Reply #26: Oh, do NOT get me started on those damn granite countertops!!!

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When we were looking to possibly sell and move, a realtor 'friend' told us that in order to compete with the other homes on the market that NOBODY would be a home w/out granite countertops. My husband said 'BUNK!' I just rolled my eyes, but you know there's no way I'm gonna waste that kind of money on a house that not even worth $240K right now (a hundred thousand less that what it was worth in 2008). Our cabinets are the laminated kind and it is all peeling off. But it all works, LOL!

We've got the same, exact peeling green formica countertops that went on when the house was built in 1998. The floors have exact same regular old tile from the original, the only thing we did was rip out all the carpets and put in laminates (dh did that himself) because of the dogs and allergies to dust mites (which was done over time). We are painting for the 2nd time we've been here (that's cheap), and dh built a couple of closets in our bedroom due to lack of storage--otherwise, no improvements!

Our kitchen is so small we bump butts when there is more than two people in there. The dinette is so small only 4 can eat in there at once, so we set up a table outside the back door for nice days for everyone to eat at. The dining is now being used as an office/living room since our oldest son needed the old office for a bedroom. We do have a very nice sized family room, however so that's a plus.

Don't get me started on those HGTV shows! I quit watching them almost two years ago because all it did was make me want things we could never have. It's amazing how those shows insist on poor people who really need the money to move spend money they don't have, too. Ugh.