Stop wasting your time at the furniture store | The value of Custom furniture

We’ve talked previously about the value proposition for custom crafted furniture. When searching for furniture that fits your wants, needs and lifestyle, how much time and energy do you waste?

How valuable is your time?

There’s the rabbit hole of online shopping. Small pictures, perfectly stylized, without any context that relates to your space. One site leads to another that leads to another. Before you know it you’ve spend two hours or more scrolling through endless options that just don’t add up to your unique specifications.

You could go to some stores. The benefit is that you can touch and feel things, sit at a table, get some size perspective. But what about the time spent driving? Do you have three quality furniture stores within 10 minutes of where you live? An afternoon of shopping could entail a couple hours of wasted time driving. And you’re still beholden to what’s on offer at the store or in their catalog. Compromises abound.

What is your time worth?

Precision matters. Details matter.

As discussed (Investing In Your Investment blog post), commissioning custom furniture usually takes some investment of time and energy. But once you find the right partner, your time and energy spent goes straight towards your end goal. Instead of taking the time to drive to a store you can be writing down your vision, or talking through some design details with your artisan. Instead of endless scrolling in the hope that you find something that satisfies your demands you can be reviewing 3D renderings of the latest iteration of the design.

The process of a custom furniture commission should respect your time and lifestyle. Your shop should know how to tailor the process to your needs. You deserve the efficiency and respect of a well-honed process.