Comments on: The Power of Craigslist http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/ Two Young People + One Old House = Love Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:17:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jacki http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/comment-page-1/#comment-668975 Jacki Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:16:38 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=24#comment-668975 I just came across this post, and I have to say - this is brilliant! I've been wanting to declare "landscaping bankruptcy" for a while now so we can start over with an easier-to-maintain design. This may just be the way to do it! I just came across this post, and I have to say – this is brilliant! I’ve been wanting to declare “landscaping bankruptcy” for a while now so we can start over with an easier-to-maintain design. This may just be the way to do it!

]]> By: Holland http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/comment-page-1/#comment-215639 Holland Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:46:04 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=24#comment-215639 Someone just sent me your blog and I am sitting here obsessively reading way past my bedtime. My poor husband won't sign on to doing our own do-it-yourself blog (our home has an extensive DIY list as well) because at the rate we are going, it would have one post a quarter, ha! Love the idea of free labor, I have some serious monkey grass that has got to go! Someone just sent me your blog and I am sitting here obsessively reading way past my bedtime. My poor husband won’t sign on to doing our own do-it-yourself blog (our home has an extensive DIY list as well) because at the rate we are going, it would have one post a quarter, ha!

Love the idea of free labor, I have some serious monkey grass that has got to go!

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/comment-page-1/#comment-212151 YoungHouseLove Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:46:17 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=24#comment-212151 Thanks so much for the kind words! Were blushing over here... xo, s

Thanks so much for the kind words! Were blushing over here…

xo,
s

]]> By: JaffyAnn http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/comment-page-1/#comment-212150 JaffyAnn Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:43:07 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=24#comment-212150 Just want to convey to you how much I have enjoyed looking though.... Your photos, your blog... EVERYTHING!!! I LOVE your decorating style .. so clean and fresh! You have brilliant ideas and everything looks GREAT! Thanks for sharing! ps.... I have used craigslsit for sooo much! Recently I sold a vintage buffet table (that I found on the side of the road, and had used for 6 years) for enough cash to buy the one I wanted!!! Exciting stuff! :-) Just want to convey to you how much I have enjoyed looking though…. Your photos, your blog… EVERYTHING!!! I LOVE your decorating style .. so clean and fresh! You have brilliant ideas and everything looks GREAT!
Thanks for sharing!
ps…. I have used craigslsit for sooo much! Recently I sold a vintage buffet table (that I found on the side of the road, and had used for 6 years) for enough cash to buy the one I wanted!!! Exciting stuff! :-)

]]> By: Katie http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/comment-page-1/#comment-116125 Katie Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:30:50 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=24#comment-116125 I cannot wait to decorate! Good luck with everything! Love this blog! I cannot wait to decorate! Good luck with everything! Love this blog!

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/comment-page-1/#comment-67575 YoungHouseLove Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:15:03 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=24#comment-67575 Congrats! So glad it worked for you! xo, Sherry (& John)

Congrats! So glad it worked for you!

xo,
Sherry (& John)

]]> By: Erin http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/comment-page-1/#comment-67573 Erin Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:57:04 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=24#comment-67573 Hi YHL! Just wanted to comment on this old post to tell you that we took your advice on the Craigslist free labor. We were VERY skeptical at first, but are now firm believers. We bought our first home about 2 months ago. To say there is a lot of landscaping is an understatement! Over the past 2 weeks we've gotten bids from landscaping companys to remove most of it and put down grass. Bids ranged from $2500-$8000!!!(No Way) We posted the ad on Craigslist Saturday morning for free pea gravel and limestone rocks from the pond. As an added bonus we put that "ask about free plants and bushes". Within the day about 40% of our landscaping was gone!!! We had 31 calls total. Anyways, we are now completely underway with out budget friendly landscaping remodel and couldn't be happier. I am taking pics as we go and cannot wait to submit our first "Reader's Redesign" to you when it's all completed! Hi YHL!

Just wanted to comment on this old post to tell you that we took your advice on the Craigslist free labor. We were VERY skeptical at first, but are now firm believers. We bought our first home about 2 months ago. To say there is a lot of landscaping is an understatement! Over the past 2 weeks we’ve gotten bids from landscaping companys to remove most of it and put down grass. Bids ranged from $2500-$8000!!!(No Way) We posted the ad on Craigslist Saturday morning for free pea gravel and limestone rocks from the pond. As an added bonus we put that “ask about free plants and bushes”. Within the day about 40% of our landscaping was gone!!! We had 31 calls total. Anyways, we are now completely underway with out budget friendly landscaping remodel and couldn’t be happier. I am taking pics as we go and cannot wait to submit our first “Reader’s Redesign” to you when it’s all completed!

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/comment-page-1/#comment-63305 YoungHouseLove Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:34:33 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=24#comment-63305 That's hysterical. So happy you found our blog! xo, s

That’s hysterical. So happy you found our blog!

xo,
s

]]> By: Lauren http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/comment-page-1/#comment-63295 Lauren Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:14:23 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=24#comment-63295 New comment on an old post (I just found your blog today & read the whole thing.....then saw the following during an unrelated Craigslist trawl...) An ad for a rocking chair: "Bonus - if you take this chair AND the two stupid fans that broke during the ginormous heatwave of recent memory, we will knock $10 off the price. Yes, the fans are broken.. we are clearly too lazy to take them to the dump. So if you have some place to put them.. say, perhaps, in a cannon that you plan to fire into the sun .. that would certainly be worth getting $10 less for the chair. It's a long shot, but hey.. it's out there. Rock on!" New comment on an old post (I just found your blog today & read the whole thing…..then saw the following during an unrelated Craigslist trawl…)

An ad for a rocking chair:

“Bonus – if you take this chair AND the two stupid fans that broke during the ginormous heatwave of recent memory, we will knock $10 off the price. Yes, the fans are broken.. we are clearly too lazy to take them to the dump. So if you have some place to put them.. say, perhaps, in a cannon that you plan to fire into the sun .. that would certainly be worth getting $10 less for the chair. It’s a long shot, but hey.. it’s out there. Rock on!”

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/09/the-power-of-craiglist/comment-page-1/#comment-6 YoungHouseLove Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:00:27 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=24#comment-6 Yeah, that's the typical response. We loved our lush & manicured backyard, but all the care it needed to stay lush and manicured made it lots and lots of work (we're talking about 30 hours a month!) so after making sure it looked perfect for our backyard wedding, it was time to say goodbye. Stay tuned for updated photos of our new green and grassy backyard- and thanks for the comment! Yeah, that’s the typical response. We loved our lush & manicured backyard, but all the care it needed to stay lush and manicured made it lots and lots of work (we’re talking about 30 hours a month!) so after making sure it looked perfect for our backyard wedding, it was time to say goodbye. Stay tuned for updated photos of our new green and grassy backyard- and thanks for the comment!

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