Antique or used furniture - a good idea?

I admit: I'm a rather superstitious person. I believe in all sorts of stuff: the number 13 is bad, number 4 is even worse, I'd never walk down a road which had been crossed by a black cat before... All sorts.

So I'm not sure whether it's all superstitious thinking when I say: I don't like antique furniture or 'used' interiors in my flat.

I'm aware of all the benefits of recycling and I've got no issue with using a piece of furniture that belonged to a family member or good friend. What I'm wary of is stuff that has been used before by someone I don't know.

Chi and energy is everywhere: around us, inside us and inside objects. Furniture in your flat will incorporate your 'energy'. Example: a bed used by an unhappy couple might incorporate this 'unhappy' energy and won't emit energy beneficial for a relationship.

Antique armchair. Source: http://blog.collectables-now.com/

I firmly believe in this: all the energy and moods rub off on furniture. This is why it's so important to cleanse a new flat from the energy of its former inhabitants. One of the ways to do that is to burn an incense stick: the fire energy released will cleanse the flat and furniture from all old energy.

As I said, I'm fine with using furniture or interior stuff from people I know. The danger for me lies in used stuff from other people, or even worse: antique furniture.

A piece of old furniture, as beautiful and nice as it may be, might come with old energy. Perhaps the previous owner was very unhappy, had a troubled life or was constantly faced with difficulties and barriers. Or there's a mix of energies from various owners, in case a particular object is very old. With antique furniture, you're bringing all this into your home.

Obviously, sometimes we need to make do with furniture from previous owners. I'm a tenant in London and always had to rent furnished flats. So everytime I'm moving flats, I'm well aware of all the old energy that might be still hanging around.

So far, I'm dealing with this by thoroughly cleaning the flat and all furniture. After that's done, I'm burning a number of incense sticks.

When it comes to very old and antique furniture however, I don't take any risks. I just don't think that all the energy, particularly of furniture that's several centuries old, can be cleansed and removed.

What are your thoughts on this?