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Yeah! And very nicely too. I was getting ready to just grit my teeth and accept particle board cabinets and plastic handles like many of the other available places but it looks so pretty. About to have a dishwasher for the first time in my adult life. ~*~glow up~*~
You want exciting? You should watch the Mike Bowen House testimony.
I’m gonna have a washer/dryer for the first time since leaving for college. Very excited about that. No more quarters!
Never again quarters!
hahaha. I'm having no w/d for the first time in my life. Send help (or quarters).
I take my laundry to my husband’s friend’s house... mine got stolen by a neighbor and I refuse to ever again.
Shared laundry situations really bring out the worst in people.
Haha. That was my first priority for my new place, mandatory when you have 2 kiddos. I got a washer and dryer... in NYC no less!
And nobody in my building is anywhere close to my size which is the most annoying part. Nobody owned up to it.
When I was in undergrad I routinely had my detergent stolen if I left in the laundry area and if you didn't have your laundry out of the w/d immediately when it was done someone would inevitably dump it.
My dorm life experience was similar.
Let us know when your housewarming party is, sounds fab!
I honestly have no idea how I'm going to logistically do this and I'm terrified.
I hate moving so much. I hate my current apartment but i hate moving so much more
To be fair it might be easier if I had sorted and gotten rid of stuff once in the last several years. Are you hiring movers or what are your plans?
Just me. I'm going to basically bring bare bones stuff to allow me to get settled and either have other things shipped or order what I need. It's just the fact I have to move across states and then set myself up.
Binge watching or podcast listening is necessary. I would never get tedious tasks done otherwise.
So I’m sure it’s likely the previous tenants. It’s a very hard shelf to reach, so the landlord didn’t clean it either. It set vacant for a month before I moved in,
I played the “what’s the cheapest attractive bed I can get with slats and no box spring” game and lost. Bought a cute little mid-century looking number for $240 and over the course of maybe six months the legs were buckling and bending. Not worth it. I ended up buying an antique iron bed and box spring on Craigslist for around the same price and it has been great. That being said, the slat bed I bought in high school from IKEA (malm) is still kicking around in my parents guest bedroom. Your mileage may vary but regardless, I would avoid the 7-8 leg slat style beds and do something with a box spring.
How many miles did you drive? My dad and I are driving 1800 with 2 overnight stops on the way.
I can't imagine getting a mattress for that low. I'm not sure if mattress stores are open near you, but I'd recommend going in and checking out beds. You'll be sleeping on this mattress when you come back home exhausted; you'll want to have a fairly comfortable rest. You can get discounts on floor models and they frequently extend credit lines to customers; mine was 0% APR for 9 months.
For real, check Amazon
We did 1800 miles! The first day was spent mostly packing and we did around 300 miles that night. The rest was almost evenly split between three days of driving. We had a moving truck with a car trailer attached though so we were limited in terms of speed and comfort.
Did you guys have any trouble getting hotel rooms on your way? Might be making a cross country drive of 1600 miles soon & dreading it
You are going to want to book them about an hour out from getting there. We did not have any issues but some places were sold out of the rooms we wanted or only had like deluxe rooms available that we didn’t want to pay extra for.
Thanks @Matthew9Thirtyfive and @Oedipa Maas. I had heard some worrisome stories from friends who were driving a few weeks ago (more toward the start of the pandemic). Almost at a destination, they would double check the reservation and find it had been cancelled with no notice. Frantic hotel searches ensued. I hope that with some things being re-opened that won't happen.
Honestly I was pretty shocked at the lack of COVID precautions and based on that I don’t think any place would cancel on you last minute especially if you are booking same day. The last place I went to was the only one where there was hand sanitizer and distance markers. Even then I only saw one employee in a mask. Probably depends on where you are going but the people at the hotels and gas stations of middle America that I stopped at did not seem to be living any differently.
