ᐅ Take old/previous furniture to the new house or start completely fresh?

Pinkiponk schrieb:

Does anyone also take old/previous furniture with them, or is almost everything replaced?

We took our bed, an armchair, a table, some basement shelves, a nice countertop for the laundry room near the entrance, and a sofa for the entrance area, two display cabinets which are now on the covered terrace, a small apothecary cabinet, a garden table with two benches, and the artwork. We gave away the dining table and chairs. We left the kitchen and cabinets in the house for the buyers. The living room sofa was already worn and not of special quality. New purchases included a kitchen, a chaise lounge, two mini desks, a sideboard, a bookcase, a wardrobe, a sofa, dining table and chairs, three stools with trays as side tables for the sofa and next to the bed, storage cabinets for the entrance area, and various garden furniture for the terraces. The children took the desks with them and each received a new bed, a wardrobe, and a kitchen.
We wanted a fresh start without baggage and took about a year and a half before and during the house construction to get an overview and choose new items. This process brought us a lot of joy.
We gave away, sold, or threw out over 70% of our belongings and only took with us what we needed and what brought us happiness.

Pinkiponk schrieb:

My husband and I will take all our old/previous furniture with us. Is that still considered normal or somehow odd nowadays?

Of course, it is still perfectly normal to take everything with you; it’s not an either/or. It’s also a matter of your personal relationship with your furniture and your budget flexibility.

Mycraft schrieb:

The rest will then be bought new, since often there is more space in the new house.

Regarding floor space, number of rooms, and storage, we significantly downsized, as we no longer have a separate bedroom, a guest room, and two basement rooms fewer. At the same time, the living area has become much more generous. Both children received their own one-room apartments instead of children’s rooms and can live independently if they want to.

Almost everything has been taken. The kitchen, dining table, chairs, and wardrobe are new.

Some items are getting old or are too small, but we plan to replace them when our little one is older. Until then, I don’t mind if she uses the sofa like a child would or if it gets a scratch or a child safety lock is applied to the wardrobe.

We are moving everything from our 2-room apartment into our (hopefully) 4-room terraced house.

In the coming months, we plan to get a new sofa (which is overdue anyway) and a dining table (we don’t have one yet).
Other than that, everything will stay the same for now.
We will probably add a sideboard or something similar here and there.

Our bedroom furniture is all from Ikea, 5 to 10 years old, and still in very good condition. And very importantly: we still like it.
So there is no reason to replace everything wholesale.
That would be neither economical nor ecological.

We reduced our home from 5 rooms with a basement to 3 rooms without a basement. The new house was designed to fit our existing furniture, and there is still space available to rearrange the furniture or buy new pieces.

We are taking some things with us, while for others that could already be replaced now, we are waiting until the move.

For example, our daughter's room, which has all Ikea Stuva furniture and has been in use for 10 years. Naturally, the child is gradually changing, and the house will have a more “normal” room, without pink cabinet doors, etc.

Otherwise, our taste has simply changed for some items, so we are using the opportunity of the move to replace a few things, even if it is not yet necessary.

We mostly had rubbish materials, but we took them anyway because we lacked time and money. Besides, you need to see them first and then gradually buy replacements. After a few years, we have now replaced most of it.