Found The Perfect Home - But Furniture Won't Fit
By Raynor James, Fri Dec 9th

You've been looking for a home and you've found one that feelsalmost perfect. The location is convenient and you can pictureyour family living here happily. There's a problem, however. Oneor more pieces of furniture you've had for years just will notfit. Do you buy the home anyway, or keep looking?

Move It?

Suppose the piece of furniture that won't fit is a tallchest-on-chest that's always been in your bedroom. Could you useit in another room? Might it be handsome and useful in theliving room or dining room?



(Downstairs rooms often have tallerceilings than upstairs rooms.) Could it store games, videos,tablecloths and place mats, and silverware in its new location?

If that thought process takes care of the chest, but you're leftwithout enough storage in the bedroom, what then? Is there asmaller chest of drawers that was used in your old guest roomthat would fit in your bedroom? What about putting aninexpensive chest of drawers into your walk-in closet?

Give It Away?

Maybe the problem is that you have a bed that's too large forany of the bedrooms in the "almost perfect" house. Is it aSheraton tall post field bed with canopy or a massive Victorianpiece that's been in the family for generations? Do you love it,or might another family member with larger rooms and tallerceilings be very excited to get it?

I once gave a massive American Empire sideboard that hadbelonged to my grandfather's sister to my son and his wife wholive in Alaska. It was much too large for my dining room. Now ithas pride of place in my son's large living room.Coincidentally, it hides a modern TV which only shows when thedoors are swung open. It's still in the family, and thesideboard in my dining room is much smaller and suits the sizeof my room much better.

Sell It?

Maybe the offending piece of furniture has monetary value, buthas no sentimental value whatsoever. Why not just sell it?There's no need to buy a house based on where it'll fit, isthere?

Evaluate and Decide

Don't turn down the idea of purchasing a home you'd really enjoyliving in out of hand simply because some of your furniturewon't fit. Ask yourself questions about the possibilities. Whenyou come up with answers you like, you've made your decision.Who knows, another family member or a stranger shopping for aspecial piece of furniture could be delighted with yourdecision, too.

About the author:Raynor James is with http://www.fsboamerica.org - FSBO homes forsale by owner. Visit our home buying page athttp://www.fsboamerica.org/buyer.cfm to see homes for sale byowner.

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