why do so many expensive homes lack a high end kitchen?
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Comments (11)Definitely! I feel I need to post this on every thread about the chains lol! Please look local as well as the 'sheds'. We offer a choice of over 2000 combinations of door choice. We have a solid 18mm glued and do welled carcass all the way round and also have bespoke sizes and the whole kitchen can be personalised! We beat 80% of the high street quotes through our doors and provide a completely personal service and aftercare! Not selling our company a such just saying I would definitely take a look local as well as the major chains as all of our customers have been majorly surprised and saved a lot of £££ in the process!! Jade (Home By Design Kitchens) It's a real shame as I hate the idea of people being ripped off or unhappy with their purchase! I know different areas etc have different prices but some of the margins companies make are seriously unethical lol! Jade X...See MoreHow do you say goodbye to a home?
Comments (44)Susangirl, thank you for your understanding. It is not merely that you show some basic human sympathy and decency, though; it is that you have identified the some of the practicalities. I'd like to know what Jan Johnson thinks I should have done instead. I was very well aware of the risk of feathering the owner's nest, but because I was grateful to have any place to stay, as I have said, I worked on the house. And there is also the issue which JJ hads not picked up on, which is that we did not have any choice. The place was essentially unfirnished and in a terrible state. Should we have abandoned any hope of a decent quality of life in case we were finally mistreated? This place was our home. Should we have applied the same approach wherever we went thereafter? What kind of life is that? Not so far from the kind of life people led in the shacks and tied-cottages in pre-war WWII plantations in Louisiana, perhaps, which I'm reading about just now. The comment "Did you think to keep a diary?" is seeking to blame the victims of greed and utter lack of scruple, and indeed conceivably downright fraud. I think about many things, Jan Johnson! A diary does not cut a lot of ice evidentially. What's your point? The kind of fraud which, as the Inland Revenue told me, does not get investigated as often as it should because there is so much of it - I refer to the avoidance of CBT, which is why we were told to leave furniture items behind. So that the house looked occupied. Note too that it was an ex-council house. The owner had bought it from council tenants who had themselves bought it. That's one more affordable property removed from the system....See Moreexpensive furniture and accessories?
Comments (71)I always come to these discussions with a bit of a 'thrifted' angle, but there's plenty of refurbished high end sofas if you look at the vintage market. They are usually striking design wise and often (though not literally) they're unique, they're usually cheaper than a new sofa and more incredibly they often don't depreciate in the way a new sofa will... So - crazy thought, you could even get a substantial sum of money back from them! Kyle (I might be LTTP, just noticed there's a lot of comments between the original and here :P )...See Morekitchen messy and lacks style
Comments (10)Nice room! I'd replace the big shades with slimmer ones, they dominate the space for me. And I'd have different ones in the kitchen and dining area. Maybe replace the round table with a rectangular one and move it against the wall next to the tall cabinet, with a bench seat? Then rather than squash it in the corner, give your fitness area more space. Perhaps add a mat (japanese tatami style?) to delineate it and artwork reflecting a California/new age wellness vibe. Candles, salt lamps etc? I'd get rid of the standard lamp as it adds to the clutter and for me doesn't go with a wellbeing/new agey vibe. Tbh I don't know much about this style but I'm sure you can find inspiration online. The kitchen end would benefit from a declutter, and an edit of mugs etc. Most of us have way too many. The red accessories could possibly be swapped for a more neutral colour-perhaps natural wood? And on the island perhaps have items that chime with the wellbeing theme. You could replace your fruit bowl with an oversize wooden bowl or trough full of exotic fruit and veg for your daily smoothies. If the small sofa in front of the island isn't your main seating area I'd get rid of it and replace with either a wingback chair, ottoman or a couple of cube shaped pouffes. Where the treadmill currently is I'd have a big tropical plant, maybe a couple of hanging plants in macrame hangers in front of the window. I'd get rid of the curtains and have bamboo roller blinds instead. I'd box in the space above your upper kitchen cabinets with cacimets right up to the ceiling. This will give you more storage and smooth out the lines of the kitchen. Hopefully others will weigh in and give you more expert advice. Good luck!...See Moreifoco
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