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It’s not as big a loss as it looks, because now I have leftover supplies, which will help me talk myself into doing this all over again with a new project!
It’s not as big a loss as it looks, because now I have leftover supplies, which will help me talk myself into doing this all over again with a new project!
You forgot the additional $3000 and five years to do enough projects to gain the skills to make a table your loved ones will allow in the house. 🤣
Idk when your competition is $2,000 mdf with 10 hinges to fit into a 6"×35" box even your finger painting first try has the potential to be a treasured family piece if it can hold up a turkey and table cloth these days
The competition is go to a thrift store and buy a good one that someone threw out because it was their Nana’s. $100.
You know, I had a similar conversation with someone but regarding houses
My big issue with old furniture is the quantities of people I see bring some nice old piece home only to end up with termites or other pests, evrn after they treated the thing, and then they are forced to spend way more than just the cost of the old piece to remove those pests from their home… thats if they catch it in time anyways. If they get to the structure you’re looking at thousands in pest removal and repairs
One of my neighbors who worked in pest control at the time would go on about stuff like that being one of the big factors keeping him in the trade
Everything comes with its own caveat. New stuff isn’t built the same as things used to be, old stuff is very old now, usually hardly servicable without substantial effort and diligence
There’s a good 20 year gap on the market of quality consumer goods and todays types of products so getting quality stuff is also just getting darned hard as they break down and are disposed of. Soon it won’t just be the products. It will be the tools and skills to make them too