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Post by nomorewirehanger on Nov 23, 2015 18:17:55 GMT -7
So. I'm kinda obsessed with home improvement shows. Mostly because I hope by watching them constantly hubs will take the hint and hire someone to fix our place up or help me do it.
That said.
People are like.... Amazing. Watching a young couple or family of even two or three... Turn down houses I would give my husband left but to live in?
.because "2800 square feet is just too small"
I'm ...unable to put into words how this effects me hahaha I'm staring down the barrel at 7 people in under a thousand square feet.
I don't get it. But I can't stop watching.
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Post by nomorewirehanger on Nov 23, 2015 18:18:34 GMT -7
*left nut. Quit correcting me phone!!
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Post by smokinghorse on Nov 23, 2015 20:36:53 GMT -7
I used to feel that way. We've outgrown our space. Too many things to put away, nowhere for them to go. I bought this place as a single mom with two kids aged 4 and 6. Said I'd be out in 5 years max.
That was 2002. I added a husband and another baby. Had one leave the nest. The timing and/or financial situation was just never right. So, on the one hand, we've managed pretty well. I have a roof. I am grateful for all the things I have. I do have to remind myself that any complaints are strictly first-world ones.
Still, with all that time, all the birthday parties, the lost teeth, the snowmen made, the laughter, the tears, and all the milestones...this place has never felt like "home". It has a kind of a long-sustained temporary, permanent transitional feeling to me. It's hard to explain.
For now, though? It is what it is. I missed out on a shit ton of life playing the "if only" game with myself. I wish I realized sooner that it's like a game you play against yourself, but never win. Sometimes it feels like forced contentment, but then again sometimes "fake it till you make it", actually works.
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Post by nomorewirehanger on Nov 23, 2015 21:12:17 GMT -7
I mean. Worst case scenario. This time next year I buy two brand new sets of bunk beds and all four girls just share a room forever. Because I do not see him ever getting off his ass to open his wallet to fix this place. Hahahaha but...
We are busting at the seams. I don't understand 2800 square feet not being enough for three or four people. If I had had that much space when it was just three of us I would have complained it was too much to clean for just us I think!!
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Post by kissy on Nov 24, 2015 6:44:34 GMT -7
I hear ya, it drives me nuts! Or when they complain about paint color. And everyone makes such a big deal about granite and stainless. Stfu!
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Post by nomorewirehanger on Nov 24, 2015 7:05:13 GMT -7
I actually would rather quartz Lol and stainless is nice abs all.... But I dread the fingerprints and upkeep. It's like a black car.... Gorgeous when its clean...
But get that thing dirty?
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Post by kissy on Nov 24, 2015 7:41:48 GMT -7
Stainless is a pain and don't accidentally hit it with the vacuum cleaner...  |
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Post by smokinghorse on Nov 24, 2015 13:48:09 GMT -7
I like the look of stainless, but I read somewhere that my white enamel fridge keeps my food almost as cold.
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Post by kissy on Nov 24, 2015 15:01:53 GMT -7
 True story. It looks cool but it's a pain to keep clean and it dents. Easily. As far as granite or any other hard surface like that, I hate having to gingerly set things down so they don't shatter. I liked my regular counter tops in Enterprise that LOOKED like granite. Good shit. I have to say I'm loving my laminate flooring much better than real hard wood. |
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Post by ronin on Nov 24, 2015 16:36:01 GMT -7
Laminate floors FTW. People think I'm nuts, but when I get asked for baby gift ideas for new parents, I always say, "Get them a good deal on laminate floors." All of the shit and puke and I-don't-wanna-know-what that I've cleaned off the floors over the years.. Every time I mop, I'm so glad the stuff that comes up wasn't mashed into a carpet. So disgusting.  |
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Post by nomorewirehanger on Nov 25, 2015 8:18:48 GMT -7
And a microfiber couch is a MUST with small children.
Magic eraser takes sharpee off that ish. Will never go back to plain ole fabric. Though maybe leather for comfort and ease when they are older. My seat upholstery in my dining room is leather and they ripped a hole in one of them . buttheads
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