Bought a house, estimated the renovation budget plus 10-15% for inevitable extras, and we set aside 5000 EUR for the kitchen!!!!
That’s how it started... at first, I was in a bit of shock, but we still had time. First step: remove all the walls for a new layout—I need space...
Let’s start with the (according to the agent) move-in ready property. The small kitchen, just under 8 square meters (about 86 square feet), had its 1970s pass-through removed. The wall including the kitchen door is gone! The wall next to the cellar stairs is gone too! Actually, the entire slanted wall, nearly 7 meters (23 feet) high, removed completely...
The window had to go as well since we needed a different working height than the standard 90 cm (35 inches). New screed installed, we switched to underfloor heating, all electrical wiring and water pipes are new.
After almost six months, the realization slowly sank in: the kitchen budget will not exceed 5000 EUR, so we had to look for a used kitchen... something special, but very cheap.
The search criteria: within a 100 km (62 miles) radius, up to 1000 EUR, because I still want new appliances.
That’s how it started... at first, I was in a bit of shock, but we still had time. First step: remove all the walls for a new layout—I need space...
Let’s start with the (according to the agent) move-in ready property. The small kitchen, just under 8 square meters (about 86 square feet), had its 1970s pass-through removed. The wall including the kitchen door is gone! The wall next to the cellar stairs is gone too! Actually, the entire slanted wall, nearly 7 meters (23 feet) high, removed completely...
The window had to go as well since we needed a different working height than the standard 90 cm (35 inches). New screed installed, we switched to underfloor heating, all electrical wiring and water pipes are new.
After almost six months, the realization slowly sank in: the kitchen budget will not exceed 5000 EUR, so we had to look for a used kitchen... something special, but very cheap.
The search criteria: within a 100 km (62 miles) radius, up to 1000 EUR, because I still want new appliances.
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pagoni20209 Jul 2021 18:25Myrna_Loy schrieb:
That's true. My husband had to sell his USM furniture because I refused to live with office furniture. The price helped him get over the loss a bit. 😀So now your husband is reluctantly enjoying antler decorations and a corduroy sofa, or what? Did he give up that quickly? 🤨 You were quite lucky that in the end he chose you over his stylish furniture. The buyer seems to have been a step ahead and swapped his partner back for nice furniture. 😀 Office furniture...tsk tsk...philistine!
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Myrna_Loy9 Jul 2021 19:05pagoni2020 schrieb:
So now your husband is stuck with the antler and corduroy sofa, or what? Did he give up that quickly? 🤨
You were lucky he ultimately chose you over his stylish furniture. The buyer must have been a step ahead and swapped their partner back for nice furniture. 😀 Office furniture... tsk tsk... philistine! I work in an office furnished exclusively with USM. USM is the default system for commercial interiors. I don’t also want that grid pattern in my home. That’s why my Finn Juhl sideboard won this round.
Yaso2.0 schrieb:
the described events were caused, among others, by children from family and friends 😀 Sure, it’s always the other children. 😉 Today we looked at our new bathroom furniture at the showroom. Absolutely high-quality, handcrafted pieces made from solid wood, costing about the same as our refrigerator. Maybe kitchens are just ridiculously expensive?
Yaso2.0 schrieb:
I think the condition of the other furniture is mostly due to age, or the fact that kids are still running around here, sometimes spilling things or dropping chewing gum unnoticed on the sofa, which you then sit on, or the cocoa nicely spilling into the sofa seams while you don’t want to share that cocoa, and so on. (Note: I only have one child, but these experiences come, among others, from children in family and friends’ circles 😀) That’s exactly why I’m not motivated to replace furniture on a large scale.
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