I just did a bunch of remodeling since our villa turned 9 years ago, I guess about $18,000 worth in the past two months. In the kitchen I had bought a pro style faucet a dozen years ago on eBay because I got a great deal, $125 and I kept it all this time. I was going to do granite countertops but the budget couldn't afford it, and I found a sink that could support the faucet and keep my original counter tops. I got it at Home Depot for $399, it actually came with a pro-faucet, so I now I have an extra one which I'll keep and use for parts if I ever need them. It's 33" sink with no divider and you can do top mount or undermount.
We got rid of all the carpet and old flooring and had 6" wood planks installed, no more carpet anywhere, it's gets nasty after 9 years. For color we bought 4 area rugs from Amazon, they have great prices.
The Master Bath we had this horrible fiberglass shower enclosure with a glass door that everytime you opened it water got all over the floor. Now we new tile floors, new light, new toilet, new vanity and new countertops and shower made with Bella Stone. It's a man-made product they make locally and it's looks like quartz. No shower door this time, just a curtain.
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
I love the taste of good beer. Absolutely prefer it to anything other than a glass of good iced tea.
I've drank enough beer to fill a water tower, but mostly it was shitty stuff like Busch and Budweiser, and I never actually liked it; I just drank to get drunk or drank because I was at a bar and that's what I did. Drank like a fish during my high school years and then went in the Navy.
At this point, I rarely drink any sort of alcohol, but when I do drink beer, it's usually a good German wheat beer, like Hacker Pschorr or Franziskaner. I don't mind Michelob, but regular Michelob is impossible to find in bars up here. I'll generally have one if I'm at a bar when I'm back in Missouri, which isn't very often.
I wouldn't drink Busch or Budweiser now if you paid me. And I hate light beer. If I want water, I'll drink water. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DeepPurple:
I just searched and my local Best Buy has a Golden Tee in stock for $250. I had never heard of this until about an hour ago and I was watching the charity foursome on the Golf Channel and Bubba Watson said I have a Golden Tee to the other guys. I looked it up and then I found this thread you guys talking about them.
Originally Posted by DaFace:
I'm lazy when it comes to coffee, so I went with the Nespresso Vertuo rather than a "real" espresso machine. Love having it at home, though.
I’ve become a coffee snob. It kind of ruined my life. Like I can’t drink coffee from a restaurant or free shit from Deere or whatever. And I’m all about free. Pretty much everything htismaqe is saying about beer is the way I feel about coffee.
But I went the other way. I buy really good drip coffee rather than espresso.
I really like my Instant Pot we recently bought. Meals can be pretty hands off using it and it cooks large batches of chicken breast with good texture for the entire week for me. Also it's Sous Vide function is mind-blowing for steaks. Has the air fryer lid which helps with kids food like nuggets and fries, plus crisps up frozen/cold wings nicely.
Shout out to KCUnited for talking me into the larger 8qt. Definitely wouldn't have wanted to go smaller. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCUnited:
Just got mine delivered. Holy shit its a game changer for my garage.
Especially now when we might not see the sun again til April.
I have two fluorescent fixtures (two bulbs each) above each car bay, both connected to a normal (screw-in) outlet in the center. Do you think a single in the center would be an upgrade over the two fluorescents on the sides? [Reply]