Furniture Envy | How to Cure the Problem
Think about when you went over to the neighbors’ home for dinner. Walking into their house you see the custom built library showcasing their extensive book collection, family photos and other memories that turn the house into a home.
But the library isn’t just a bunch of shelving. There’s custom lighting. Trim details that make it stand out from the crowd. Shelving that fits their collection properly. Details that utilize the space more effectively than standard designs could ever hope for.
Custom Furniture | Crafted Precisely For You
As you check it all out, you run your hand across the solid wood countertop. It’s soft, yet rock-solid. The finish begs to be touched. To create an interaction.
After pondering the comfort of the home library you then head into the dining room. There you’re greeted warmly by a solid walnut dining table with the same rugged softness. The grain shimmers as you gaze across the top. You notice the substantial thickness that confirms the feeling that this is the center of their family. The base is solid and stylish, yet never in the way as you sit and enjoy the evening.
When you get home you look at your dining table. While it looks good, you don’t get the same feeling as you did at the neighbors’ home. You’re a bibliophile too, but the store bought bookshelves just don’t create the same invitation as you felt earlier in the evening. You realize that your furniture is perfectly adequate. But it doesn’t draw you in.
Furniture Envy. It’s a thing. But there’s a cure.
The first step is not to run to the local high-end furniture gallery. Nor is it to jump online to shop until 3am.
No, the first step is to stand back and think about how you live, what’s important to you in how you live, and what you want to achieve. Do you want to create a large community in your home that will need a large dining table to support the goal. Or is your home more of a haven for your own family? In which case a large table might not be the thing. Or maybe you want the best of both worlds, so an expandable table might be your ticket. Does your family tend to watch movies and sports together? Or are you puzzlers, board gamers and readers?
Once you’ve identified your goals, the next question is how to achieve them. If you’re going to make an investment in your family and your lifestyle, then finding a custom furniture builder to help you realize the investment is proper. “Shopping” for such furniture takes a lot of time and resources and invariably involves a lot of settling for things that don’t live up to your standards. It involves tailoring your goals to fit what’s out there in the world, not the other way around. If the focus is you and your family, why let the marketplace dictate what’s proper for you?
Bespoke Furniture or Be Ordinary | It’s Your Choice
Most people will evaluate a craft builder based on their portfolio and how their stuff looks. While appropriate, it’s not sufficient. A furniture builder should ask questions first. A lot of questions. More questions than you probably want to answer. By doing this, however, a keen builder will be able to tailor the process so that you get precisely what you want. And that precision is why custom furniture is proper.
When you’ve identified what it is you want from your custom furniture, have found a furniture artisan who pushes your thinking and have collaborated together to reach the goals, then you’ve overcome furniture envy. Proper furniture design not only looks good and functions properly, it elevates our well being. Are you ready to invest in your lifestyle?