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"So, buying once, buying well, looking after it, maintaining it and buying from makers who are local."

A person holding a mobile phone, scrolling a website called Temu for furniture.

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"You'll love it so much more than if you buy something that turns up in 10 days from China."
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"The older generation … they tend to be more affluent, and they are able to afford up-front big investments."

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"It can be really tempting to just buy something because I need it for an occasion, or it's cheap enough so if it doesn't work out in my home, it doesn't really matter,"
Ms Quinn said.

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"It's not that you can't get something handmade [on a smaller budget], but you might not get something that's brand new and handmade,"
she said.

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