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I can see the attraction…

January 17, 2010 by Lloyd 11 Comments

Last week I finally got a chance to devalue something in our house my own self. You might recall that we had to get a new TV, because Brad was coming to visit. That led directly (think minutes) to having to get a new DVD player, and within two days to having to get digital cable.

That led, or so I’m told, to needing some new furniture in the living room to house said purchases. Fortunately, this was accomplished with some re-purposing rather than purchasing. Unfortunately, the bookshelf didn’t have holes for cables, so we just put the cable box and DVD player on the floor under the shelf. This worked, but we had to aim the remote over the trunk, and that became annoying quickly.

Lauren had an extra shelf in the basement (I know, don’t ask me) and rather than drill holes for supports we managed to find some of those yellow cylindrical blocks to hold one shelf above the other. I took a Dremel to the back on the bookcase. It was literally like cutting through cardboard; mostly because it was literally cutting through cardboard. Nothing but the best for us.

Guess which hold I dremeled first.

I remember telling someone five or six years ago that I never wanted to be the kind of person who spends $2,500.00 on a television. It turns out that I don’t mind being the kind of person who spends $550.00 on a television. That’s probably about what we spent on our last one 15 years ago. Hmmm, we might have spent less on this one after adjusting for inflation (which I like to do in my spare time).

How many items in this picture can you identify?

Filed Under: Cheap, Home 'Improvement', Lloyd, Prototype Tagged With: devalue, tv

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  1. Amy says

    January 18, 2010 at 12:50 am

    That looks wonderful!!!!

    Reply
  2. Brad says

    January 18, 2010 at 7:30 am

    Excellent devaluation work, my good man.

    Reply
  3. Lauren says

    January 18, 2010 at 7:32 am

    I’m so impressed that he devalued without hesitation! See how easy it is, Lloyd? Bravo! Bravo!

    Reply
  4. Beth says

    January 18, 2010 at 8:17 am

    I, too, can see the attraction, Danielson. Wax on, wax off…

    Reply
  5. Peggy says

    January 18, 2010 at 9:05 am

    You two AMAZE me!!! Great job…it looks wonderful! If I send you snapshots of my house, will you help me think of fabulous ways to devalue it?

    Reply
  6. Kristi says

    January 18, 2010 at 9:33 am

    Sheer genius. You need your own reality tv show.

    Reply
  7. Lloyd says

    January 18, 2010 at 10:30 am

    I can’t seem to take a decent picture with my phone anymore. I think it’s the lens. It’s seen a fair amount of abuse living in my pocket for 2.5 years.

    Reply
  8. Christina says

    January 18, 2010 at 2:04 pm

    Is that Karen sitting in the green bowl??

    Reply
    • Lloyd says

      January 18, 2010 at 6:41 pm

      Yes. I have to keep her handy so that I have something to hold when the scary parts of the movie come on.

      Reply
      • Christina says

        January 19, 2010 at 5:37 pm

        Lauren won’t let you hold her hand?

        Reply
  9. Lloyd's Mom says

    January 19, 2010 at 11:25 pm

    Excellent. You did well.

    Reply

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