If your move is local, keep it and sell it later if it doesn't suit your needs.

If your move is long-distance - get rid of everything but the basics such as your bed which you'll need to have anyway in the new place.

Keep the furniture and see if it works in another way in your new furniture. If it doesn't work there, donate or sell it.

Take your furniture with you!!!! You can customize furniture to fit almost anywhere. The ottoman, for instance, can serve as a coffee table. That desk can change into a hallway table, behind the sofa table, or as an eating table in the kitchen. Save, repurpose and what you can't use will be minimal! A bed can be turned on the diagonal, but if not, then donate it. Good luck in your new place. *S*

i would definitely keep it... you will be able to find things to do with the furniture in your new apartment. the desk doesn't have to be used as a desk.. it could also be a console table, a place to throw your keys and stuff on by the door, etc. and the chair - my living room could always use an extra seat or two and i end up using dining room table chairs.

I think it's a financial question that we can't really answer with the info provided. How much will it cost to move (almost free thanks to elbow grease and a friend with a truck? great! spendy with pro movers... it depends), how much could you sell it for, and how much will it cost to replace? If it's free or otherwise makes financial sense to move it, then just do it, and see how it fits in the new place. You can always sell later if it doesn't work out there.

Assuming your move is driving distance I'd take it with you. It might work and if it doesn't you have something until you find what does work. I hate shopping for furniture hastily because I don't have any place to sit.

Love it or Leave it!
I love the red desk and it will be years before you find a replacement, right?
We moved our studio apartment furniture into a larger place and the new place looks HUMONGOUS thanks to the small scale of the furniture.
Our old desk (which fit perfectly with the old bay window) now makes a great bar counter.

I've always taken my existing furnitures when I move, unless I knew clearly for a fact that a certain piece just wouldn't work. You'd be surprised how your old furnitures would have a new life at a new place. You just might enjoy them even more!

you want to waste money in this economy? take it with you.

If you can get into the new place to take measurements before you move, I suggest drawing a small to scale floor plan out and then measuring your current furniture and drawing miniatures of it to see how it would fit in the space. That way you won't have to unnecessarily move pieces that won't fit, and you can tell the movers exactly where each piece goes.

I think you should take everything except the bedding.

keep it.

keep! it looks like you've got some good pieces.

When I moved from a three/three to a one/one, I had quite a bit of editing to do. I used paper and ruler, and figured out what furniture would fit best where. I ended up taking about a third of my furniture, and I was making last minute changes in my mind up to the last night.

THEN, when moving day came, and the furniture went in, I discovered that I hadn't accounted for the chases. It's a good thing I have flexible furniture, because the six piece wall unit that was going in the bedroom ended up in the living room, and my desk and chairs that were going in the living room ended up in my bedroom.

I say take it all. You don't know what will work for sure till you see it.

If you know where you're moving to already, you could measure out the rooms and draw out floor plans with furniture placement. This is what I do to decide what I'm keeping and what new items I need.

We're planning a long distance move and also downsizing in the new year and I have been puzzling over this for a while. I've decided to keep 'treasures' and replace beds and ordinary stuff.

I agree - take it if you love it. I've got a couple pieces that I've moved from room to room as I've moved. They serve many purposes (desk becomes table, etc.), but if they're useful and/or lovely, they're great to have.

You can always Craigslist the things you don't love in your new place.

Take what you LOVE or can't afford to replace now -- if you can afford to move it (such as a local move.) If your mattress is getting old or is not comfortable, and you can afford new, replace it now. Don't pay extra to move anything you hate and could live without.

I have a friend that sells off his furniture every time his family PCSs (which is moving in the military). He said he ends up making enough off of it to buy new furniture, they don't have to worry about the movers breaking it, and everything fits the house perfectly.

I purged a bunch of furniture when I moved 2 years ago and I don't regret it at all. My only regret is I didn't purge more :) I love my house now and most of the furniture was purchased for this house. When we move again, I'll do an estate sale and sell most of our stuff off. I suppose this method is easiest when you never pay full price for anything :)

keep it. I just moved and didn't realize until later just how expensive moving is. I can't afford to buy all new furniture. So unless you have tons of spare change lying around, keep it and replace one by one.

So glad you can afford to throw furniture away like that.

Don't just guess! Make a floor plan on a piece of gridded graph paper (your real estate agent or landlord will have a floor plan or room dimensions for you) and then make cut outs of your furniture. Or try one of the on-line floor planners. Better homes and gardens has one that I used.

That way you can see what fits where, and try different options. You'll be surprised at how many options you have.

Be critical. If you love it, take it with you. If you're on the fence, take it with you. If you think you can live without it, let it go.