We’re into our new house in Singapore. We were told to plan on a much smaller and more compact living space. We were told dressers wouldn’t fit but that each room would have a wardrobe. We planned accordingly. I sold stuff and left lots of things home. Even downgraded our crib and changing table to be smaller and lighter (downgraded size only not quality, actually it all matches now and we love it – thanks Lucinda!).
Our townhome in Virginia was about 2100 sq ft. This place is 3300 sq ft. And we have lots of “stuff” with no where to put it. TVs are on the ground. The kids books are piled on the floor. The laptop is always on the kitchen table messing up eating time because I’m always in the middle of a project with papers strewn about (okay, that part is exactly the same as Virgina). We have no desk for the kids to color on so they color on the floors since they are all hardwood or marble.
Each day Brian goes off to work and I stay home to organize the house. It’s getting really hard to organize the place with no where to put stuff. I’m definitely in that stage of unpacking where you’ve done the absolute necessary for survival stuff and now you wonder what to do with all the rest of it.
Saturday we found ourselves at Ikea making a wish list of furniture pieces we would like to make our space both more useable and attractive. The big kids got to stay and play in the Ikea kid play place while we shopped with an overly energetic Jacob. We settled on a couple pieces we liked well enough to keep long term. I’m so grateful we have the same basic taste in furniture. We never disagree on style, just sometimes on functionality.
Tuesday morning I check my email and the Woodlands yahoo group came to the rescue. Someone is selling almost exactly what we wanted in a dark wood stain instead of black. Right now Brian is making four trips to pick up the four pieces of furniture. (Darn mini-van. I NEED my truck back.)
Original price tag of all new items we picked about $1,000 (that’s why it’s called a wish list).
Actual price paid for used furniture in pristine condition - $300
Score one for the Zufelts!!
2 comments:
we did the same thing... and the house was triple (at least) what we USED to have. had to go to ikea... love that you were able to get used. 4 trips for used is still WAY better than a trip to Ikea and assembly. i was thinking, "why didn't we do that" -- forgot that there was a time when the language was a HUGE barrier.
congrats on all your goodies!
i love that you're scoring deals there!!!
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