Comments on: New Bathroom Look, More Enjoyment http://www.findhousecontractors.com/bathroom-remodeling/new-bathroom-look-more-enjoyment Tue, 04 May 2010 05:17:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ChrisChristine http://www.findhousecontractors.com/bathroom-remodeling/new-bathroom-look-more-enjoyment/comment-page-1#comment-336 ChrisChristine Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:21:59 +0000 http://www.findhousecontractors.com/bathroom-remodeling/new-bathroom-look-more-enjoyment#comment-336 You should come and visit me. You would feel right at home. My daughter and her husband built a beautiful home. They are young but worked really hard for it and I respect them. They pay $150 a month for Homeowner Assoc. and I asked them what the money was for. They said it's to make sure their trash bins are kept out of sight. I about fell off the sofa. It's hard to get around those kinds of fees though. I guess when you buy the property you have to agree to it. What a scam. And Condos are nothing more than apartments that you can own. Big deal. I'm with you. Remember that saying, my house is clean enough to be sanitary but messy enough to be comfortable? That's me. I agree with you. Come on over and we'll paint something pretty. =)<br><b>References : </b><br> You should come and visit me. You would feel right at home. My daughter and her husband built a beautiful home. They are young but worked really hard for it and I respect them. They pay $150 a month for Homeowner Assoc. and I asked them what the money was for. They said it’s to make sure their trash bins are kept out of sight. I about fell off the sofa. It’s hard to get around those kinds of fees though. I guess when you buy the property you have to agree to it. What a scam. And Condos are nothing more than apartments that you can own. Big deal. I’m with you. Remember that saying, my house is clean enough to be sanitary but messy enough to be comfortable? That’s me. I agree with you. Come on over and we’ll paint something pretty. =)
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]]> By: salem http://www.findhousecontractors.com/bathroom-remodeling/new-bathroom-look-more-enjoyment/comment-page-1#comment-335 salem Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:19:59 +0000 http://www.findhousecontractors.com/bathroom-remodeling/new-bathroom-look-more-enjoyment#comment-335 Im 28 and have noticed this as well i love having a clean house/yard but more than anything i want to have a comfortable home and as long as i have a good running car im happy , hubby is a perfectionist and exhausts me at times, hell i just wanna live all these things will go back to dust once im gone<br><b>References : </b><br> Im 28 and have noticed this as well i love having a clean house/yard but more than anything i want to have a comfortable home and as long as i have a good running car im happy , hubby is a perfectionist and exhausts me at times, hell i just wanna live all these things will go back to dust once im gone
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]]> By: MsJoeMainSt http://www.findhousecontractors.com/bathroom-remodeling/new-bathroom-look-more-enjoyment/comment-page-1#comment-334 MsJoeMainSt Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:17:15 +0000 http://www.findhousecontractors.com/bathroom-remodeling/new-bathroom-look-more-enjoyment#comment-334 <b>Has our society become more nitpicky and superficial?</b><br>To give you perspective, I am 43 and thus have been around for decades. I want to know if this is a change in our society or if I have just moved into different social environments and this explains the change I see. I grew up in a family that was sort of artsy and intellectual so all of our family and friends, naturally, tended in that direction. Here's my question: It used to be that cleaning your house was just to keep it decent. If the bathroom was not filthy, that was good enough, and no one cared about the latest fixtures and no one had ridiculous decorative soaps and towels no one could use. Clean the fixtures with some cleanser and if they work, that's all that matters, no gleaming tiles or faucets (who would waste time on something unnecessary?) and it didn't matter how old the faucets were as long as they didn't drip. Now, when I visit people, I find that 95% of the homes have everything cleaned and shined down to the last millimeter, with the latest in everything. And people are such snobs about wanting the best of everything, I guess to keep up with the neighbors or impress one another, or maybe people get enjoyment out of making their house resemble a magazine feature. Also, it used to be that a working car was good enough; now people feel ashamed if they don't have the latest and it better be a brand that impresses others. In other words, I see a lot of pretension about wealth and also in all social classes, there seems to be a preoccupation about cleanliness being all-important, to the point that no speck of dust is tolerated and the fixtures/tiles/furniture better be new; no old and comfy sofas allowed. Lawns used to be simply mowed and it was expected that some of it grew over the sidewalk edge; only mansions had gardeners that would trim and edge, but now, in suburbia, you'd better trim and edge and even fertilize or you'll get a note from the homeowner's association; anything less than perfection is unacceptable. Previously just making sure the grass didn't grow too high was all anyone expected. Just looking for the thoughts and observations of others on what seems like a major society shift. Or maybe not - have people always been preoccupied with perfection in their possessions and their housekeeping and I just didn't know any of them till recently? Has our society become more nitpicky and superficial?
To give you perspective, I am 43 and thus have been around for decades. I want to know if this is a change in our society or if I have just moved into different social environments and this explains the change I see.

I grew up in a family that was sort of artsy and intellectual so all of our family and friends, naturally, tended in that direction. Here’s my question:

It used to be that cleaning your house was just to keep it decent. If the bathroom was not filthy, that was good enough, and no one cared about the latest fixtures and no one had ridiculous decorative soaps and towels no one could use. Clean the fixtures with some cleanser and if they work, that’s all that matters, no gleaming tiles or faucets (who would waste time on something unnecessary?) and it didn’t matter how old the faucets were as long as they didn’t drip.

Now, when I visit people, I find that 95% of the homes have everything cleaned and shined down to the last millimeter, with the latest in everything. And people are such snobs about wanting the best of everything, I guess to keep up with the neighbors or impress one another, or maybe people get enjoyment out of making their house resemble a magazine feature.

Also, it used to be that a working car was good enough; now people feel ashamed if they don’t have the latest and it better be a brand that impresses others. In other words, I see a lot of pretension about wealth and also in all social classes, there seems to be a preoccupation about cleanliness being all-important, to the point that no speck of dust is tolerated and the fixtures/tiles/furniture better be new; no old and comfy sofas allowed.

Lawns used to be simply mowed and it was expected that some of it grew over the sidewalk edge; only mansions had gardeners that would trim and edge, but now, in suburbia, you’d better trim and edge and even fertilize or you’ll get a note from the homeowner’s association; anything less than perfection is unacceptable. Previously just making sure the grass didn’t grow too high was all anyone expected.

Just looking for the thoughts and observations of others on what seems like a major society shift. Or maybe not – have people always been preoccupied with perfection in their possessions and their housekeeping and I just didn’t know any of them till recently?

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