Furniture flipping — giving second life to old, beat-up furniture — went viral on TikTok and Instagram as a popular pandemic hobby.
June 2022 New York Times articleprofiled multiple practitioners, including one woman who started flipping in 2019 and is now the co-founder of a second-hand furniture business that brings in six figures a year.and social media —learning, say, how to strip furniture to prepare it for refinishing and what paint or stain to use onRebecca Carey, of A to B Creations, decided to try flipping furniture in winter 2021, almost a year into the pandemic.
“It’s just nice to have something different to do and a project to look forward to separate from work,” Lee says. “You have the satisfaction when it’s finished, and someone buys it and they love it. It’s really rewarding.” Furniture flippers are also saving items from ending up in landfill. Carey, who flips out of her parents’ backyard, says she’ll drive to different parts of the GTA looking for discarded furniture sitting outside houses. “People throw out the craziest amount of stuff,” Carey says.
“About five per cent of our overall waste stream is made up of textiles,” says Calvin Lakhan, a York University professor and co-investigator of the, a group of faculty members and students that researches waste management and policy. “So, it wouldn’t surprise me if furniture waste is somewhere in that ballpark — say, five to 10 per cent of overall waste stream, based on weight.”
You’re also, if you’re lucky, making some money. Lee, who sometimes gets furniture for free, which cuts down significantly on her expenses, estimates she brings in $1,300 monthly by flipping one to two pieces.
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