Home ownership
Maybe I missed a thread similar to this, but that's ok. I have been in my home for 10 years now, and there are some things I wasn't prepared for or aware of as a homeowner. I am not scared to admit them if it helps someone else, and please share any stories you have about things you didn't know when owning a home for the first time, whether they be small or large, costly or not.
I will start with not knowing about changing the furnace filter until the a/c stopped working and I had to spend $300 on a new blower motor. Also, I knew nothing of cleaning my gutters, until one became clogged, held water, froze, and had the weight pull it down. Replacing the gutters was another $1000. I'm sure I'll think of other things but those are the 2 that stand out the most at the moment.
ITT we talk about home ownership, and things that aren't always obvious but need to be done to save on maintenance and repairs.
I like it! Do you have a loom? I can't play piano so I'm going with a pool table with a ping pong topper.
Octagonal poker table with bumper pool underneath?
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I used to design Highend Flooring for more than a decade... I worked for a Mill in California and in Tennessee, and I've used contacts in Tibet for really high end Hand Knotted/Loomed goods. I've designed well over a thousand projects with everything being New Zealand virgin Wool or Authentic Silk construction.
I haven't designed anything in a long time now.
That Piano inset above is a huge piece @ 285"x348"... with a combination of Cut and Loop Pile to give it dimension and texture.
Here are a few more for other clients:
This is a 150"x192" Loop Cut pile wool rug I made for Jason Kidd a LONG time ago when he was traded to NY and had just had Twin girls...
This is a Gothic rug for an Entry way in an old restored Victorian home... 160"x202" - 100 knot Tibetan wool
This is a Personal Art tapestry/wall hanging based on a Disney Artist Eyvind_Earle @ 108"x192"
Next to it is my HAL9000 Tapestry/wall hanging...
Really nice work-thanks for sharing
Oh wow, that's really cool Schu.
I found some quilts that my great grandmother made and am using one of them as a wall hanging.
Homeownership is often seen as a cornerstone of stability and a major life milestone. It represents not just a financial investment, but an emotional one—a place to call your own, personalize, and create memories. However, homeownership has evolved, especially with economic shifts, housing markets, and lifestyle preferences. :круто:
Wool textiles were one of the cornerstones of the human race. Some of the native American and Tibetan examples like Mschu shows were funtional as well as works of art, they kept people from freezing to death!
Before cotton was discovered in North America, choices were pretty slim and expensive for clothing and bedding. Leather, wool or linen made from flax or other vegetable fibers were used to keep the cold away. An Apache chief blanket auctioned for over $1 million a few years ago. I like the Hudson Bay and Italian officer's military surplus, have one on the bed now and it is toasty warm! My son has a friend on the Navajo Nation that makes blankets the old way, with wool harvested from his sheep, has some pre-sold for mid five figures.
^ Facts!
New Refrigerator day.
My old trusty LG finally died last week and I have been without cooling for 6 days and this caused me to have to use Ice Chests, and that caused me to loose my wedding ring.
I certainly hope this new Samsung Fridge lasts longer than the 15 years of service the LG did.
If it makes you feel any better, my Samsung fridge is 10 years old. Zero issues other than icing that builds up by the fan and needs to be cleared after a year or two.
I hope so... they were giving these things away at home depot. More than $1100 off msrp.
My old trusty LG lasted 15 years before giving up the ghost. I asked the guy making the delivery and he laughed and said you are doing good if you get 5 years out of one.
I like the looks of that.
Did the old one stick out like that? That far away from the counter?
New Refrigerator day.
My old trusty LG finally died last week and I have been without cooling for 6 days and this caused me to have to use Ice Chests, and that caused me to loose my wedding ring.
I certainly hope this new Samsung Fridge lasts longer than the 15 years of service the LG did.
LG is a solid brand - personally I would not buy any Samsung whitegood.
