Sold your cards to fund......

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

I'm guessing your wife has never wanted Swedish made hanging cradles and mid-century modern furniture for the nursery.

I'm guessing this is your first kid....otherwise you guys would be out buying the cheapest Ikea furniture you could find. I'm sure your expensive nursery furniture will look lovely with bite marks, ketchup, sharpie, and whatever else it can get its hands on all over it.

[ullmandds]

david...is that a mazdaspeed mx-5? either way...nice...i've been toying with getting one of those too...good cheap fun!

Tao...I love vintage modern furniture...but I'd have to agree with Conor...the kid(s) will eventually destroy it!!!!!

[MyGuyTy]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Tao...I love vintage modern furniture...but I'd have to agree with Conor...the kid(s) will eventually destroy it!!!!!

Kids destroy everything.......not a good idea to have anything expensive where they can put their little hands, lol. I've already replaced my 50" plasma due to my "mini me" throwing one of his heavy toys into the screen and cracking it

........good times.

[Cardboard Junkie]

[QUOTE=ullmandds;1236976]david...is that a mazdaspeed mx-5? either way...nice...i've been toying with getting one of those too...good cheap fun!

It's a Mazda Miata MX5 a 1999 with only 50K bought it from a doc in Honolulu (hence the GYN plate) Unreal only 5 grand for a snazzy little ragtop. I'm Just under 6' but comfortable.
One of my lady friends is 6' 2" in her bare feet and it's a little tight!
Little tight is ok though

[ullmandds]

[QUOTE=Cardboard Junkie;1237013]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

david...is that a mazdaspeed mx-5? either way...nice...i've been toying with getting one of those too...good cheap fun!

It's a Mazda Miata MX5 a 1999 with only 50K bought it from a doc in Honolulu (hence the GYN plate) Unreal only 5 grand for a snazzy little ragtop. I'm Just under 6' but comfortable.
One of my lady friends is 6' 2" in her bare feet and it's a little tight!
Little tight is ok though

yup...nice...those miatas are great value and require very little maintenance!

[MyGuyTy]

[QUOTE=Cardboard Junkie;1237013]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

david...is that a mazdaspeed mx-5? either way...nice...i've been toying with getting one of those too...good cheap fun!

It's a Mazda Miata MX5 a 1999 with only 50K bought it from a doc in Honolulu (hence the GYN plate) Unreal only 5 grand for a snazzy little ragtop. I'm Just under 6' but comfortable.
One of my lady friends is 6' 2" in her bare feet and it's a little tight!
Little tight is ok though

Oh my 6'2"......I'm sure it's worth the climb

[Cardboard Junkie]

"I'm sure it's worth the climb."

........and the dive

[steve B]

Sold some stuff in the mid 80's to fund a ski trip. Nothing big, a couple T206 commons and a 48 Bowman set that was mostly in poor condition.

Had a fun trip with friends, and started rebuilding the Bowmans in better condition. Still only at 12 cards, and haven't added one in a long time.

Sold off a bunch of extras and "stuff" like boxes full of rotogravure sections when my first daughter was born. Not to fund anything, but to make some room. Most of it was stuff I'd saved from lots I bought, except the roto sections. Did pretty well with most of it, and put some of the money into upgrading the 1880's house. Some new windows- made the place about 20% more efficient, just in time for oil to go up 20%. No actual savings, but kept the bill from being about 800 a year more than it is. (Yeah, big old uninsulated places use LOTS of fuel to heat) Bought a couple nice cards with the rest, an excellent swap in volume, two cards for maybe 10+ cubic feet of stuff.

I'd echo what others have said about the furniture. I mostly buy used furniture anyway.The old furniture is usually more solid than new stuff and at a much lower price.
Having stuff that crayon will clean off of without it being a huge hassle is great. Some mid century stuff would actually work well. My kids haven't trashed the furniture too much, I did have to replace one couch cushion because of ...Something leaking onto it from a diaper. But other than that they've been ok. Maybe because they're girls? I was very bad on furniture. Trimmed off the edges of all the couch cushions when I discovered scissors.
Covering cloth furniture with sheets or cheap slipcovers is also a good idea. Less worries about abandoned bits of fruit or biscuits gummed into a gooey mess wrecking the upholstery.

Steve B

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

One of my lady friends is 6' 2" in her bare feet and it's a little tight!
Little tight is ok though

yes it is!~!

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

One of my lady friends is 6' 2" in her bare feet...

Here in Houston, we have some of those as well - especially downtown. They're usually easy to spot though by their Adam's apple

[MyGuyTy]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Here in Houston, we have some of those as well - especially downtown. They're usually easy to spot though by their Adam's apple

Lol, oh man, please tell me you didn't find out first hand

[wonkaticket]

Leon’s breast implants but he backed out of the deal at the last minute.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

Leon’s breast implants but he backed out of the deal at the last minute.

That was the breast decision he could have made

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by conor912

I'm guessing this is your first kid....otherwise you guys would be out buying the cheapest Ikea furniture you could find. I'm sure your expensive nursery furniture will look lovely with bite marks, ketchup, sharpie, and whatever else it can get its hands on all over it.

Whenever the kid destroys the furniture (which is inevitable) remember that he/she is just a kid and it is just furniture.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by conor912

I'm guessing this is your first kid....otherwise you guys would be out buying the cheapest Ikea furniture you could find. I'm sure your expensive nursery furniture will look lovely with bite marks, ketchup, sharpie, and whatever else it can get its hands on all over it.

Second kid and I'm an old gray haired grizzled up combat veteran but I've got nothing on my old lady. She's a hundred pounds of coal miners daughter and the furniture is more for her and not the nursery. The beauty of mid-century modern furniture is it's already been there and done that and built to handle it while still looking cool. We bough a FLW inspired home and have furnished it with period pieces so it's like stepping back into the mid fifties. One of her requests was to have a ceiling mounted, hanging orbit chair overlooking our wooded area while she feeds the baby. What momma wants, momma gets.

[nebboy]

My little boys room is filled mid century modern (heywood wakefield). At 4 yrs old he has the koolest room.

[ullmandds]

I have a heywood wakefield kohinoor dresser w/mirror in my guest room...I've always wanted a sculptura nightstand to accompany it.

The stuff is made very well!!!!

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

What momma wants, momma gets.

Too true