Save $2000 by trading couches with a friend?
Anyone catch the 10/08/2008 Oprah about spending less?
They had a bad idea. Seriously trade couches, and save money. No kidding. I was swearing up a storm like Yosemite Sam.
I am all for using nice sturdy things that with a little cleaning, and a coat of paint or vanish make them look great.
I am not for spending money on items that you do not need. Especially if you are having hard times. This show was about saving money during hard times. Both these women had perfectly good couches. They were proud that they saved $2,000 by trading couches in stay of buying new ones. In my book you don’t buy something new just because you want to redecorate during hard times.
I have a set of table legs I salvaged from the garbage. I removed the old table top, cleaned the legs, repainted them, and bought a tabletop from Ikea. At the same time I salvaged four wooden chairs from the trash, I washed, and repainted them. I have a hand-me-down dining-room set my mother gave me. I love the size of the table with the leaves in for board game nights, or role-playing games. My bedroom furniture was my cousin’s grandparents. I usually have 2-4 couches in the basement that folks can sit on I get from hotels when they buy new ones. I have my childhood bed in the guestroom.
I bought a new bed, box spring, and mattress. I bought a nice wood shelving unit for my RPG books. I bought a nice wood entertainment system for the living-room. My mom got my wife and I our couches for a wedding gift. I bought a large corner computer unit ~15-years ago I have been using (its nice, but big, and built for a CRT monitor). I bought a steel filing cabinet for financial papers and such.
My daughter’s bedroom has a crib on loan from my sister. We bought her two nice wood dressers, and one of those glider rocking chairs.
I think that is just about the extent of my spending on furnature.
These two women were proud that in stay of buying new couches, because they were board of them, they somehow saved $2,000. I think it is a bit funny.
They had a bad idea. Seriously trade couches, and save money. No kidding. I was swearing up a storm like Yosemite Sam.
I am all for using nice sturdy things that with a little cleaning, and a coat of paint or vanish make them look great.
I am not for spending money on items that you do not need. Especially if you are having hard times. This show was about saving money during hard times. Both these women had perfectly good couches. They were proud that they saved $2,000 by trading couches in stay of buying new ones. In my book you don’t buy something new just because you want to redecorate during hard times.
I have a set of table legs I salvaged from the garbage. I removed the old table top, cleaned the legs, repainted them, and bought a tabletop from Ikea. At the same time I salvaged four wooden chairs from the trash, I washed, and repainted them. I have a hand-me-down dining-room set my mother gave me. I love the size of the table with the leaves in for board game nights, or role-playing games. My bedroom furniture was my cousin’s grandparents. I usually have 2-4 couches in the basement that folks can sit on I get from hotels when they buy new ones. I have my childhood bed in the guestroom.
I bought a new bed, box spring, and mattress. I bought a nice wood shelving unit for my RPG books. I bought a nice wood entertainment system for the living-room. My mom got my wife and I our couches for a wedding gift. I bought a large corner computer unit ~15-years ago I have been using (its nice, but big, and built for a CRT monitor). I bought a steel filing cabinet for financial papers and such.
My daughter’s bedroom has a crib on loan from my sister. We bought her two nice wood dressers, and one of those glider rocking chairs.
I think that is just about the extent of my spending on furnature.
These two women were proud that in stay of buying new couches, because they were board of them, they somehow saved $2,000. I think it is a bit funny.