Being patient and buying used is entirely the way to go for furniture. I'm typing up this comment sitting at a nearly perfect condition solid oak desk my girlfriend found at an estate sale and paid $100 for. In a similar story, we found our vintage solid wood pineapple bed for $35 on craigslist. There's no way you could buy, let alone make, either of these pieces for 10x the price.
In a past life I owned a full size metal tanker desk I bought $40, stripped down to bare metal and I loved that desk until I had to give it up when I moved countries.
People don't like buying used, but furniture doesn't wake up one morning refusing to work because a dependency is no longer available.
In a past life I owned a full size metal tanker desk I bought $40, stripped down to bare metal and I loved that desk until I had to give it up when I moved countries.
People don't like buying used, but furniture doesn't wake up one morning refusing to work because a dependency is no longer available.