Live better, with less
Ideas and inspiration for living more simply. A place to share tips on living with less stuff, work, speed, or stress in return for gaining more freedom, time, self-reliance, and joy.
Renovations.
I feel lucky to have already been a homeowner before COVID. I have no interest in buying/selling again, despite our house being considered a "starter home". So after we suffered major water damage over winter we just made our kitchen hella nice.
Also, look up Speed Queen.
Lucky! That renovation must have been quite expensive.
Thanks, I have heard of them for their reliability in washing machines.
Could you suggest brands producing reliable fridges, without frills?
An expensive computer. I have that. And my teeth. 🥲
Haha, same here my teeth will rob wallet every chance they get
As others have said here, I tend to spend a lot on computers, specifically a lot on computer hardware personally. I work in tech, and when I get home, I like to tinker and see what fun stuff I can do with them. I find it a very mindful, grounding, and fulfilling activity. I'm also a big fan of free and open-source software (and I'm also on lemmy, surprise surprise) so a lot of what I do is rigging up FOSS solutions for friends and family like a Jellyfin media server or a retropi. I'm very lucky that I'm currently in a position where I can afford small hardware expenditures like that and give them away to people who can use them. It makes me feel good, plus it (hopefully) popularises free software in my community!
I'm a fan of FOSS too!
My current interest is in networking and network security in the homelab - DNS, VPNs, automating certificates and a nice Reverse-proxy. Is a money-pit if someone doesn't take care to get the best value from their hardware though.
Cheers
In my case this mainly applies to tools - replacing cheaper worn out ones with something more durable, with the intent of BIFL.
I'm a bit frugal myself but usually postpone getting new and replacement products for a while, sometimes indefinitely 😅.
I've found small fridges seem to last forever, despite not being too energy efficient and ice builds up very easily due to them lacking the usual "bells and whistles"
Indeed. I don't want any extras with my appliances; when it comes to fridges, my only wish is to have the freezer at the bottom. I don't want an ice-maker, but I want to fridge to last long.
Unfortunately it seems like refrigerators are the appliance that is just known to die the fastest now. I searched high and low for a good warranty but even the higher end fridges don't get them these days. And the Samsung 10 year warranty is a bandaid for the lawsuits they're facing.
You've clearly done your research cause the first thing to die in a fridge is always the ice maker 👍
F. I wish I had a simple fridge with the freezer at the bottom, without any extra frills.
Thanks
I find that I tend to spend a lot on just about everything I buy 😅. I have a lot of check boxes for the things I buy, like being ethically sourced, environmentally friendly, fair trade, look for B certified, etc. Consequently, I try not to buy very much. I'm sure I'm probably being taken for a chump with "green washing," but that's on them, not me.
In particular, I find that I spend more on food because I try to buy local and support small producers. I also try to get BIFL items when it comes to tools and things notice that I use frequently.
Plants, especially native plants that I often have to buy on Etsy or some other online store because local shops don't carry them or sell out too quickly. I have also spent a lot on houseplants that I struggle to keep alive.
Literally food.