Is it compulsory to have teak furniture once you retire?

[drloves8]

I know its an odd thing to post about , but i have noticed that everyone i know that is of retirement age (60 ish) owns teak furniture.
I recently had a inner giggle at the PIL`s , who announced with great vigour that they were replacing the furniture and redecorating , a bit more modern !.
They had teak side tables(nest) coffee table, dining table, wall unit thats about 6 feet across, hi fi unit and display cabenets.
DH and I were invited to view the "new furniture".
WOW ! they had replaced the stuff with near identical items. ..... but also added a teak lamp table and magazine rack! .
the room looks no different, bless them.
might treat them to some new lace doileys .

I do find it amusing what older people consider to be 'modern' looking. Generally something that was designed in the 1980s!

oh yes to divan and frilled valence.

padded draylon bed heads too in dusky rose or peach.

I can't see the furniture in my MIL's house because of the dust.

What has driven me mad for the last feckin ten years is the Christmas decoration that has been stuck to the mirror in the dining room and NEVER been taken down. It is two shiny red plastic bells with gold tinsel - this bloody thing even appeared in the wedding photos of SIL - she had the pre-wedding shots done in that room - she got married in August!.

They do have a picture in copper and brass of a horse and plough with a teak frame

Yes most of these - including the dog!

Not me - I hasten to add - my gps.

Do you know what I think is weird.

My gran, aged 87, who has worked hard all her life and now deserves to totally relax and enjoy retirement, watches TV fully dressed in outdoor clothing, in a bolt upright position on a teak chair even when she's alone in the house. DFS is a foreign land to her.

To me, furniture is for lounging on - feet up, lying down, slumped over, whatever. But old people seem to think that furniture is for sitting on primly as if trying to cover the minimum possible amount of upholstery with your body.

I wonder if the old folk's homes of the future will be full of people in tracksuits, lounging sprawled sideways on the furniture and saying 'get us a cup of tea' to anybody who walks past.

Oh yes - my dad (83) can't bear our sofa as it's not upright enough.

have to give him ancient lloyd loom chair when he visits.

morris. totally agree, ikea call it the schlomp! dont forget the pink dralon footstool, with teak legs!

I've got teak furniture in the dining room . Yes, it was my grandparent's. It's midcentury modern, donchaknow.

I've got my eye on my Grandma's 1960s teak dining table.

The best thing of all about being old is that you dont give a f... what other people think of you

Not furniture, but moist toilet wipes. My father kindly informed me you need them when you get older - thanks for that info, dad!

Do they graduate to moist toilet wipes after those dolls with lacy skirts to keep the toilet toll under?

Guess so!

MorrisZap LOL at the old peoples' home of the future.

My DM still won't give up her waterbed. She's had it since 1980.

Most older people have at least a touch of arthritis ergo find getting out of a 'lolling' sofa impossible. Hence why you see the solid upright chairs in old folk's homes.
Yes, without going into TMI, toilet wipes are a boon.

I do hope you are all old one day. It is not that great but beats the only alternative. I also hope you will appreciate the smirks at the checkout as you slide through your tena pads, toilet wipes and chin depilators. Mostly, I hope you keep your sense of humour in order to respond to your offspring when they mock your bare floorboards, Uggly boots, thongs, bare midrifts (with compulsory rubber tyre), huge still outstanding mortgages and credit card debts.

dont knock the tantelus its worth a small fortune now!! and teak is solid wood, but hey, paint it. and why is it that all oldies have absolutely NO dress sense or colour coordination.!!!!

Ok I am 66 and oh is 73-we dont own any teak at all-some mahogany,some oak,some leather and some fabric upholstery.Plain carpets and walls,but house came with UPVC windows which we cant afford to replace.