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A chair is an item worth spending money on. There's a line of diminishing return but if you're spending less than a few hundred bucks (I came up with that arbitrarily and unscientifcally), your legs, butt, back, and neck will all hate you and conspire to make you miserable. I have a Herman Miller connection so tend to lean that way - my wife and I are loving our new Cosm chairs (which we coincidentally ordered in Feb as though we had the ability to predict the future).
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Originally posted by Mitrani View PostI bought ErgoChair at the very beginning of the lockdown and I love it. I left my office chair in the office...lol.So I had to buy a new one. I happen to have a job where employee monitoring systems keep track of all my activities, so I could be on the computer for hours. This chair saved my back during the lockdown.Last edited by DocDave; December 17, 2020, 11:00 AM.
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Originally posted by mebejoseph View Post
We have a townhouse with a small yard (about 25 x 15) and a garage. I find I need almost all the same tools I did when we had a house, except for tools for sprinkler repairs.
But for sure you should have enough tools to hang pictures and mirrors (get a stud finder as well), replace a washer in a faucet (or you'll end up paying $200 to a plumber to do a 15 minute job), and touch up the paint on your walls when needed. If you're not afraid of working with electricity, you should be able to replace a wall outlet--especially if your house is old. The outlets get worn out and won't hold a plug. If you can do that, you'll probably want to replace light switches yourself--We Mo and others make smart ones now and they're fun to have.
You'll probably also want to do minor drywall repairs from time to time. Sometimes you have accidents and dent your walls with a door knob or a piece of furniture--or when I was younger--it was anger issues, I'm sad to say.
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I bought ErgoChair at the very beginning of the lockdown and I love it. I left my office chair in the office...lol.So I had to buy a new one. I happen to have a job where employee monitoring systems keep track of all my activities, so I could be on the computer for hours. This chair saved my back during the lockdown.Last edited by DocDave; December 17, 2020, 10:59 AM.
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I have a solid oak roll top desk that my grandparents inherited when they bought their house in Jamestown, NY back in the (I'm guessing here) mid-to-late 1930s. It was in the basement when they moved in. When they moved out (or my Grandmother moved out I should say - my Grandfather had passed) me and my dad dragged it up out of the basement and took it home to Michigan, where it went into my room, and has followed me to the DC area now that I'm an adult or at least fooling people into believing I'm an adult, and own a house. It was obviously built as a standard work desk for an office. It has no ornamentation and is a little utilitarian/industrial looking but the wood grain is beautiful and it's in great condition. It's fantastic but the only way to get one is at an antique store or estate sale or something. It's really heavy...I think I'd need to hire some guys with more muscle than I have to get it upstairs from the main level where it is at present, if we actually wanted to move it up there.
The other thing is a leather couch from Joybird. The model we got was the Briar. It looks like they've changed the colorways since we bought but ours is closest (or maybe identical) to what they're currently calling Santiago Caramel. I'm pretty sure that was not the name of this colorway when we purchased but it looks the exact same shade of medium caramel brown. Looks great and is developing a nice patina from wear over the two years we've owned it. It's really comfortable...I have a bad habit of falling asleep on it most evenings. At full retail it's reasonably priced for leather furniture IMO but we hit a sale. I'd buy it again for sure.
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Originally posted by LesserBlackDog View PostI feel like it's crazy but sometimes I just hear a subject mentioned (something I would never have any reason to look up or otherwise reference on a device... like, border terriers or Kind bars) and suddenly I start seeing it show up in ads or in my Instagram feed.
The only explanation I have for this is that often our discussion in based on a television show we were watching. As in, "oh--that guy who played CHARACTER--I wonder where he was born." Maybe so many other people wanted to know the same information that google can make a good guess.
OR--they listen on our cellphones.
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Originally posted by LesserBlackDog View PostI feel like it's crazy but sometimes I just hear a subject mentioned (something I would never have any reason to look up or otherwise reference on a device... like, border terriers or Kind bars) and suddenly I start seeing it show up in ads or in my Instagram feed.
Something we did was create a new, not linked to any personal info or money email, and set up the smart home stuff with that. Not sure if that is enough
I’m looking around at couch materials but not sure what to choose for desert sweat. I’m almost thinking an outdoor sofa...
