About Us

Hi,

 “We Take Furniture” started as concept business back in 2010 in the draughty eaves of the Georgian Tourist Hostel that I used to run. The “Great Recession” was at its height and the small delivery business I had also been running had collapsed. As a self-employed person I was not automatically entitled to social welfare. I was desperately trying to find a steady income.

One day on a job in Balbriggan a guy asked me to take away an old table and chairs that he had. He wanted me to take them to the recycling centre. I looked at them and suggested that I might restore them and sell them. He was delighted at the thought that they might get a new lease of life, as they had served his now grown up family well.

A couple of days later I had put them through my small workshop and transformed them into a beautiful set. I sold them quickly through the paper. That was the start of what became our second-hand furniture business.