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.