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I feel like it's crazy but sometimes I just hear a subject mentioned (something I would never have any reason to look up or otherwise reference on a device... like, border terriers or Kind bars) and suddenly I start seeing it show up in ads or in my Instagram feed.
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Originally posted by rd27 View PostKind of a silly question, but are you at all concerned about smart devices collecting data on your household?
https://gizmodo.com/the-house-that-s...-me-1822429852
Take a look at Google and their acquisition of Nest. When they first bought Nest they claimed Nest would stay a separate company from Google and that Google would not co-mingle and aggregate data. Now? Google has rolled Nest in with Google Home appliances and there is no data distinction between the two. All of your data is going in to one big melting pot.
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Originally posted by rd27 View PostKind of a silly question, but are you at all concerned about smart devices collecting data on your household?
https://gizmodo.com/the-house-that-s...-me-1822429852
I think the biggest privacy "leak" we have comes from all the computers we have, not the smart devices. We are always on the internet looking up something for work or shopping or home improvement or just for fun.
Plus--I keep my calendar on a computer and on a central calendaring system we have for our law firm management. The "internet" knows when and where all my appointments are.
Am I really going to worry about the world knowing what time I turn on the A/C, if I'm searching on google for "psilocybin mushrooms chocolate recipes" or "best remote control vibrator"?
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Originally posted by mebejoseph View PostWe have a townhouse with a small yard (about 25 x 15) and a garage. I find I need almost all the same tools I did when we had a house, except for tools for sprinkler repairs.
But for sure you should have enough tools to hang pictures and mirrors (get a stud finder as well), replace a washer in a faucet (or you'll end up paying $200 to a plumber to do a 15 minute job), and touch up the paint on your walls when needed. If you're not afraid of working with electricity, you should be able to replace a wall outlet--especially if your house is old. The outlets get worn out and won't hold a plug. If you can do that, you'll probably want to replace light switches yourself--We Mo and others make smart ones now and they're fun to have.
You'll probably also want to do minor drywall repairs from time to time. Sometimes you have accidents and dent your walls with a door knob or a piece of furniture--or when I was younger--it was anger issues, I'm sad to say.
https://gizmodo.com/the-house-that-s...-me-1822429852
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Originally posted by Dun View PostGood points, thanks. I can probably ask the handy man at work to teach me how to do those safely. And ooh I probably want a smart switch for the ceiling fan
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Originally posted by mebejoseph View Post
...replace a washer in a faucet (or you'll end up paying $200 to a plumber to do a 15 minute job), and touch up the paint on your walls when needed. If you're not afraid of working with electricity, you should be able to replace a wall outlet--especially if your house is old. The outlets get worn out and won't hold a plug. If you can do that, you'll probably want to replace light switches yourself--We Mo and others make smart ones now and they're fun to have...
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Originally posted by Dun View PostProbably a separate thread, but as we are just buying a townhouse- I would love to hear non-professional opinions on what is worth tooling up for home repairs and what is worth it just to leave to professionals. Especially with limited tool space options
But for sure you should have enough tools to hang pictures and mirrors (get a stud finder as well), replace a washer in a faucet (or you'll end up paying $200 to a plumber to do a 15 minute job), and touch up the paint on your walls when needed. If you're not afraid of working with electricity, you should be able to replace a wall outlet--especially if your house is old. The outlets get worn out and won't hold a plug. If you can do that, you'll probably want to replace light switches yourself--We Mo and others make smart ones now and they're fun to have.
You'll probably also want to do minor drywall repairs from time to time. Sometimes you have accidents and dent your walls with a door knob or a piece of furniture--or when I was younger--it was anger issues, I'm sad to say.
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Originally posted by hockeysc23 View PostMy recommendation for a new place would be to feel it out first. It’s tempting to just fill with new furniture but as I’ve gotten older I’ve realized you will move stuff around and your tastes may change. Remember those ginormous sectionals from the early 2000s? If
You bought one of those now a days you’d be severally limited. We try to use craigslist, FB etc for furniture. It’s much cheaper. Allows us to try new things etc.
My one new recommendation would be a sofa.
Crate and barrel makes some great sofas that last. Good cushions with timeless designs
It also depends your style and how you use the space we love to entertain and I have to ensure everything has a home. So we look for multi purpose items like ottomans that can store and double as seating etc.
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