April 22nd marks the annual Earth Day celebration and Consign & Design, a luxury furniture consignment store in West Palm Beach, is offering 20% off all consignment items in store at both locations. Consignment shopping is a great way to celebrate the holiday as it promotes sustainable shopping for environmentally-conscious consumers. Resale stores help protect the environment, support small businesses and provide high-quality, long lasting furniture.
“Fast Fashion” is a term that most people are familiar with, however, “Fast Furniture” is becoming more and more widely known as findings present negative environmental impacts that cheap and quickly produced furniture has on the Earth. During the COVID-19 pandemic, American furniture sales skyrocketed by more than $4 billion from 2019 to 2021, according to The New York Times, and it is predicted most of that furniture will only be used for the decade. Furthermore, Americans throw away more than $12 million worth of furniture per year, which is a 450% increase since the 1960's. Read The New York Times piece on fast furniture here. So, in order to invest in the future of Earth, it is encouraged to turn away from cheap and quickly produced furniture that will most likely fall apart in a few years, and turn towards consignment stores reselling gently used, high-end furniture made to last.
It has become common to subscribe to seasonal trend cycles, which promotes quickly-evolving styles that are here one day and gone the next. This ideology has led to a mass build up of waste in landfills and serious issues looming for the environment. Well-made furniture is available and sustainable interior design is possible with consignment stores like Consign & Design. For ideas on how to stay up to date with popular design ideas while shopping sustainably, check out this blog post that details the latest trends with consignment mirrors.
Consignment stores and resale stores encourage consumers to shop green. There are many benefits to consignment shops, such as protecting the environment, supporting small businesses and the local economy, and purchasing high quality furniture items built to last. As a way to honor the holiday Earth Day, Consign & Design invites its environmentally-conscious consumers to enjoy 20% off all consignment items in store at both their locations.