There’s something to be said for appreciating the home you have. In a way, I feel lucky to have lived in so many bad apartments in my 20s. It made all the fixer-uppers we looked at while house hunting—the only homes remotely near our price range—a little less off-putting. Is it structurally safe, with a working stove? Wow! There aren’t any rats or strange midwinter mosquito infestations? Super! It also prepared us to enjoy a merely adequate living space without pining after the spreads in glossy design magazines (or even the IKEA catalog).
But, watch enough HGTV and you’ll start to feel like your life is incomplete without stone counters and an open living space. Egged on by perfect Pinterest photos, remodeling shows that gloss over reality, and a frothy housing market, American homeowners seem to have what I can only describe as a remodeling addiction. In fact, I think it might be time for an intervention.
from https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/home-remodeling-negative-effects-260749
from waaaay over here —> America, You’ve Lost Your Freaking Mind Over Remodeling
from Sofia Consola
via America, You’ve Lost Your Freaking Mind Over Remodeling
