Our New Home Gym And More
I still feel like a child inside. I have a hard time looking in the mirror and locating a real adult. You might have considered the birth of my 2nd child would have altered it, yet I still appear to be in self-denial of the aging process.
In regards to aging — or rather putting it off — my wife and I bought a brand new home and this home features enough room in its basement for the exercise room my dear wfe has always desired. Of course, I am seeing dollar signs when I ponder all the diverse things needed, from the essential but oft-forgotten weight benches and mats for exercise to selecting the best of the many exercise bikes. An exercise bike can be difficult these days. Do I go with a recumbent or an upright exercise bike? Should I choose a digital or analog?
Of course, my wife seems determined to get an elliptical trainer too. You understood that correctly. A stationary bicycle and an elliptical trainer — not only one or the other. My guess is that the extra exercise equipment will go with the stretch mark treatment she began utilizing after the birth of youngest daughter. I may regret that joke.
I have to be particular with the budget because our new home is more of a diamond in the rough. We desired it to be this way, but we still have to cautiously budget everything, down to the cabinet knobs (no kidding). My wife has a pretty ambitious kitchen cabinet remodeling design plotted, but must remind her the sink for the bathroom she desires put in shall set us back a fair amount, too.
Thankfully, she and I both appreciate the natural, rustic style, so we’re furnishing our new house with unstained furniture. Yes, it still involves some finishing, but we can keep our costs down and make better furniture than we might purchase anywhere anyways.
I discovered a good coffee table with some nice, natural knotting and a sideboard table in matching mahogany. For our patio we are researching outdoor fireplaces and we’ll go with some inexpensive wicker furniture to start.
Furnishing a brand new house may appear so adult, but I can’t help but sense I am merely playing house. The new exercise equipment and furniture only feel as a new generation of playthings.
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