getting rid of price tags
Susan Burkhard
6 years ago
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Does Frigidaires price tag match the quality?
Comments (4)I've always found Frigidaire to be the cheapest of the cheap, both in price and quality. The builders around here always choose Frigidaire or Whirlpool to do "packages" with for the new homes, and those poor folks are replacing them within a couple of years time. Of course, builder's grade crap is builder's grade crap, no matter what the badge, but they must get a phenomenal deal with Frigidaire to be putting in so many of them....See MoreHow should I handle someone who insists on dropping price tags??
Comments (43)One SIL insists on telling me how much everything they have costs. And sending photos of completed "projects". This summer her husband re-did a bathroom. She sent me photos of the step-by-step progress and included a note "It only cost us $11,000". This after we had a contractor come in and re-do our bathroom for $26,000. Also bragged how her DH had b uilt a brick patio. We saw the patio, it's a mess. Bricks at all angles, he didn't dig deep enough or line it with sand, I know he didn't do it "right". I know because my DH and I built a brick patio several years ago and it was a lot of work! Then there are their cars. They insist on driving only cars two years old or younger. And they lease one of their cars right now. My family owns four cars outright. All between 2002 and 2004 models, but the great thing is we own them and don't have car payments. I dread her next DIY project. I have to go now, must practice my phomy smile and saying "Uh-huh. Yes." Like I care. By the way, her kids are both trainwrecks. Son lives at home and can't hold a job. Her daughter ran away from home at 16 and now has three kids and no husband....See MoreNanawall? Is it worth the price tag?
Comments (4)I'd be cautious about complex mechanical systems like this folding wall. My parents bought something similar several years ago and it has been a maintenance nightmare. I would get floor to ceiling fixed windows if view is important and a simple door to access the outdoors. This also makes it easier to keep creepy crawlies outside. I found the big opening that my parents have to be a one trick pony that doesn't justify the expense and especially not the maintenance troubles....See MoreBuilt In Fridge Without the Price Tag
Comments (19)We have done this in a previous kitchen. Husband made the custom kitchen cabinets, with a cubby for the fridge. Then bought a bottom freezer single door fridge, took the handles off and attached, from the inside, a custom panel, one on each door. We found some long bronze cabinet pulls that matched our cabinet hardware for the pulls. It was not a totally integrated look because we had to leave about an inch and a half on either side for the door to open. But it was fully recessed in it's cubby. We had extra deep counters and cabinets so fridge section didn't stick out even though it was a 35" inch deep fridge ($800 if I remember). But it helps to have a partner who is a fine woodworker. :)...See MoreSusan Burkhard
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