{"id":2386,"date":"2023-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/where-to-find-designer-furniture-and-homewares-on-a-budget\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T11:10:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T01:10:53","slug":"where-to-find-designer-furniture-and-homewares-on-a-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/where-to-find-designer-furniture-and-homewares-on-a-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"WHERE TO FIND DESIGNER FURNITURE AND HOMEWARES ON A BUDGET!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something truly special and totally unique about pre-loved furniture, not to mention the overwhelming joy of searching for your loot and finding the perfect piece!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Repurposing pre-owned homewares is also a sustainable movement that we should all take notice of and do our part to save treasures ending up in storage or, worse still, landfill.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>To help you on your vintage voyage, here are a few tips to point you in the right direction:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<u><strong>Consider a spruce-up.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Do you have items of furniture that you love but they are looking a little tired or out-dated? A quick clean, coat of paint or some small alternations could give your old pieces a new life.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/upcycling20furniture.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 133px;\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Invest in iconic pieces.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Iconic, timeless pieces are always a good investment. They&#8217;re a good centrepiece for a room, look stunning and are more likely to be resalable, if you ever want to sell them down the track. After all, great design is always in style.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/stephanie-harvey-OTUahHcqs0Y-unsplash.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 267px;\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Be patient<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the thrill of the chase! If you invest the time and energy, the perfect piece will find you.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Avoid the traps<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re searching online, look for detailed photographs and descriptions and always ask as many questions as you can.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hutomo-abrianto-X5BWooeO4Cw-unsplash.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 300px;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something truly special and totally unique about pre-loved furniture, not to mention the overwhelming joy of searching for your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-inspiration"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4159,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions\/4159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/westbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}