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Originally Posted by curves2000
I am going to go on a slightly different tune here and say for those who are in this particular process, make sure you go through things carefully and see if any of your parents and grandparents stuff can replace our own garbage.
There is a lot of really good things that our parents and grandparents have that really can't be bought or purchased in today's environment. Sometimes it's a matter of altering our own tastes or preferences and you end up with some extremely high quality items.
I have seen friends trying to literally junk high end, hand made, Rose china dinnerware made in England. Of course it may "look old fashion" but it's a lot nicer than the Ikea and Dollar store garbage they are eating off of.
A friend wanted to take a saw to break up a dinning room table his parents have. One look at this thing and I am convinced that to replace this table, hand crafted, solid wood withleather studded chair's could easily run tens of thousands of dollars.
Another friends father had some very nice, high end clothing. Said friend literally lives in the hoodie and comfy pants but some of these really nice overcoats that are 100% cashmere, made in Canada/Italy are just stunning. These are thousands of dollars in Men's Department stores and that's if you can even get it such as the Made in Canada angle.
All I am saying is have a look and maybe open up your perspective a little as well. There is probably some really good things that older generations bought and can't be bought today because of the global environment we live in and our throw away culture. Sometimes all you gotta do is change a few things up.
My parents have lot's of junk as well but there is also some very nice things they also have too.
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Very good valid point.
Hard to move specific jackets and shoes when they’re made from extinct or endangered animals. (Yes, poor fast jesting).