Re:The fate of antiques and heirlooms in a disposable age
by ip26 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @04:51PM
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There's a middle ground. Simple hardwood desk. Rudimentary hardwood bed frame. A comfortable wood chair. A maple cutting board.
They don't have to be big, horribly heavy, and ornate. They can be simple, durable, and provide utility for years when particleboard would have disintegrated.
Depends on how often you have to move, and whether your stuff is easy to move or hard to move, and whether you're prevented from living where you really want to live by the things you own.
For most people, it appears that human relationships really matter and stuff exists to enable those relationships. If you are too busy caretaking your stuff, or choosing apartments based on what your stuff will fit into, you are degrading your relationships to care for your stuff.