, and if they do not want it, then we will try Freecycle. If that does not work, I will try NextDoor. I have a NextDoor account for Palm Springs as well as one for Los Angeles, and I had to use two different email addresses to get two different accounts, but that is okay.

I'm not fond of about half of the people on NextDoor here, and I wish they would not try to make it political. NextDoor seems to bring out the worst in people, which is why it would be my last resort. Also, I do not like the idea of strangers coming to my house.

Revivals will pick up from my garage, but they will not come inside the house, which is okay. I think the furniture is too big to put out on the curb. I think the table and bar might be too big for bulky item pickup also, and it would just be scrapped if I had to go that route, and I do think that the furniture is perfectly usable still.

The other option is putting it in the consignment store in Palm Springs. I think they would take it, but I would probably have to deliver it to them, and that would be a hassle. It is nicer than a lot of furniture that I saw there. I might send them photos of it and see what they say.

Anyone have experience with sending things to consignment shops?

I wouldn't care how long it took to sell, if it were at a consignment shop, since it would be out of my way.