Lookout for second-hand and handmade furniture and materials

Hello all, Rainmatter Foundation is on the lookout for second-hand furniture and materials for it’s new office at RV Road, Bengaluru. With the idea of supporting local artisans, communities that we work as well as utilize second hand furniture and materials, we are looking for desks, chairs, sofas, tables, storage solutions, artisanal items and anything —to help create a vibrant and functional workspace.

If any of you and your organization have,

  • Unused items or anything that can serve purpose in an office,
  • Artisan crafts and products from the community that you are working with,

Please reach out to us in this post thread, we can connect and explore.

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Here are few WhatsApp Communities for second hand buying, seeking and selling or even swapping within Bangalore:

  1. Bye buy - ask b4 buying
    WhatsApp ग्रुप आमंत्रण

  2. Bangalore Thrift Circle(daily picks from marketplace are listed too)
    WhatsApp ग्रुप आमंत्रण

  3. The rehome club
    WhatsApp ग्रुप आमंत्रण

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Resham Dor is a purpose-driven brand committed to preserving lesser-known work of indigenous maker communities across India. Currently, we work with artisan groups specialising in carpets, art and accent items across Karnataka , Kerala , West Bengal and Gujarat . We would like to supply for your new office . to Please reach out to [email protected] for further info

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Hi Akshatha,

This is indeed quite a refreshing way to setup an office.
As a family and as an organization, we too have made similar choices - with a mix of necessity and intent.

We do have some office furniture which we bought from others. Let me know if you would be interested in purchasing them for your office.

I also wanted to share that to respond to this post, one has to create an account. While I have done it, maybe it is a barrier for those who want to connect on this matter but do not wish to create an account. Just my feedback. Have a great day.

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I have a couple of furniture items like a bunk bed (Not sure if you’d need it for an office space though…sick room maybe!!), couple of chairs and some decorative stuff that I’m holding onto for a situation like this :slight_smile: . I’m open for bartering (if that is an option) or we could talk… to figure it out. I’m in Bengaluru.

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I can help you with Bamboo interiors coming from Chanpatna and happy to help design your office with focus on sustainability… My selfish reason to do this my Startup network will benefit from the exposure.
Please let me know

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Thank you for sharing this. Will reach out to you based on the requirement :slight_smile:

It is great to know about your choices too :slight_smile: Will connect with you based on the requirement and thank you for your feedback.

That is great, sure will connect soon.

Hey Abhishek, would love to know more about Bamboo interiors from Chennapattana. Will connect. Thank you :slight_smile:

@Akshatha-Narayana I have 2 office chairs. .should you be interested