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Kathsgrdn
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8'6" ceilings-prefer not to-the-ceiling cabinetry
Comments (14)I think you should do what makes sense to you being that you are aware of what some consider the "downside" to not having cabinets to the ceiling. It is a personal preference. I wanted to go to the ceiling in our 9' h kitchen but given the extra expense weighed against the usability of that space it did not make sense to me. Having said that we have 39" h cabinets on order with cabinet crown molding as well (all to be installed this spring in new home). I wish I had a photo to show you. I did agree with my KD that doing 39" h cabinets would look better than 42" because it would allow more than just a little space and we do want crown molding to continue around the room, as we will have crown in adjacent dining room, hallway and family room. In my current home we have a lower ceiling and I have 36" h cabinets which are the perfect height for reaching all items on top shelf without needing a step stool (I am on the tall side 5'8") I hope this helps!...See MoreSo what are your scrimps-that-feel-like-splurges choices?
Comments (22)My knobs and cup pulls were only $1 and $1.59 on e-bay and LOTS more everywhere else. My faux Pottery Barn saddle stools came from Bed Bath & Beyond when they were having a Buy 2 get one free sale plus a 20% off total purchase coupon. Spent like $140 or something and it would have cost me more than $500 at Pottery Barn. They're exactly the same stool! Bought my $50 per panel Linens-n-Things curtains at Ross for $9.99 per panel. And my favorite kitchen accessory, Towel Pig, was only $12.99 at TJ Maxx. I don't know what he goes for everywhere else but I just love that darn pig so much! I have seen some much pricier ones on e-bay. Oh, and I saw the exact same pig (well he may have had wings...not sure) on a recent episode of "Spice Up My Kitchen". He was sitting on their new kitchen island. Funny!...See MoreHelp me! I feel like an idiot!
Comments (4)they're not always exactly 12 x 12...and there is a top and bottom...make sure you aren't getting them in sideways. If you do, they are a little too short and you have to trim a little off the sides in order for them to fit. I usually keep one sheet for a pattern and have the top marked...then I hold the sheet up to it to make sure I'm not getting it sideways...it's very frustrating to get the pictures all on a page and everything fastened down just to find out that it is all done sideways...been there, done that...See MoreDo you feel like your life is better than your parents?
Comments (38)In a way, yes, in other ways, about the same. Financially, about the same. I have a happy marriage with a great DH and we've had quite a few fun adventures together. My parents had a very happy marriage, albeit with less adventure, just way too short. They never had a mortgage on their home and always bough cars with cash. Dad was what I would call a "gentleman farmer" in the sense that he ran the farm and other ancillary operations from an office and Mom, with a fine college education, was a stay at home Mom until Dad died far too young, at 52, leaving Mom a widow at 44. While Mom would have preferred graduate school, instead she stepped in and ran the farm and excelled. She was the first woman on a number of agriculturally related boards and not just local small time ones either. While she enjoyed the challenge, especially in a male dominated world, and loved our small farming town, I also think she was trapped by the circumstances. Her plan was for my brother to take over the farm completely after 8-10 years at which time she planned on going back to graduate school, but my brother never got around to taking over the operations (I don't know any other way to put it, he's smart and knows the land well and will work hard on something that interests him, but he never developed the stick-to-it day to day work ethic). While this was going on, I went to law school and then got my LLM. Mom ran the farm until her seventies, but by that time we rented out all our land. Unfortunately about 8 years ago the farm started going down hill financially, most income was going to debt service, and at the same time Mom was developing AMD. Our banker and accountant realized that that something needed to be done to save the farm and came to me and suggested that we move to professional management. Mom saw that this was the right move, but my brother was resistant although eventually went along with it without a family fallout. That was a tense time, but he liked the bank management/manager and was not cut out of some control especially with marketing the crops, which is his forte,and now agrees that it was a good decision, actually I think it was a relief. We also sold off about 30% of the land, which was enough to retire all debt and pay the capital gains (basis was from the 1930s, so ridiculously low), with a bit to spare. The farm, though smaller, is doing very well, throwing off nice income to the three of us, while retaining a contingency fund, so all is well, and it's still a nice legacy even after selling a bit of the land, it is now a bit over 5000 acres total, cropland and timber. DH and I are both professionals and have had fairly successful careers. I am a lawyer, a partner in a great law firm, and DH is a dentist, who sold his practice when we recently moved. We are both scaling back. I am staying with my firm, working remotely, with regular trips back to the office for a couple of weeks every few months as the need arises. DH lucked into a two day a week job as an independent contractor with a good dental practice in our new location. We will probably continue to work along these lines for another 2-4 years. We have a wonderful, responsible daughter and son-in-law and a precious grandson. I think we will be better off than Mom in our later years, not so much financially because she is in great shape (she also had some money of her own and was a good investor), but because we planned ahead. She had planned to stay in her large house in the small town for the rest of her life. However that became impossible for her to manage. She moved to independent living in the city where I worked last year and now she moved to Colorado with us, living at a wonderful independent living center less than 5 minutes from us and I can go see her everyday. She seems content and loves having me so nearby, but it is hard to move to a new state and town at 86. We built our retirement house, actually a duplex, at 62 with (for) our DD and SIL, near all essential services and making it easy to maintain. As we age it will be easy for our DD to check on us as necessary, just pop over for five minutes and then go back to her regularly scheduled life. But, for now, DD also has a built in babysitter much of the time. If at anytime as we age we need more help than I am willing to ask from our DD, we can easily hire a caregiver for far less than Mom's place costs on a monthly basis and still stay at home (at least if our health is as good as Mom's is right now)....See MoreKathsgrdn
3 years ago
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