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Wondering what folks bring versus what they leave behind and why. I know enough not to bring anything that it partical board based. But we have some nice things with lots of mileage left in them mostly living rm, upholstered chairs, double pedestal solid maple desk, dining rm table chairs and corner hutch solid maple bdrm stuff Bed and chests solid cherry, mattress set. None of it is necc. Island style but could we find equal quality and price (used) for bug and moisture resistant Island style there?
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Having let go of many things to move here, I would say bring what you think you can afford. Furniture is EXPENSIVE here and hard to replace things you love.
I realize some would say that you can just replace things here, and travel light. There are things in hindsight I wish I had shipped. Hope this helps.
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not having moved yet, i would bring everything of personal value and need...in my own thoughts i'm bring in the furniture, all the kitchen stuff, stuff for the future build, all my personal effects that can't be replaced and some kitchy stuff....its going to be tough to weed through the years of boxed up things in the garage, but if they are being stored there and not used , might be a sign to finally have that garage sale .....although i'm a real pack rat at heart...an artist that thinks he can re-use every piece of material for another project.
I also see the advantages of keeping things simple and trimming excess junk! It will be ugly in the end for me when i come to that point of tossing or keeping, then having to pack and unpack things.
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We're bringing only things that are of real sentimental value and cannot be replaced. Everything else is getting liquidated. But then again, I like having new furniture every couple of years, so I always shop the yard sales and buy well made, cheap items that I can mix and match.
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I intend to come unplugged. As Edith Piaf said, all the rest is swept away and I begin at zero. My plan is to act as if I am dying. I will give my nephews all important family materials. My house is already mostly furnished. Artwork won't hold up, so I am giving that away or selling it except artwork done in glass. All of my furnishings, gone. Will bring everything in the kitchen, my instruments, my dogs, their smelly paraphernalia, 5 really nice aloha shirts, some jean shorts, shoes, one quality black suit, one quality white suit and my snorkel gear.
Am debating whether to bring my piano. I am not very good at it and it seems like piano-cide. Three months exposure to Puna, and I imagine a piano just starts ejecting hammers into the air in the middle of the night. Once a piano tuner tried to sell me some dehumidifying equipment to place in the piano. We have no humidity here. There...well, no one needs Oil of Olay in Hawai'i.
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Dave,
I'm with Carrie. We chose to sell most everything we owned, and there was a microfiber coversational sofa that we now really miss. We actually were unable to find anything in Hilo that we really liked. Ended up settling for something that was a "that will do for now".
We did ship our oil paintings and antique decor items.
Honestly, I believe that we should have shipped most all of our furniture. The price to ship ( I felt ) was prohibitive at the time, but now, probably would have been less costly.
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We have friends who brought a bunch of furniture that belonged to parents and then they inherited. In other words, this stuff was kind of 1930's-1940's antiques..or better yet..vintage. It all had sentimental value for them. However, after arriving here...everything started absorbing the moisture in the air. None of the drawers or doors are closing...and have not closed for the last 2 years. Yes, they do live near the ocean...but I believe this may happen anywhere. They came from a much drier climate...and now they cannot close their underwear drawers....think about it!!
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LOL Loretta, we had to plane the top drawer ("underwear drawer"  of our dresser 'cause it wouldn't close...that's so funny. I bet everyone goes through that.
Carrie
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White gold and pearls stolen from the sea..." U2
well, in my life I've not been able to afford new furniture, so what I've acquired has been hard won and valued ...
that said, if and when I move from here, I think I'll cut almost everything loose. Maybe.
The thing is if you ship a container -- we shipped a 20 ft -- it can hold a lot. We lightened our load of old clothes and papers, but didn't have to get rid of much furniture because we had room.
Shipping pallets is expensive ... the cost of replacing the contents of a whole container has got to outweigh the shipping cost (we spent $2700; I'm sure it's gone up).
Point being that it costs the most per item if you take the middle road and pay by the pound instead of by square footage.
If you have a burning desire to outfit your house with all tropical furnishings, and can afford to, there's a lot to be said for starting afresh ...but $2000 doesn't buy a lot of furniture here at all. A decent mattress and box springs here costs more than a $1000 - on sale. (not counting frame).
(I'm not too big on buying used mattresses).
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Okay, so without going through that whole nightmare again, I will just say a word to the wise...do not use West Point Relocation or All Points Van Lines to have your stuff shipped. They not only charged us a rediculous amount but many things were stolen. Flat out stolen. Although we paid a door-to-door fee, once they got here (after EIGHT WEEKS) they just had a local company drop the container in front of our house for us to figure out how to unload it.
Funny that all my kitchen stuff got here okay, but a box with Tony's ride pins from years and years of motorcycle riding and all of his turquois stuff was gone...not a trace. Of course they state we didn't have the appropriate insurance and now no way to prove anything, so essentially we got screwed.
That's as much as I wanna say as I feel a vein in my forehead starting to bulge LOL!!
Carrie
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White gold and pearls stolen from the sea..." U2
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