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Oakland Used Furniture Sale – Friday & Saturday

August 27, 2009 Lindsay 35 Comments

A table set for two people.
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I think this event is a great idea (we have blogged about it in the past too) because it is a great way for Pittsburgh to reuse and repurpose furniture and dorm things and a great way for new students to save some money fixing up their new Pittsburgh abodes!

If you are new in Pittsburgh – or looking for some new furniture – before you make the trip out to Ikea – stop the Oakland Planning and Development Corporations 4th Annual Used Furniture Sale this weekend.

4th Annual Used Furniture Sale

Friday August 28 10am-8pm
Saturday, August 29 10am-8pm
intersection of Atwood and Sennott Streets in Central Oakland

More info at OPDC.org

Furniture Sale in the news:

From the Post-Gazzette’s Walkabout Blog – Holey couches, Batman!

“We have lots of couches, a ton of chairs, a lot of desks, tables, some shelves, dressers, and a few lamps,” Kelly said.

This year, Pitt donated some dorm dinette sets, the Carnegie Library donated some furniture from the East Liberty branch, which is getting a facelift, and a landlord who furnishes his apartments has donated some nice couches, she said.

Ratty couches and ones with ugly patterns will go for $15-20. But just remember, don’t put them on the porch.

More on the sale at PopCity Media too.

Some interesting blog posts about furniture and Ikea…
  • Is Ikea worth it? (timesunion.com)
  • The Modi Is Like a Million Sofas In One [Furniture] (gizmodo.com)
  • Ikea 2010 (design-milk.com)
  • Ikea’s Back to School Laptop Solutions (geeksugar.com)
  • Why You Shouldn’t Buy From Ikea [Particleboard] (consumerist.com)
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Filed Under: Green PGH, Shop PGH Tagged With: Furniture, furniture sale, Ikea, Oakland, opdc, recycling, used furniture

About Lindsay

Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh since 2005. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon.

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