"Money isn't everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen" (Rita Davenport)
Furniture used to be something special, it had a lot of value. People would use a whole years wages just to buy a peice of furniture, so it had meaning and significance to that person. Now, with the introduction of cheap stores which mass produce furniture like Ikea and Habitat, the value of furniture is decreasing. Nowadays, easy access to cheap (and cheaply made) furniture means that many people don't feel the need to save up for ages to buy one peice of quality, well made furniture. Stores like Ikea mean that people can now afford to buy furniture more often, therefore there is less need to buy something that will last a lifetime, as a replacement can be bought when a room is redecorated, or the furniture breaks. This is making the value of furniture go down. The thought of having to spend a year's wages on a peice of furniture now seems slightly ridiculous, but it is probably the reason why furniture once had such a high value, and often sentimental value, to its owner. But is this going into the idea that money can't buy you happiness? It gives the impression that something like a peice of furniture can only be special to someone if they spent a lot of money on it...is this true? Money may not be able to buy you happiness, but it does create an attachment to the objects you spent a lot of it buying.
BBC News article on whether or not money can buy you happiness:
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