Best way of selling your made furniture

[Rob D]

Last year in September I did some tables for a cafe in Brockenhurst, Hants. Some they bought off me and some are there to be used by customers and are also for sale.

 

They get 10% commission on all the furniture and 20% on wall hangings. It's an arrangement that works well as they are open 6 days of the week and people can see and use the furniture in situ.

 

By far the best sellers are the coffee tables and medium size wall hangings as these fit in peoples cars.

 

I've sold about 12 items through them now and compared to doing anything else have found it the least hassal way of selling things. As soon as a coffee table sells I just drop another one up there.

[Rob D]

A few more... not taken in good light so not great quality pics.

 

 

 

[Billy68]

nice furniture will try this i sell mine on line http://www.willowwoodlandproducts.co.uk

Edited April 24, 2011 by Billy68

[Rob D]

The best thing about wall hangings is you can make them out of bits of wood that would not be much good for anything else.

[Rob D]

nice furniture will try this i sell mine on line Willow Woodland Products - logs for sale, wood garden furniture, handmade garden furniture, fence posts, gate posts, portable saw mill, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne & Wear

 

 

Looks really good Billy. I have a website with quite a bit of stuff on... needs updating but I've found by far I've had more referrals and interest from this cafe than anything else I have done.

[John Shutler]

nice gear mate

are some of those wall hangings the remenants of that burr oak we took down at night a few years ago on the brock to lymo road

[Rob D]

I got a job making these tables for a guest house round the corner.

 

 

Again this was off the back of the cafe. Also for same guest house am making a 4 poster bed and block side tables.

[Rob D]

nice gear mate

are some of those wall hangings the remenants of that burr oak we took down at night a few years ago on the brock to lymo road

 

 

Cheers John - yep there's a few bits and pieces of that oak still about!! Amazing what you can get off the one tree.

[janey]

Are you aware of this site?

 

Gift Ideas, Unique Gifts and Personalised Gifts | notonthehighstreet.com

 

I've never sold anything via their 'site, but I've been parted with my cash on a few occasions

[Rob D]

Finally a few pics for another smaller guest house.

 

Solid oak bench needed a lot of resin to stablise the soft areas on it...

 

These are again for sale even though at a smaller place there will be less people seeing them. Good thing is it gets them out from under your feet!

 

Again they only take 10% commission and are happy to have them there.