Donate Furniture – Create A Home

Help Create Homes for People in Need–Donate Essential Household Furniture

Thank you for helping us fulfill our mission of “Creating Homes. Rebuilding Lives.” Your gently used furniture will be donated free-of-charge to community members lacking the financial resources to purchase furniture on their own.

Donation Drop Offs
All donation drop offs are scheduled by appointment by submitting the Furniture Donation form below. Before submitting the donation form, please review our list of acceptable and unacceptable items to ensure that we can accept the items you want to donate. Drop off appointments can often be scheduled on the same day. (Click here for a list of moving companies to contact for their pickup pricing and related services.)

Donation Pickups
Please note that there is no charge to schedule a Furniture Friends donation pick up. If you would like to support our efforts with an optional financial donation, you can do so by clicking the Donate button above. Furniture Friends donation pickups are scheduled by submitting the Furniture Donation form below. If a pickup is scheduled, the donated items must be placed on the porch of the home, in the garage, or outside on the day of the scheduled pickup. We pick up furniture from the following cities/towns only; if your city or town is not listed you will need to schedule a drop off appointment. Please allow 3-4 weeks for a pickup appointment to be scheduled.

Pick Up Areas

• Cape Elizabeth
• Cumberland
• Cumberland Foreside
• Falmouth
• Falmouth Foreside
• Portland
• South Portland
• Scarborough
• Westbrook
• Yarmouth

In order to preserve the dignity and respect of our clients, we will inspect items before accepting them and we reserve the right to decline an item if it is not appropriate for our clients. Before submitting the Furniture Donation form below, please be sure that we accept the items you want to donate and that they are in very good condition.

Acceptable Items

At times, we will prioritize picking up items that are of high priority based on the needs of our clients. High priority items are indicated below.

• Mattresses and box springs (twin, double/full, queen) High Priority Items
  
• Metal Harvard bed frame
• Pack n’ Play
• Dining room/kitchen tables (no longer than 5 feet)
• Dining room/kitchen chairs
• Full size couches (no larger than 78 inches wide and 39 inches deep)
• Small couches, love-seats, and other living room seating
• Futons (must be completely assembled, must include futon mattress)
• Dressers (no longer than 60 inches)
  
• Coffee tables
• Student Desks (no longer than 48 inches and up to 26 inches deep)
• Desk Chairs
• End tables
• Bedside tables
• Working lamps w/shades
• Area Rugs (no larger than 8’x10′)

Non-Acceptable Items

• Items that are extremely heavy, over-sized, stained, soiled, excessively worn, full of pet hair, ripped, broken or show any trace of bedbugs
• Items from smoking households
• Items with glass
• King-sized beds
• Trundle Beds
• Wooden bed frames
• Headboards or foot boards
• Sofa beds/sleep sofas
• Outdoor or wicker furniture
• Entertainment centers
• Armoires and China Cabinets
• Hutches
• Press or composite board items
• Appliances, air conditioners, and built-in microwaves
• TV’s
• Bedding
• Curtains or curtain hardware
• Kitchenware, silverware, or bake-ware
• Cribs or Crib Mattresses

Furniture Donation Form

Furniture Donation

Admin Section

Donor Information

Please note that there is no charge to schedule a donation pick up. If you would like to support our efforts with an optional financial donation, you can do so by clicking the Donate button above.

First Name *

Last Name *

Is this an Institutional Donation? *

Yes

No

For Large Corporate, Hotel or Institutional Donations offering more than 10 items in a single category, please choose “YES”.

Organization Name *

Thank you for your offer to donate more than 10 items in multiple categories. Please contact 207-210-2939 to schedule this large donation pickup.

Address *

Address Line 2

City * Cape Elizabeth Cumberland Cumberland Foreside Falmouth Falmouth Foreside Portland Scarborough South Portland Westbrook Yarmouth Other City

State * AL AK AR AZ CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MH MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY

Zip *

Phone *

Extension

May we text that number? *

Yes

No

Email *

We may use your contact information to send you a receipt, our newsletter, and other information about our organization that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving these communications by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email we send. We do not share or sell your personal information.

Thank you for opting to drop off your donation!

Will you deliver this donation? *

Yes, I will drop it off at your warehouse.

No, I need it picked-up curbside.

Based on your town, you will need to drop off your donation at our warehouse at 15 Saunders Way in Westbrook, Loading Dock 500D. We only pick up from these towns: Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Cumberland Foreside, Falmouth, Falmouth Foreside, Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, Westbrook, and Yarmouth.

In an effort to maintain social distancing and facilitate a contactless pickup, donated items must be placed on the porch, in the garage, or outside on the day of the scheduled pickup. Once you submit this form, you will receive an email with additional information and next steps to schedule your pickup.

Furniture Donation

Furniture Friends only accepts furniture in the categories listed below.

Column 1

Twin Boxspring(s)

Twin Mattress(es)

Full/Double Boxspring(s)

Full/Double Mattress(es)

Queen Boxspring(s)

Queen Mattress(es)

Beds must be less than 10 years old, clean, unstained, no excessive wear, and no bedbugs or sign of bedbugs.

Dresser(s)

Dressers should be no wider than 60 inches nor be excessively heavy.

Lamp(s)

Pack n' Play

TOTAL Items

Column 2

Bedside or End Table(s)

Dining Table(s)

Area Rug(s)

Area rugs must be clean, unstained, and vacuumed.

Dining Chair(s)

Desks

Desk Chair(s)

Column 3

Full Size Couch(es)

Full sized couches should measure no more than 78 inches wide and 39 inches deep. We cannot accept couches that are stained/soiled, excessively worn, full of pet hair, ripped, or broken, and do not accept sofa beds/sleep sofas of any kind.

Love Seat(s)

We cannot accept love seats that are stained/soiled, excessively worn, full of pet hair, ripped, or broken, and do not accept sofa beds/sleep sofas of any kind.

Lounge Chair(s)

Please, no stained, soiled, excessively worn, full of pet hair, ripped, or broken lounge chairs/living-room seating/recliner(s).

Coffee Table(s)

Bookshelves

Additional Notes/Information/Comments

Thank you for your offer to donate more than 10 items in a single category. Please select "institutional donation" above and contact 207-210-2939 to schedule this large donation pickup. Be sure to continue to the bottom of this page, verify you are not a "robot" and click "SUBMIT".

Furniture Friends is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides donated furniture to people in need throughout Great Portland. On rare occasions, we may sell a high value item to assist in meeting organizational needs. Thank you for your generosity.

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