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I wanted to build something that i could sell for a decent profit. i figured kid's furniture would be the best option because it can be made out of cheap plywood, doesn't need to match the decor and can just be painted a bright color, and it doesn't have to be the best craftsmanship.

i designed them myself using sketchup. yes they are crooked. they're supposed to be crooked. that's what makes them cool. (and hopefully more expensive.) pretty easy to build once i got all the dimensions dialled in. they're heavy, but solid.

dresser is a standard kid's dresser size. approx 46" wide, 16" deep, and 30" tall. mirror frame is 38" high, 28" wide. nightstands are around 2' tall, 14.5 deep. with one being 18" wide and the other 13" wide.

i used 5/8" mdf. with the drawers and drawer fronts made out of 1/2" mdf. cheap drawer slides. mirror is just a cheap one from home depot that i built the frame around.

mirror is turned backwards in the pics because i didn't pretty myself up. and new account because the pics will make me doxxable, but i still wanted to show you guys.

I wanted to build something that i could sell for a decent profit. i figured kid's furniture would be the best option because it can be made out of cheap plywood, doesn't need to match the decor and can just be painted a bright color, and it doesn't have to be the best craftsmanship. i designed them myself using sketchup. yes they are crooked. they're supposed to be crooked. that's what makes them cool. (and hopefully more expensive.) pretty easy to build once i got all the dimensions dialled in. they're heavy, but solid. dresser is a standard kid's dresser size. approx 46" wide, 16" deep, and 30" tall. mirror frame is 38" high, 28" wide. nightstands are around 2' tall, 14.5 deep. with one being 18" wide and the other 13" wide. i used 5/8" mdf. with the drawers and drawer fronts made out of 1/2" mdf. cheap drawer slides. mirror is just a cheap one from home depot that i built the frame around. mirror is turned backwards in the pics because i didn't pretty myself up. and new account because the pics will make me doxxable, but i still wanted to show you guys.

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[–] • 3 pts

As for price - It'll kinda be like selling a vehicle. If you put a price tag on it, and you get 20 people wanting to buy it, you're not asking enough. But if the price is too high, then no one shows interest.

So for these, I'll put (what I think is) an extremely high price, and then drop it until there's interest. Which is fine. I'd like to build more now that I have everything figured out. And I'll need to know the best price I can get.

But because it's too big to ship easily, I'm going to have to sell it locally. Meaning I'm probably going to have to advertise it on Facebook marketplace. (That's where the customers will be.) And I haven't touched Facebook in over 10 years. But that's what I'm going to have to do.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

There is an app called NextDoor that, for me at least, had tons of people in my town. They have a selling platform

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I'll give it a look. Some of those apps are really popular in one area and dead in another. I'm not sure which are most popular here.

Someone made a comment about Etsy. I thought it was out of the question because I can't ship these easily. But I saw that you can advertise to only local people on Etsy, so that will probably be my first attempt. They seem classier than Craigslist or those other apps. And I can try to avoid Facebook.

But thanks.

[–] • 1 pt

If you don't want to go on Facebook (wouldn't blame you), you could find a proxy. Ideally someone local who has several kids of various ages that is active in the community, sports, school, etc. That could give you a lot of local contacts.

Really nice piece by the way. I recently converted a set of draws into lego theme for my son. With the draw faces having scale lego studs on them. Looked cool. Far too much work to do for profit unless I created a better way of cutting out and finishing 120 wooden circles.

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

If you have the time, you CAN sell it online and if someone a few states over want it that bad, they can pay you to deliver it to them.

This dude makes tables that go into the five figures, and he ships them freight or sometimes even delivers. Just depends on who your costumer is.

https://youtube.com/c/BlacktailStudio

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah, that guy makes some amazing stuff. But he's using $5k slabs and turning them into $20k tables.

Me, I'm taking $150 worth of MDF and hopefully turning it into $1k worth of colorful kid's furniture.

But you're right. I could probably find a company to crate and ship stuff like this for me. And it wouldn't cost all that much. There are probably people out there who would be happy to pay it.

[–] • 0 pt

I believe gab has a marketplace.