buying as we go as we find what we like is what we did before, it allowed
for some nice furniture bought at estate auctions and yard sales, our
waterbed and a futon is the only "new" things we bought the waterbed lasted
from when we purchased it in 92 until the fire, only needed one patch and
that was me not a cat btw, it was destroyed in the fire.

Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>>> i would never be comfortable spending that kind of money on something
>>> that just keeps you dry... truth be told there are some here much more
>>> than that, but i have never been interested in more than dry and having
>>> hygene needs met, i would rather spend money on other things, nothing
>>> wrong with having that much house if that is your focus, just insane to
>>> me... i can do a lot of travelling for that kind of cash... housing
>>> really is ymmv, Lee
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>> I agree, housing is like a car to me. The car to get from A to B, the
>> house to be comfortable. My current house is a bit below par but
>> certainly liveable. The house next door which is similar is up for sale
>> for $379,000. Everywhere I have lived in the past 12 years has been an
>> area where $500,000+ is the norm.
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>> I divorced my first husband in 1986 and about 5-6 years ago he sold our
>> home for 1.2 million. 3 bedroom full brick, Federation home, master built
>> by his grandfather but needing work. It was on 3/4 of an acre in Sydney
>> suburbia so that's what shot the price up. 1 bathroom with a toilet in
>> the bathroom and one toilet outside.
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> I am not into fancy houses. My husband has a friend whose house we
> visited when they were married. They have since bought another house
> (haven't seen that) and are divorced. The house to me was not livable at
> all. The colors were white, beige, pale sage green and black leather
> furniture. The decorations they had looked lovely but didn't seem to fit
> with them at all.
>
> Then I went into Bed Bath and Beyond. And I was like... Oh! This is
> like walking into their house! Clearly they picked it all up in one trip
> and just went with it.
>
> I do not buy something just because I think it would look nice on the wall
> or coffee table or whatever. I only buy things that I like and I don't
> care if other people don't like them.
>
> I do have a Dutalier rocking chair that I purchased when I had Angela. It
> is on its third set of cushions. When I bought it, I knew it would last.
> Yes, it was expensive for a rocking chair but I could afford it then. It
> is really the only nice piece of furniture we have in the house.
>
> Two of our mattresses are very good quality but quite old. So old they
> should probably be replaced, but we can't afford to.
>
> When we moved in, I didn't bother to paint or change the wallpaper even
> though I really dislike the wallpaper. The painted walls are fine with
> me. I usually dislike colored walls. I don't mind it if they are a really
> pale color. Like just a tinge of pink in the white. And our apartment in
> NY was painted a light buttercream. I actually liked that.
>
> Painting and wallpapering are just too much work. Yes, I know there will
> come a time when they will have to be redone. But in the meantime I am
> making what we have work. I learned to do this years ago from a friend of
> mine. She said if you go with what colors you have in the house, the
> house will look nice. I know too many people who don't do this and will
> buy things like furniture and bedspreads in the colors they like even
> though they clash with the carpet or walls. To me that look doesn't work
> either.
>
> When I am at home I spend all of my sitting time in my computer chair. I
> rarely ever sit anywhere else. So it's a good quality chair. Looks like
> crap. Had a tiny hole in it when I bought it. And I scraped the arms up
> trying to get it into the house. I could get no help from anyone. It was
> raining hard and it's a leather chair. So I wanted to get it inside
> quickly. And since then Jazzy has been using it as a claw sharpener. But
> it is comfortable and the right color for this room. So that's all that
> really matters to me.
>
> I would like to have a house with plenty of storage space. Livable
> storage space. Yes we have that 400 sq. foot back house but it is not
> feasible to have to go back there all the time. Fine for the holiday
> stuff and even summer stuff. But not every day stuff.
>
> I would like to have a much larger kitchen with more counter space, a
> pantry and maybe even an island. I've never had an island so I don't know
> for sure.
>
> But I did manage to live for several years in an apartment with a 3 foot
> piece of counter, and no cupboards at all. And I've managed to live in
> motels with very little at all.
>