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In reply to the discussion: SO! The Romneys ate off of an ironing board. [View all]SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)folding card table = dining table/game table/clothes folding table
plywood foot locker = "coffee table"/blanket-linen storage
boards & used bricks = shelving
wooden folding chairs 4 for $10 (we still have 2 of them 42 years later)
swivel bucket chair (with coffee stain..the office dumpstered it & we rescued it)
mattress & box springs bought at a damaged sale for $50..no headboard
Dresser bought at thrift store for $10
we HAD an ironing board and an iron
$20 washer
$15 dryer (AFTER we slogged to a laundromat for 4 years & finally moved)
$20 stove..oven had 2 temps..sort of offish and thermonuclear
$20 refrigerator that froze so often we hung a hairdryer next to it
free couch from his Mom
free 20" Sylvania B&W tv..antenna was coax cable tied to a chain link fence next door