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Bachata22 t1_iy0guhp wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in LPT: try giving away your “trash”. Construction materials, furniture, and bulky items likely have value to someone else by 69stangrestomod

When my mother had her Tuscan style kitchen redone to be a boring all grey kitchen, one of the workers asked what she planned to do with the cabinets and counter tops being removed. She informed him that she'd paid to have them taken to the dump. He asked if he could have them and she said sure. He saved her the dump fee and apparently his wife was very happy to get completely wood cabinets and marble countertops in great shape.

Those demo shows make me cringe.

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AlmostChristmasNow t1_iy0kogp wrote

Friends of mine recently moved and needed a new kitchen. They got one that was only a year old and looked new because the previous owner didn’t like the style anymore. It was great, especially considering they moved because of baby number 4, so between that and the move having to spend a lot of money on a kitchen would have been a problem.

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PA_Golden_Dino t1_iy3p7q5 wrote

My son runs a Tile Setting business. He does mainly custom work, and has many times ripped out his own work a year later and reinstalled the entire kitchen or bathroom because the 'color was off' or the 'feel was off' ... many times this was custom imported and/or hand made tile. These people don't even blink at the costs.

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pamplemouss t1_iy1kfrx wrote

She was gonna toss slabs of marble??

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Bachata22 t1_iy1rcpb wrote

They were the wrong color/shade for the new aesthetic. Yes, it's ridiculous to me too

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pamplemouss t1_iy23vli wrote

Good god. If I could have marble counters for the cost of installation! Wonder if anyone would want my old Formica?

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manderifffic t1_iy1ad8e wrote

Man, your mom really went from one trend to the next

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Bachata22 t1_iy1b4cw wrote

She has too much money and too much time and is really influences by trends. It's like she doesn't have a personal style and just does what is trendy. She's one of those people that actually knows the color of the year for the major paint brands and orders expensive furniture from catalogs and magazines.

Her switching the beautiful ornate wood kitchen with gas stove to a kitchen that was stolen from economy class is a spaceship made me sad. But I'm glad the worker's family gets to enjoy the old kitchen woodwork.

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Cynawulf99 t1_iy1mimr wrote

I almost want to dislike her from your description, but she's not hurting anyone and sounds like a nice lady all in all.

If I'm honest with myself I'm probably just jealous of the disposable income really

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Bachata22 t1_iy1su0x wrote

It's ok to dislike her. I do too and haven't talked to her in 4 years though I occasionally see her Facebook posts which is how I know about the home renovations and her bragging about how generous she was to the worker. Any kindness she's ever shown has been to look good to others.

I'm not remotely jealous of her wealthy but shallow life. I love my little home that I'm renovating to be my oasis and my friends and partner that all love me deeply. I opted out of the vapid life of appeasing others and don't regret it.

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