I don't want my space to feel like anyone else's space.

I want it to feel just like me and interesting and weird.

And that's how I do it, whether it's at a thrift store, a vintage store, Facebook marketplace, even Craigslist in the day.

I'm Christine Zaclissette.

I'm Kyra Blackwell.

I'm Rosie Garan, and you're listening to The Wirecutter Show.

Hey, friends.

Hi.

I was going to ask you all a question, but I think I know the answer already, which is do you like to buy things used in secondhand?

But I'm looking at Christine's water bottle on the desk here.

And I know that it's secondhand. For listeners, I have a tequila. I'm probably mispronouncing that name, but it's a really cool water bottle that Wirecutter recommends. I found it at Goodwill two weekends ago, brand new. And I got it for like a third of the price I would have paid full price.

Bag and shopper. But I think you both know that I buy a lot of used things. Very, very open to the world of used products. We're a little bit concerned sometimes, but we appreciate the hustle. Almost to an extent that, yeah, we're a little worried. Yeah, yeah. Cairo, what's your sense? I love to buy used things. I hate buying retail price for anything.

I grew up negotiating for stuff because I was always taught never to buy anything at the price that somebody gives you.

So that's what I do.

You know, we at Wirecutter are in the business of recommending products that people can, you know, easily go online and buy.

But there is a deep passion at Wirecutter. of recommending products that people can, you know, easily go online and buy.

But there is a deep passion at Wirecutter around used products. And we decided that it would be really awesome to do a big suite of articles around our staff's best strategies for doing this.

So we just recently published three really big ones about

how to buy used furniture, how to buy used clothing, and how to buy used tableware. So that's

like glassware and plates. And we got the people on staff who know the most about this to go out

and sort of hunt for the best deals. Today, we're actually going to focus on furnishings with Ivy Elrod.

Ivy is one of Wirecardter's home decor writers, and she co-wrote a piece about buying

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