Second hand furniture

[Biagio]

Hi
I'm building a house in northern Abruzzo (8 km south of Ascoli Piceno). I will need to completely furnish it with good quality second hand, traditional/old furniture. Does anyone know of second hand furniture shops in the Ascoli Piceno or Teramo area?

Cheers

[Marinaw]

I'm afraid I can't help but I'd love to know of any such places between Ascoli and Macerata too. I'm going to have to use a lot of Ikea for economy sake (no deffo not that pebble picture) but would really like to mix it up with funky old stuff. Have seen a few markets - one at Sarnano occasionally I think with bric a brac but nothing with furniture.
Do house content auctions exist in Italy?
Do Italians look down on 'second hand' goods?
Thanks for any advice.

M

[Sebastiano]

Originally Posted by Marinaw

I'm afraid I can't help but I'd love to know of any such places between Ascoli and Macerata too. I'm going to have to use a lot of Ikea for economy sake (no deffo not that pebble picture) but would really like to mix it up with funky old stuff. Have seen a few markets - one at Sarnano occasionally I think with bric a brac but nothing with furniture.
Do house content auctions exist in Italy?
Do Italians look down on 'second hand' goods?
Thanks for any advice.

M

Of course one can find second hand furniture here ,there is a place just on the adriatic state road at the begining of San Benedetto,there is another place at Caccamo near where the superstrada goes towards the mountains etc.Occasionally one can find something nice but on the whole unless you particularly like used stuff from 60's thru to 80's it's not very exciting.
Almost all the rest comes under the umbrella of "antiques" etc and is generally very expensive (it's enough to say that i know of at least three people who actually make a living importing old and antique furniture from the uk to italy)no Italians don't look down on second hand goods at all if it's good stuff they don't sell it if it's tat they throw it out.Auctions tend ,for the most part to be under the antique's umbrella again although in Amandola there is,down at the industrial estate "fallimenti" a place which picks up stuff from bancrupcies and the like i got a really nice new iron fountain perfect out of the box for Euro 70,00 for example and there was quite a lot of furniture too.
Having said all that i would (personally) do none of the above but i'd go to a decent furniture store (not megastore/ikea/mecatone kind places) and ask to see or look at catalogues of traditional style furniture not expensive i think you'd be pleasantly suprised what you can have for your money made of proper wood and made well looking old against all that dreadful swedish stuff from Ikea etc. and probably spend little more,without looking at figure( b) to put it together,they deliver,put it together if necessary (at no or small charge) and it's a totally different product and you're not even tempted to buy the pebble print!!!send me a pm if you'd like some address of places to see in your area without driving miles...

[Marinaw]

Thats really useful Sebastiano. Thank you. I have looked at a few furniture stores out there but mostly found the furniture very dark and heavy and not to my taste - would be very interested in other places you can suggest and will definately check out that place in Amandola.
I do hear what you say re Ikea etc but time is my enemy as well as budget - I would so love to have a month out there exploring all the possibilities and I'm stuck making short trips at the moment. And if you choose carefully its not all awful!
Please do pm me with any other local suggestions - though others may be interested too. I'm there with a van for 4 days after xmas so can dash around checking places out while the other half gets busy with a screwdriver...

M

[jepsonclough]

Hi Marina
Not sure if you are still on the search but we went to falimenti at Easter (The B&B we stayed in recommended it to us) - I was VERY sceptical as there seemed to be just loads of naff socks and pound shop type stuff when we went in but when we went in the furniture bit we were impressed with what they had and the prices seeemed very good. We have the disadvantage that we have to furnish the WHOLE house and with the £ taking a dive since we agreed to buy the house... Looks like it will be a mixture of Ikea, falimenti, second hand and some old stuff from the UK (my parent's are gutting their hosue & clearing out practically everything so we have been round & grabbed some stuff - mostly small pieces, pictures and interesting things (such as old tools and books).

Chris