My wife was watching last night's Trading Spaces Family which was
taped here in Tallahassee. She called me in to hear one of the folks
on the show telling another that she had planned to build a mahogany
table but found that "you can't buy mahogany in Tallahassee on
Saturday." Boy, don't I know it.
The only hardwood available in Tallahassee on Saturday is the red oak
and poplar available at the blue or orange home centers. The only
place that sells any other hardwoods is closed on Saturday.
Dick Durbin
My wife and I felt horrible after we saw that episode. It is not
enough that they cover the room in cardboard, they then need to light
a lot of candles...
Candles! Just what you need on cardboard furniture (in a cardboard
room). What were they planning for an encore? Burning down their
house?
Hildi: "I transformed their blah surburban home into the latest chic
"char" finish. The scorched look is IN."
Plus they ruined the walls by attaching the cardboard with liquid
nails.
I thought the home owners showed remarkable composure in dealing with
the crew. Kudos to them!
"mttt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Didj'a see the one where Hildi takes a nice room and covers it in cardboard?
> Turns out, our neighboor is the sister of the husband in that episode. That
> one was sooo painful to watch, we haven't turned on Trading Spaces since...
"Young_carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I can see Sunday but Saturday? Fridays and Saturdays are the days to sell
> big. Around here any store like that not open at least in the morning
> probably won't be around long.
The place is Ro-Mac Lumber. They have been around since 1946.
Hardwoods are actually a very small part of their business. They are
mostly a building supply house that caters to contractors.
Rob Walters <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 17:44:17 -0600, Unisaw A100 wrote:
>
> > UA100, wondering, what else can't you get in Tallahassee on a
> > Saturday...
>
> A virgin? :)
>
> ...at least while schools in.
>
> (My sincere apology to all Free Shoes U...err...FSU fans out there.)
Or, as my FSU graduate kids call it, Half-Ass U.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> My wife and I felt horrible after we saw that episode. It is not
> enough that they cover the room in cardboard, they then need to light
> a lot of candles...
>
> Candles! Just what you need on cardboard furniture (in a cardboard
> room). What were they planning for an encore? Burning down their
> house?
>
> Hildi: "I transformed their blah surburban home into the latest chic
> "char" finish. The scorched look is IN."
>
> Plus they ruined the walls by attaching the cardboard with liquid
> nails.
>
> I thought the home owners showed remarkable composure in dealing with
> the crew. Kudos to them!
>
> "mttt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > Didj'a see the one where Hildi takes a nice room and covers it in cardboard?
> > Turns out, our neighboor is the sister of the husband in that episode. That
> > one was sooo painful to watch, we haven't turned on Trading Spaces since...
>
ROFLMAO... I stopped watching when she nailed moss to some poor sap's
walls, but this tops it.
I can see Sunday but Saturday? Fridays and Saturdays are the days to sell
big. Around here any store like that not open at least in the morning
probably won't be around long.
--
"Dick Durbin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My wife was watching last night's Trading Spaces Family which was
> taped here in Tallahassee. She called me in to hear one of the folks
> on the show telling another that she had planned to build a mahogany
> table but found that "you can't buy mahogany in Tallahassee on
> Saturday." Boy, don't I know it.
>
> The only hardwood available in Tallahassee on Saturday is the red oak
> and poplar available at the blue or orange home centers. The only
> place that sells any other hardwoods is closed on Saturday.
>
> Dick Durbin
I drove all over hell and back to find some maple on new years eve, as
it tured out I could have gotten it at the place I usually go but I
wanted to try some other places. Well, two were closed, one of the new
places sucked...but in the end I did get to build on new years and that
is all that matters. Minneapolis if you wondering.
Mike
Dick Durbin wrote:
> My wife was watching last night's Trading Spaces Family which was
> taped here in Tallahassee. She called me in to hear one of the folks
> on the show telling another that she had planned to build a mahogany
> table but found that "you can't buy mahogany in Tallahassee on
> Saturday." Boy, don't I know it.
>
> The only hardwood available in Tallahassee on Saturday is the red oak
> and poplar available at the blue or orange home centers. The only
> place that sells any other hardwoods is closed on Saturday.
>
> Dick Durbin
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Mike) wrote:
> I thought the home owners showed remarkable composure in dealing with
> the crew. Kudos to them!
Nobody is forced to participate. And you know it's going to be something
quick, cheap and quirky. Mind you - I can remember a few _very_ unhappy
people on the British version. The NZ version had slightly less flaky
designers.
--
"Any PC built after 1985 has the storage capacity to house an evil spirit,"
Reverend Jim Peasboro
"Dick Durbin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> My wife was watching last night's Trading Spaces Family which was
> taped here in Tallahassee. She called me in to hear one of the folks
> on the show telling another that she had planned to build a mahogany
> table but found that "you can't buy mahogany in Tallahassee on
> Saturday." Boy, don't I know it.
Didj'a see the one where Hildi takes a nice room and covers it in cardboard?
Turns out, our neighboor is the sister of the husband in that episode. That
one was sooo painful to watch, we haven't turned on Trading Spaces since...
"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> I thought the home owners showed remarkable composure in dealing with
> the crew. Kudos to them!
>
Yes! They held up very well. True, that no one is *forced* to participate
and true, everyone know's it's entertainment.
Interesting side note, is that did you notice the wonderful bed (IIRC) that
Tai (sp?) built for them on that episode. Rumor I heard was he knew
immediately that Hildi was about to ruin a perfectly good room and felt very
bad for the homeowners and decided to build something as nice as he could.
Also have heard, homeowners were going to auction off the bed (with his
blessing) in an attempt to recover the costs of pulling all of the crap off
the ruined walls.
Don't know if that's fact or fiction.
"Young_carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I can see Sunday but Saturday? Fridays and Saturdays are the days to sell
> big. Around here any store like that not open at least in the morning
> probably won't be around long.
>
> --
>
>
> "Dick Durbin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > My wife was watching last night's Trading Spaces Family which was
> > taped here in Tallahassee. She called me in to hear one of the folks
> > on the show telling another that she had planned to build a mahogany
> > table but found that "you can't buy mahogany in Tallahassee on
> > Saturday." Boy, don't I know it.
> >
> > The only hardwood available in Tallahassee on Saturday is the red oak
> > and poplar available at the blue or orange home centers. The only
> > place that sells any other hardwoods is closed on Saturday.
> >
> > Dick Durbin
>
>
>
The best place around here to get hardwoods is Acadian Hardwoods, and it is
closed on weekends. They won't go out of business any time soon because,
regardless of their hours, they are the only place to get exotics, bulk
hardwoods, and custom cuts and molding. It is pretty darn inconvenient,
though.