old furniture - takers?

magicbastarder

i've brought a few old pieces of furniture to the ballymun rediscovery centre oevr the years - they train long term unemployed in the business of furniture restoration, but their storage space is completely full and they're not taking anything at the moment.

does anyone know of a similar organisation who would do the same? i've four of these chairs; too much hassle for too little gain for me to fix, but it'd be a shame to break them up for firewood and then find someone else could have made use of them.

kadman

Lovely chair. far superior to modern day tat.

Perhaps a local mens shed

kadman

Lovely chair. far superior to modern day tat.

Perhaps a local mens shed

recipio

magicbastarder wrote: »

i've brought a few old pieces of furniture to the ballymun rediscovery centre oevr the years - they train long term unemployed in the business of furniture restoration, but their storage space is completely full and they're not taking anything at the moment.

does anyone know of a similar organisation who would do the same? i've four of these chairs; too much hassle for too little gain for me to fix, but it'd be a shame to break them up for firewood and then find someone else could have made use of them.

Victorian balloon back chairs - shame to break them up. Can you stick them in an auction - they will probably sell.

magicbastarder

they were stored in a neighbour's garage for years - i suspect the cost of bringing them back up to spec would not justify the selling cost of them in good nick.

recipio

magicbastarder wrote: »

they were stored in a neighbour's garage for years - i suspect the cost of bringing them back up to spec would not justify the selling cost of them in good nick.

You would be amazed at what sells in auctions. There are always people looking for 'fixer - uppers' Check out Purcells in Tullamore who are not too posh to take items like this.

Jimmy Garlic

That's a nice chair, it would be a shame to burn it. Stick it up on the free section of Adverts, it will be gone in a day or two.

kadman

recipio wrote: »

You would be amazed at what sells in auctions. There are always people looking for 'fixer - uppers' Check out Purcells in Tullamore who are not too posh to take items like this.

Are you sure you dont mean Birr??

magicbastarder

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

That's a nice chair, it would be a shame to burn it. Stick it up on the free section of Adverts, it will be gone in a day or two.

i'd be half afraid that whoever would take it would end up burning it!

magicbastarder

i've contacted this organisation, they do collections:
http://www.furniturerecyclingdublin.com/contact

recipio

kadman wrote: »

Are you sure you dont mean Birr??

Duh.........my apologies

magicbastarder

well, the crowd i emailed never got back to me. anyone here wants them, they're welcome to them. will even deliver for free to anyone on the northside of dublin.

Zynks

magicbastarder wrote: »

well, the crowd i emailed never got back to me. anyone here wants them, they're welcome to them. will even deliver for free to anyone on the northside of dublin.

I know a furniture making student who is looking for a chair for a restoration project. Would you be happy to give just one away? I will get in touch with him anyhow and point him to this thread.

magicbastarder

i have four -would seem a bit perverse to give just one away, because three of them for another taker would be an odd proposition.

Zynks

If still available, I have a group of students interested in taking one each. If you could deliver them off Capel St that would be great - no car owners in this group.

magicbastarder

bugger, i found a home for them on saturday...