HomeFit Issue 1- Barbara Haggerty HomeFit Issue 1- Barbara Haggerty | Page 14

Found the Perfect Home –
But Furniture Won’t Fit!
You’ve been looking for a home
and you’ve found one that feels
almost perfect. The location is
convenient and you can picture
your family living here happily.
However, there’s a problem. One
or more pieces of furniture you’ve
had for years just will not fit. Do
you buy the home anyway, or keep
looking?

Move It?
Suppose the piece of furniture
that won’t fit is a tall cheston-chest that’s always been in
your bedroom. Could you use
it in another room? Might it be
handsome and useful in the living
room or dining room? (Rooms
downstairs often have taller
ceilings than rooms upstairs.)
Could it store games, videos,
tablecloths and place mats, and
silverware in its new location?
If that thought process takes care
of the chest, but you’re left without
enough storage in the bedroom,
what then? Is there a smaller
chest of drawers that was used in
your old guest room that would
fit in your bedroom? What about
putting an inexpensive chest of
drawers into your walk-in closet?

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Give It Away?

Evaluate and Decide

Maybe the problem is that you
have a bed that’s too large for any
of the bedrooms in the “almost
perfect” house. Is it a Sheraton tall
post field bed with canopy or a
massive Victorian piece that’s been
in the family for generations?
Do you love it, or might another
family member with larger rooms
and taller ceilings be very excited
to get it?

Don’t turn down the idea of
purchasing a home you’d really
enjoy simply because some of your
furniture won’t fit.

Sell It?
Maybe the offending piece of
furniture has monetary value, but
has no sentimental value. Why not
just sell it? There’s no need to buy
a house based on where it’ll fit, is
there?

Ask yourself questions about the
possibilities. When you come up
with answers you like, you’ve made
your decision.
Who knows, another family
member or a stranger shopping for
a special piece of furniture could
be delighted with your decision,
too!