Uh oh. This could be a problem since, based on our experience, you really do have to pick out everything - down to the hinges on the kitchen cabinets, the door knobs, the electrical switch plates, the toilet paper holder, etc. As you fear, it really can be overwhelming.We are amazed at the number of decisions that go in to a house and we're really just getting started as we start finalizing on the interior finishes, colors, appliances, etc. Hope it doesn't get overwhelming for my DW as she tends to agonize a bit more on that type of thing than I do.
Yesterday was rainy/yucky so played around with Photoshop. A steep learning curve on that.
amazed at the number of decisions that go into building a house
Check out Julieanna Kost's Blog featuring her 1-2 sentence tutorials. That should help dampen the curve.
Mulch season is coming fast. My back hurts whenever I shovel mulch - usually 14 cubic yards of it. So I installed a loader bucket on my ATV to do the work.
Can you make him an offer (sans real estate agent fees) he can't refuse? Maybe you can move into the big house and rent out your current digs...Today we have to start looking for a new place to live. Drat!
We were so smug here in our teeny, garage apartment aerie, looking down on a lovely garden, and then our landlord (who is also a very good friend) told us that he had been offered the job of a lifetime and would be selling his house and moving.
I believe they are asking $1.2MM. A wee bit more than we want to pay, even with rental income.Can you make him an offer (sans real estate agent fees) he can't refuse? Maybe you can move into the big house and rent out your current digs...
I believe they are asking $1.2MM. A wee bit more than we want to pay, even with rental income.
Anyway, I would hate to have somebody living in my backyard.
I bought a piano, like this,
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at a rummage sale for $60 (Yamaha CLP560). I used to have this same model, and I paid $2,400 for it. I see them now in Craigslist for between $600 and $1200. It looks and sounds perfect.
Mulch season is coming fast. My back hurts whenever I shovel mulch - usually 14 cubic yards of it. So I installed a loader bucket on my ATV to do the work.
I bought a piano, like this,
at a rummage sale for $60 (Yamaha CLP560). I used to have this same model, and I paid $2,400 for it. I see them now in Craigslist for between $600 and $1200. It looks and sounds perfect.
Now I've got to figure out what to do with it.
It could save me the take down and set up time when I take my gig piano to a gig, but I don't have anywhere to keep the gig piano.
I might donate it to a nursing home where I play their problematic piano.
I could keep it in my bass player's house, so we could have rehearsals there.
I could give it to one of my sisters to replace her junky piano.
Or I could sell it for $600.
I might donate it to a nursing home where I play their problematic piano.
If you did, wouldn't you get to deduct $600 to $1,200 as a Charitable Contribution deduction? Check with your Tax person.