My downsize would be similar. I could put in a stair-climber and stay here, but--for many reasons, I'd prefer to move.
My downsize would be similar. I could put in a stair-climber and stay here, but--for many reasons, I'd prefer to move.
We were in our house for 33 years. And I live with someone who is, well, not a hoarder exactly, but has things that are decades old that he’s never touched. I will say he got rid of some of them like three piece suits he never wore in 30+ years. But he still has some college textbooks and I mean from undergrad school. So that tells you what else he might have.
oh and also… not just “stuff” he has, but he has tons of tools, large and small, and gadgets and that kind of thing.
also – he has enough limestone to build three walls. He has enough brick to make a couple of long sidewalks. He moved ALL of that himself in his little truck and trailer.
We didn’t have much in the way of furniture and as far as the stuff that was under my control, I got rid of lots of it. I’m currently acquiring stuff for my new house. And that’s OK.
if I have the patience to load a picture, I will show you all the lime stone wall he just built and the brick sidewalk he’s laying, and all the extra stone and brick we have for other projects.
Okay---I've had this sitting out back, in inventory, for many years. Yup. All of a sudden--bingo, I need it. Hope that helps you some. Thank mee. Dumpsters are made for consumers. 2023-06-20 (12).jpg
Okay--I got that carb & intake refurbed and installed on the motor I pulled at the wreckin' yard over Memorial Day.
So, anyway--- I was gonna inquire about that potential tiny house Faux has sitting out by the curb. Why sell it? It would make a great guess cottage for visiting SL members. Yup.
Stalker.Originally Posted by littlebittybobby
We sold that tiny yellow house some months ago.
Decor tip, a basic one for me: just live in a place before you start buying things.
Already I’m jettisoning a couple of things I bought for the small bathroom on our 2nd floor., it is very cute and I don’t want a big ass mirror hanging on the wall. I hate the cheap Small cabinet I bought, its cheap fiber board material gives me the icks. Oddly, I bought another small and cheap cabinet but it is made of different material and it doesn’t give me the icks.
My interest is in basic quality of materials, and I am not very picky about condition. If there are nicks and bumps and signs of wear, that doesn’t bother me.
I second that! We closed on our house in January 2018 and didn't move in until May. I bought a couple of things that I thought were going to go great in the house which didn't exactly go well at all--like a mid-century modern futon and a large framed Stephen Huneck lithograph.
You definitely have to live in a place before buying.
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because we are doing gut rehabs, we buy some “out their items rather foolishly.
Decades ago, I remember the very first thing we bought for our city house was a used garage door. Doh!!! That would have been in 1990. We didnt build a garage until 15 years later. We never used that door, it was long gone. The second thing we bought was a beat up Toyota truck, a sensible purchase.
I bought a couple of things for my condo that I will not now use. I am still deciding if I will use them here in Hermann.
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I am Singing the praises again for my local Goodwill store. It is absolutely phenomenal! Here you can see the daybed decor in our sunroom. Only the bedspread was purchased new, from India. Everything else is from the Goodwill store.
The pillow in the middle of the bed is covered with a wonderful length of curtain fabric and I’m trying to figure out.—Should I go back to the Goodwill store and get more of it? I have to be careful not to buy excess stuff.
This morning I was trying to talk myself into using all of those curtains, and there are six of them at the store, as the fabric for our guest room. But I do have my heart set on red toile fabric so I will stick to that plan. And who knows, within the next two years, someone may donate their set of four red toile curtains to that Goodwill, and there will be my fabric!
Each curtain is $4.59. It’s nice quality fabric that would be easily $35+ dollars in a fabric store.
p.s. The secret to mixing prints as I am learning is you mix a big pattern and a small pattern together in the same color and it works.
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