Another tip, for buying anything, is to find the major distributor, and/or the factory that actually makes whatever you need, and buying it direct.. if you live in/near a major city, you can find, at least, a major distributor, and, if you luck out, the factory itself!
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Jan Flood <jan.flood2@...> wrote:
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> Lowe's has Opp's paint too, their regular brands - just a customer unhappy with the color etc. I've heard the paint at walmart isn't bad and it's probably as cheap as you can get…doing it room by room won't be expensive and you'll be able to get more of the same color later on.
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> Removing popcorn ceilings is more labor than expense. Spray it, wait a few minutes till it softens up and use a long blade to scrape it off. The trick is to dampen it enough so it can be scraped off but not wet enough to soften the sheetrock underneath. Even with a ladder you have to work with your arms up and your head tilted back.
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> The Habitat Restore here in Springfield, which has always been such a great place to get bargains, has raised their prices so much I may rethink our donations. We donate a lot to them and buy a lot from them…sometimes we even donate back things we bought there :) We were in twice last week and their prices were so high I spoke to a couple of the head guys, including the one who does all the pricing. He said he is researching things on the internet now and sets his prices that way. Last year we donated our entire living room set and several pieces of exercise equipment and they sold the living room set before they even got it unloaded. When I donate items I want to benefit the charity but this isn't ebay, I still want someone who needs it to be able to buy it. I'm sure a lot of people bought and resold things, but that shouldn't be a reason to price things out of reach of others.
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