Rant Another Day [merged threads]

[Ontarkie 14,294]

 

Cinco de Mayo margaritas on the agenda for tonight with a good local friend. Sorry to hear about the rains in TX. Other than a very late seasonal heavy snow day last Saturday, we're having a typical dry Mayo.

 

Anyone have any experience with Murphy beds, also known as wall beds? The Colombiana has set up full shop doing her treatments and massages for customers in the extra bedroom which leaves no room for a guest bed. Wondering if a Murphy bed would work in this room. They start at $900... eep! And really only a couple of manufacturers offer them at this price. Most go for $1,500 and up. Kind of worried that if I buy a $900 bed, if might find that it is really cheap in construction and look. Don't really see these on Craigslist. There were a couple available in Colorado Springs but that's a 5 hour drive. Wondering if I should just buy the hardware for around $250 and dust off my limited wood working skills and build a frame for it.

I see many links to how to make your own on Pinterest.

[SAT 9,609]

Stretch's murphy bed.....

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,572]

Afternoon/evenin', largely absent Commie- and other babes with largely absent +1 inventories!

[Ontarkie 14,294]

 

Stretch's murphy bed.....

 

 

Haha I've been looking at them trying to figure out if I could get one to work. Not the air mattress a murphy bed. The air mattress wouldn't last long between the cat and the kids. 

[SAT 9,609]

Nooooo........!!!

 

http://www.gandermountain.com

 

 

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Where am I gonna get all my outdoorsy stuff!!??

 

 

[NikLR 13,228]

Spent far too much money on new face things.  Hopefully it all helps.  Friend gave me a pair od her jeans because they're straight leg and she only wears skinny jeans.  Surprised that they fit, quite honestly.   Off to walmart for a few things wearing new jeans and tank top since its gorgeous out.  

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New face, tank top and jeans pic now...

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

 

You can get a Murphy bed kit from about 300 bucks. Use your own lumber. 

They're popular in NYC. They're good.

Yeah, I've seen these hardware kits on ebay for around 250. Probably the same thing. So the challenge will be to build the frame. For what it's worth, I built a wheelchair ramp for my mother back in the day for $40 worth of materials. When it turned out she didn't want or need it, I put it on Craigslist for $100 and the phone was ringing off the hook. It's surprising, but sometimes there are real gaps in the marketplace for certain items. Not everything can be bought at Walmart.

 

 

Stretch's murphy bed.....

 

 

That's really funny. Thanks!

Edited May 5, 2017 by Russ&Caro

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

 

Nooooo........!!!

 

http://www.gandermountain.com

 

 

 But I just saw this on the local news:

 

http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Gander-Mountain-in-Fargo-is-closing--421330793.html

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I read that 17 out of 126 stores will stay open. 

Meanwhile, I can't make it up to Middletown before the locals tear up the liquidation sale.

I need, guns, electronics, ammo, fishing poles, canoes, atvs, bows, guns, arrows, ammo, clothes...

[SAT 9,609]

Russ how good of a carpenter are ya?

Got a table saw? 

Go to a Lowe's lumber center (not a regular Lowe's) for nice high grade lumber. 

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The gander mountain in Middletown NY is on the way to my property, very convenient.  There's a #######'s sporting goods there, but they suck. 

I hope they keep it open. 

But supposedly, cabelas is opening a store nearby. That'd work too. 

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D-ick's sporting goods. 

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That's really funny. Thanks!

 

Stretch is funny, and she looks funny, too...