10-09-2017, 12:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-09-2017, 12:05 PM by WRXtranceformed.)
Boof fail, at least you have some options. Side note on garages: How often are you all cleaning out your garages? Ours is turning into a once-every-6 months-ish project to keep spider webs / dead bugs / mouse poop / mice killin' under control. We also live next to a forested area and (former) wetland so we probably get more wildlife than most. But man I had to clean out my garage in the old townhouse like maybe once every 2 years. The plus side is it has helped prevent us from accumulating crap we don't need.
Another side note on homeownership: I feel like we've had this conversation before but it staggers me how much some people spend on furniture and think that it's perfectly normal. I really don't wonder anymore why so many people are house poor / complain about their finances. We went out this weekend to look for ONE tiny little side table to put a lamp on for our guest room and the best / cheapest thing we could find was about $100. Excluding the Walmart fiber board junk, probably the average price for a little side table was $200-$250. Really? For a few pieces of wood you had a laborer in Thailand slap together for $10? That's just a side table though, it's apparently a completely normal thing for people to go to a furniture store and spend $600 on a coffee table. My father is an antique furniture dealer by trade, I get more than most people that some folks will invest in high quality, period antique furniture but this junk is not that.
We aren't rich by any stretch of the imagination but boy am I glad I married someone who is as cost + quality conscious as my wife. There are a few local furniture builders / wholesalers that make really nice stuff for super reasonable prices, we'll probably go that route but I think this really hit me when we walked into a furniture "auction" recently (these are getting really popular down here) and saw the prices that some of that junk was going for that were considered "good deals".
Another side note on homeownership: I feel like we've had this conversation before but it staggers me how much some people spend on furniture and think that it's perfectly normal. I really don't wonder anymore why so many people are house poor / complain about their finances. We went out this weekend to look for ONE tiny little side table to put a lamp on for our guest room and the best / cheapest thing we could find was about $100. Excluding the Walmart fiber board junk, probably the average price for a little side table was $200-$250. Really? For a few pieces of wood you had a laborer in Thailand slap together for $10? That's just a side table though, it's apparently a completely normal thing for people to go to a furniture store and spend $600 on a coffee table. My father is an antique furniture dealer by trade, I get more than most people that some folks will invest in high quality, period antique furniture but this junk is not that.
We aren't rich by any stretch of the imagination but boy am I glad I married someone who is as cost + quality conscious as my wife. There are a few local furniture builders / wholesalers that make really nice stuff for super reasonable prices, we'll probably go that route but I think this really hit me when we walked into a furniture "auction" recently (these are getting really popular down here) and saw the prices that some of that junk was going for that were considered "good deals".
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2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks