Pricing a Farm Table????

Can't answer pricing...

Henry (Raleigh NC)

Barry

Who knows about pricing? Seems very regional to me. There are local businesses that advertise this sort of product in our local Craigslist (RDU, Raleigh Durham in NC)- except from what I see theirs are not crudely done, more refined than your description.

I doubt that I could change my woodworker ways enough to stomach making something that HIGHLIGHTS what I (and most of us here?) might consider flaws - poor and incomplete surface prep, residual finishes from reclaimed timbers, on and on. Just goes 'against my grain' I guess - turning into an old fuddy-duddy at just about the right time of life. I have actually made lots of things from reclaimed wood, and while they are far from perfect you would have to look closely to determine these were reclaimed.

I am glad that people are excited to buy (and make themselves) furniture from real wood and not disposable fiberboard crap. I am simply not a huge fan of the style I guess - Johanna Gaines and company hold no magic for me, although even I do like some of the stuff she does, just not everything.

Henry

Do you know

Mark Hennebury

the difference between a $1000, table and a $10,000 table............$9000

Price has nothing to do with quality; its all about perception, and that is created by promotion. If you are a"nobody" your table is "worth" $1000; If you are a "somebody" that same table is worth $10,000.

Never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

Read "The Fountainhead"

Re: Do you know

Michael van pelt

I can tell you the difference between a $4000 and a $250.00 rocker. I build and sell a sculpture rocking chair that has close to a $1000.00 in material and 100 hours of my labor. People approach me at a show after seeing my rocker and will ask how much? I reply “Well, what do you think my rocker sells for?” They reply “ I saw 0ne at Cracker Barrel for $250.00”. Well mine is just a little more and I smile! .....normally it is a degree of education and social standing.

Re: Pricing a Farm Table????

Dick Coers

Good price? I'm getting to the age where all my wood will never be used. Starting to think that $400-$500 cash for a table is a lot better than my kids taking all my wood to an auction house and bringing less than that for a big truck load. I find I'm not the only one with that mentality. As our generation of woodworkers wind down, selling on Craigslist is probably akin to just trying to stay sharp and stay out of assisted living a little longer!

Not sure where you are...

David Weaver

...but medium hardwoods are abundant here. So are people with bandmills trying to figure out how to pay for the bandmills.

A hardwood harvest table here (unless it's bait and switch on CL) is generally about $400, and in a lot of cases, the makers are the same people trying to market slabs.

The few winners in all of this (aside from the people making bandmills - they've managed to sell them really well - on promises of revenue opportunity combined with financing) are the folks who get word of mouth to well-heeled buyers and who provide a good buyer experience. By winners, I mean a viable proposition for spare time (and a supply of trees that would otherwise be left to turn to snags and fall), not full time income.