It's not just you — furniture is garbage these days. Here's what you can do about it.

• The quality of mass-market furniture sold in the US has sharply declined.
• Designers say material innovation, cost cutting, and consumer behavior has played a role.
• But between shopping vintage, custom, and yes, the big box stores, consumers have options.

Mike Coleman has seen a lot in his five years selling vintage furniture.

He has been in million-dollar mansions and abandoned schools — and found the same exact chair in both places.

But one of the biggest things that stands out to him in the pieces he sources and sells? The quality.