1375
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 61 points 6 months ago

A couch? A coffee table? OK, King Louis XIV. The rest of us will make do with a floor gaming chair.

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 27 points 6 months ago

I'm not sure you realize how much heavy lifting I'm making the quotations around "coffee table" do.

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Two cinder blocks and a rough sawn plank.

That’ll do.

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

I think you underestimate how much construction materials cost. Ikea is cheaper.

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Costs? These materials are easily found roadside or elsewhere. The blocks have chunks missing or are uneven, so a matchbook or folded cardboard helps level out the wobble for the weather-soaked grey plank.

I know as I've done just that.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Also a lot of construction sites are kind enough to leave a pile of free construction materials somewhere on the site, like they are saying, "we have extra so help yourself! 😁" I try to only help myself at night, because I'm considerate enough to avoid getting in the way of the actual construction.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

In my first apartment I did that with stolen milk crates and found planks.

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

Ikea furniture is easily found roadside too...

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

You should get rid of things with a "modicum" (tiny amount) of useful value. Your space and mental energy is used up just having it there.

You have to keep track of it or it's not useful at all. That takes energy that you could use for something else. Restfully relaxing in a clean room is worth a lot.

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I too create my own furniture out of mostly-empty pizza boxes

(kinda-related story time: I used to live in an apartment with 4 other gay furries [the sitcom writes itself] and we very often ordered in from dominos. Like so much so our delivery guy seemed to take a genuine interest in how we are doing. But after I spent a day making the kitchen spotless, and the next day it looked as awful as before I touched it, I stopped giving a shit. Of many factors, it was silently decided that the one taking out the trash was the one who lost the game of jenga with the garbage. So skill and precision were needed whenever you were adding to the stack that was as high as an adult (or more), as the actual garbage bin for the apartment complex was like 500 feet away and 4 stories below us. Multiple trips were necessary, even if you bothered to use trash bags to simplify the excursion. I wish I'd have taken photos, this was a challenge where boys became men.)

[-] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Ehh but they've got a wavebird, so you know they're already ballin.

Or they were very specific for their birthday request

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Neah, get some milk crates and a used futon!

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

NO! Never a used futon. I once got a used futon. It had stains on it. After a while, I was told what the stains were.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago

After a while, I was told what the stains were.

"Evidence"

this post was submitted on 01 May 2024
1375 points (100.0% liked)

Microblog Memes

5787 readers
2450 users here now

A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

Rules:

  1. Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
  2. Be nice.
  3. No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
  4. Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.

Related communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS