So you’ve always dreamed of opening a restaurant, but you’ve put it off because of the expense. Not only do you need to rent out a place, you also have to equip your restaurant with kitchen equipment, tables, chairs etc. Plus, you need to go beyond the basics and actually decorate the place.
The Interior Design of Your Restaurant
For a restaurant to be successful, it needs to have good food as well as a good ambience. Lighting is important, as are tablecloths, flowers, candles, artwork and comfortable furniture that also manages to look good. To buy all these things new would be extremely expensive, not to mention unnecessary. You can buy nearly all of them at auctions.
Entire Estates vs. Individual Pieces
You might think that at an auction, you’re going to be forced to buy a lot of things you don’t want or need. If you buy everything that they had at a certain restaurant before it closed down, you’re likely to end up with quite a few things that won’t suit the theme you had in mind. However, it’s not necessary to buy everything at a used restaurant equipment auction. You can buy things piece by piece as well.
So if you really love the tables they used at one restaurant, you could just buy those and mix and match them with chairs from a different restaurant. This way, you’ll get the same variety of things that would be available at a furniture store, but you won’t have to pay their brand new prices.
Choose Between Various Styles and Brands
In fact, by going to an auction, you’ll be exposed to a much greater variety of furniture and equipment. When you visit a certain store for furniture, they usually specialize in one type of furniture. Some sell furniture that looks more Victorian while others might sell modern furniture. It’s rare to find a store that combines all different styles.
However, by going to a number of auctions at the same place, you’ll have the opportunity to buy different styles of furniture and different brands of equipment. Who knows? You might even get some new ideas when you see how other people have decorated their restaurants. So contact us if you’re looking to set up a restaurant at a reasonable price.
