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Box of free plants- to someone in NW IL area to pick up
Comments (7)I too would be happy to pay postage if no one in your area comes forward. My story is that at my previous home, over the years that I lived there,I purchased, traded, was given and gave away many, many plants and seeds. Much of these were from rare plants and most of my plants where not seen in your typical garden. Since moving out to the country, I am kicking myself for not taking cuttings, bulbs or seeds from my favorite plants. I had the most wonderful varieties of species tulips, the smaller extremely fragrant daffodils (earlicheer and more). Azalea Hilda Niblets which were my all time favorites among many other varieties of azaleas. I had Dog's Tooth Violet, perennial geraniums, rare tulips and a unique variety of the large cupped daffodils. Many, many varieties of fragrant hosta's, Daphne Burkwoodi (sp), Princes Diana Rosebush, an extremely fragrant honeysuckle for which I do not know the name of, ornamental lilies, a beautiful ornamental weeping tree, and too many more plants and shrubs to list. We are here in the beautiful country with no plants at all. It is apparent that the person who owned this home prior to us did not like to garden. Our home would be much improved if we could add some splashes of color around it. It sure would brighten my days for sure! Thank you! :)...See MoreO.T. got my free boxes today
Comments (2)Ria. for sending out promised noids, & other plants I have traded for anyway. the P.O. gives them free & deliveres them to your door. you don't have to find them. which is what I did before I had found out the give them to you for free. thanks for asking Elizabeth...See MoreI found a great resource of FREE moving boxes
Comments (9)When I moved my books, many books, I used a trick I'd been taught years ago. Don't put them in boxes, just make a short stack of reasonable height and weight and tie it up with twine loose enough so you can get your fingers under the twine on the top. It's easy to just lift a stack by the twine when you're carrying other boxes. If they're going to be stored for a while, you can put the stack in a plastic bag before you tie it up. Claire...See MoreQuality all wood kitchen cabinets online or at big box?
Comments (38)So I read this about the 10-20% suggestion -- "The suggested numbers will be skewed at both the low end and the high end. It's really hard to do anything less than a 15K kitchen in a 50K house, as even rental grade components still cost a certain amount. It's the same with the upper end homes in areas where the market hasn't crashed too badly. When you live in a 1950's 1400 square foot box close inside the beltway in DC, you're not likely to spend 100K on a kitchen, even if your home is valued at that 1M. Most of the value is in the land, not the home." I was thinking "holy moly" until I read the qualifier -- five bedroom house in Arlington way inside the beltway (closer to 4k feet than 1.5) and we never ever pondered 100-200k when we were updating our kitchen. With respect to cabinets, we went the other way when updating (not remodeling -- and not gutting and rebuilding) our kitchen. When we bought the house a little over 13 years ago, it had a newly updated kitchen. White Shrock cabinets -- no solid wood was harmed in their construction. We never loved them, but we never hated them either. They're still fine. Heavy use from a family of five (well, 5 for the past 9 years) and they're still fine. Some little issues here and there, but they are not falling apart or listing or coming off the walls. When updating the kitchen early this year we started with the cooking facilities -- a 36" range and proper hood, with adequate ventilation. Added a new floor, because it really was time, a new matching pantry (which does have some solid wood inside), and small things, such as pot racks. We elected not to replace the cabinets because the old ones basically still work for us and the basic white looks fine to us -- not beautiful or lovely or awesome, but fine. Lovely cabinets are lovely, but it's a big kitchen, and the extra 30k or more we might have spent on substantially nicer cabinets was money we chose to keep. Similarly, we kept our granite counters -- not our favorite pattern, but a decent neutral tone, decent counter space, and they've held up just dandy to everything -- hot pans, you name it. I've nothing at all against the up-market cabinet suggestions. Paying for quality materials and workmanship absolutely makes sense if it's in-budget and appreciated. I'm just adding the perspective of somebody who has found a more budget oriented option to hold up fine. For me, the kitchen is about cooking. Storage is necessary, but I start with the cooking equipment -- range or top plus oven(s), ventilation, and prep space. For me -- just my perspective -- the boxes come somewhere down towards last. For free, I'd swap them in a heartbeat, but it's not free....See Morealex_z7
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