I used to be a brand snob. Especially with clothing. Not such a brand snob that I’d spend hundred’s of dollars on jeans, but enough of one that buying clothes at a grocery store was below me. Enough of one that my mother was horrified at my expenditures. Enough of one that I wouldn’t tell my sisters how much I had spent. See, they were all married before me and knew what it was to have BILLS, BUDGETS and BABIES. Therefore they spent no extra money. I wondered how they survived.
Now I know. (Sort of. Kammy says I still spend way too much on groceries.)
Translate this to house goods. We can not afford fancy shmancy house stores so we live in Home Depot, Lowes and Menards. We know exactly where all the clearence sections are. I know the lighting guy in Lowes so well he practically jumps up and down waving when he sees me. Apparently I’ve asked him for a few too many discounts. We do have a couple SWEET fixtures though! Aaron converted a foyer light into our den light and I love it. We also got some grey metal pendants from Ikea. I love them too. But I have one more fixture to buy and I really want it to be something special. Something that you can’t find in the clearance section at a big box store. I want this for my dining room, a transition between the more contemporary fixtures in my kitchen and my bronze traditional fan in the living room:
What do you think?
9 comments:
Well, I for one LOVE it:) Save up and wait, that is just my opinion, because if you are like me (at all) what ever you put there, will be there for a VERY long time:)
i agree with kammy - there will come a day when you can no longer afford to eat nothing but fresh chicken breasts and will have to resort to some sort of ground meat several times a week....
Chicken is cheap here! and ground beef (actually ANY beef) is EXPENSIVE!!!!! To cheap out I'd have to get bone in chicken. eeeyuck. Tonight we're having potato soup and no meat! does that win me an award?!
...and anonymous is right. Aaron won't LET me change my mind for like 5 years after we purchase it:P
uuhhhhh!!!!!! Bone Chicken!!!!!! Yuck!! Actually, I buy all boneless meat and Julia is always making fun of me because I CANNOT STAND meat with bones!! I agree, save up and wait. Your dining room fixture really makes a large contribution to the room.
I did not mean to be anonymous!! OOPS! This is Shelley, in case it makes me anonymous again!!
hmmmmmm... just how expensive are we talking about here for this very modern looking box hanging from the ceiling?
Krista- click the link below the picture. BOX?!??!?! HAHA!!!!! IT'S NICE!!!!!!
Do you have and Ikea nearby? If so I would look there, if they're anything like ours you'll find MANY way less expensive ones and possibly even the same style!;-)
just read that properly there... never mind Ikea- go for it!;-)
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