I was thinking about the kitchen faucet my husband is fixing for the fifth (?) time since we bought it 3 years ago. We bought it because the much older faucet was not repairable and we did not want to buy a really nice one because we still have to replace our sink (and our cabinets, wall and floor...sigh...did I mention our house was built in the 1890s and stood empty for 40ish years?). Anyway, the faucet was totally not worth it. The time fixing it could have been spent on more industrious pursuits! Had we purchased a better quality one, we would not have to spend time repairing it. OR, if we had more money, we could hire a plumber...or a professional to redo our kitchen, HELLO! Imagine!
Along the same lines, we have a very old bathroom (everything needs to be replaced, including the plumbing and the plaster...even parts of the outside walls!) and a very new bathroom (that my husband and I are near finishing after starting it when I was pregnant with our first). And, I spend a total of 10 minutes cleaning the new bathroom from top to bottom (tile, floor, bathtub, sink, toilet) every other week or so (with touch-ups in between). But, I spend 25 minutes cleaning the old bathroom every week, scrubbing the tub and it still doesn't look clean (and, there is no tile because the tub sits in front of a window...and, right now, there isn't even a sink!). Ugh.
We don't want or need luxury items--just simple, nice-looking, good quality (i.e. well-made) products that aren't made to fall apart! We look forward to spending less time cleaning and fixing things...in due time.
Just when you think you are finishing up with your projects, suddenly you realize its time to start all over again. It will never end. there will always be something in the house to improve, maintain, fix or upgrade.
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