If it makes you feel any better, my Samsung fridge is 10 years old. Zero issues other than icing that builds up by the fan and needs to be cleared after a year or two.
maybe keep cakes away from it?
My old trusty LG finally died last week and I have been without cooling for 6 days and this caused me to have to use Ice Chests, and that caused me to loose my wedding ring.
still trying to decypher this ridley scott rough script
does seem to (almost?) align with the soffit and wing wall
Yeap, same size... I prefer standard depth. It needs clearance for the doors to open fully. It's flush with that wall
If anyone is looking for a rice cooker, I also got this Cuckoo rice cooker... the best rice I have ever made.
Very well made cooker.
When my fridge passed away, I had to breakout the coolers. Halfway between the old fridge dying and the new fridge arriving I noticed my wedding ring was missing off its rightful mount.
It's a little loosey goosey on my finger but I have always noticed when it is about to depart it's rightful place, this time I hadn't.
After spending hours looking for it around the house, calling lost and found at South Point and searching one of the two coolers I was using, I resigned my loss. My fear was that it fell off my finger in the toilet and I just hadn't noticed.
I couldn't get into that last cooler because it was packed with ice and food... but a few hours later the piss off old lady pulled everything out of that cooler and found it resting silently the bottom.
Moral of the story... there is Shrinkage.
at the cost of reading your stanza again, it's unclear if you stored your band on the left hand or middle knee
Pic makes it look line the rice cooker levitates. Now that would be special.
Started talking to some people about redoing the master bath. Got some names from friends and neighbors.
So far, I've just had initial calls with a few people, and been out looking at tile/hardware.
It started because the finish on the shower control is coming off. When I got to thinking about that, I thought, "Hey, I never use the tub. Maybe that should come out too, and rebuild with a nice custom shower."
We'll see what the project turns into. I like the current scheme in terms of color. Of course, those tiles are no longer available, but I think I've found some that will be an OK replacement.
Another part of the backstory is (according to my neighbor, an original buyer) Richmond made it exorbitant to have anything but plain beige carpet put in the baths. (WTF?) So, years ago, I had all the upstairs bathrooms' flooring replaced with tile, and the cheap linoleum-type counters replaced with tile as well. Thus, my wanting to redo the master with something close.
Current:
Not sure what to do with the space created by the bathtub if it comes out. Figuring the shower will have to get a little bigger to accommodate a bench. Can't move it back too much due to the window, so I imagine the closet wall moves back a few inches.
Not inclined to tear out the sinks, but we'll see. I'm ready to listen to any ideas potential contractors have.
I am in the same boat... I have a bath tub that I NEVER use... why not build that out into a shower and use the old shower area as storage cabinets or something else.
following your progress.
Removing the tub is a good idea if your place still has a tub somewhere else. Anyone looking to buy your house that has kids will insta skip your house if there are no tubs at all.
How big of a rehab are you looking to do? An idea is to replace the window with glass block, move the shower to where the tub is now and have the controls/drain back up to the old shower and turn the existing shower into storage like a linen closet, etc.
Will give ample room for a nice shower and provide good natural light. Plumbing won't be insane since water and drain will hardly move.
If you go with a tile shower and decide to do a tile floor, get a tile guy who knows what the **** he's doing so it doesn't leak in six months. If you get a shower pan, that will alleviate many but not all of the potential issues.
If you have budget heat that floor! It'll probably add < $1,000 to the total cost but you will be happy every single morning you go in there. I'm so in love with ours I put my socks on the floor before I go to bed so they're warm when I put them on.
That layout is dangerously close to our bathroom. We couldn't change it because ours was a spec house that was 60% finished when we bought it, but the show house for our model had no bath tub and a long shower space. The shower controls were on the wall where your towel bar is. There was a small step up at the end with the controls about half the length of the tub. You then stepped down into the shower area. No door, just a long glass panel on the side towards the sink. It might have had a rainfall shower head in addition to the regular one.
