Showing (and knowing) what your furniture is used for...

I just realized I forgot to blog about a little table/bench thingie I bought .. this includes some lessons learned about knowing how in the heck to market a potentially versatile piece of furniture.


I bought this .. something ... for $15.


I liked it.


I thought I'd made a good purchase but boy in the weeks to come did I ever not think it was a good purchase..  


So.. what is it?  


Truth is - I thought I knew.. but apparently whatever I thought it was - was not marketable. :)






I took the left over knobs from my dresser makeover - drilled some holes for these drawers .. and voila!

Now - I'm cooking with gas!  I'm ready to sell this (I think to myself).. I list it as a hallway bench - you know, a place where you sit and put on your shoes, etc.  I even take a crappy picture with a mirror over it to illustrate..


Okay so it's not a great photo - I hear ya on that.


Apparently no one wants hallway benches... like, nobody!


Poor listing sat, and sat, and sat.  Nothing.




I re-market it as a TV stand and remove my crappy photo... now we're getting somewhere!  I got some e-mails of interest, a little back and forth.. but alas.. still nothing.

Finally, I take another picture - steal Geordie's computer monitor and make it look like an LCD TV to stage my piece as a TV stand and...


it sold the next day.


Moral of this story - if you don't SHOW people how to use your item... they aren't going to figure it out on their own.

Summary


Purchased: $15
Modifications: $3.39 
Sold: $55

Profit: $36.61