Lowes: The Wal-Mart of Home Improvement?

Posted By: Adam 2 Comments
It never fails: You go into Wal-Mart for Q-tips and end up spending $200. I have a theory that this disease is communicable and Lowes has caught it. I think it's impossible to go in for one major home improvement without considering others. To wit: We recently bought a chest freezer; something we've wanted for a while but for some reason still isn't plugged in. (Our fridge's freezer is jam-packed, but sufficient, so why plug in the new one if we don't need it?) While we were waiting for the sales rep to check that they had the model we wanted in stock, we were checking out the dishwashers to see what kind of price range we would be shooting for when the current dishwasher loses the good fight. But wait, there's more. We get home, and the only thing I can think about is tile. I want to tile our kitchen floor, and put up a nice tile back-splash. Oh, and while we're talking tile, let's tyle the master bathroom too. But before we tile the master bath, we definitely want to think about that bath remodel we've been talking about (you know, so that we don't have to rip-up and re-tile again). There's just got to be a way to fit a jet-tub in there, even if we have to give up about half of our closet space, or maybe get a smaller double vanity. And at some point we'll be painting the living room ceiling, stairwell, upstairs hallway, all 3 extra bedrooms, and possibly the upstairs bathroom. And there are 2 bedrooms without ceiling fans, and I can see us installing some there, and possibly upgrading the one in the office at some point. Then there's the back patio, storm door for the front of the house, and replacing the back screen door that Moxie put his head through when I wasn't quick enough at getting it out of his way. And Megan's been talking about a vegetable garden. Does it ever end?

2 responses to “Lowes: The Wal-Mart of Home Improvement?”

  1. Yepper. Its called the "begats". This project begat that one, and that one begat this other one. . . At least yours is of your chosing, at least at this point. Sometimes (and usually what happens to us), the begats are more a domino effect. . . . you want to put in a new tub, but the plumbing is messed up, so it begets plumbing fixes, which begets new walls and fixtures... and since you're in there, a new vanity. . . you get my picture.

    The contractor here now installing our brand spankin new dishwasher just told me we dont have an emergency water shut off. Woo Hoo. Not in the house....errr... well, its there.... it just doesnt do what it is supposed to do. . . . and the one in the yard, well, it doesnt do it either. He suspects he was turning off someone elses water! LOL. I'm not sure what he's doing to deal with it. I'm prefering to keep my head in the sand and just come out at the end of the day with a 100% functioning dishwasher.

    Its *always* something.

    Lowes= love.

    MomT

    MomT ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:57 PM

  2. Take a deep breath, Adam. All things in good time. Just start playing the lottery. When you win, you can "wave a magic wand" and it would all be done... AND your basement would be refinished!

    Ed

    Ed ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:57 PM