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| - We've been meaning to come to a Home Depot store since we'd been to a couple Lowe's stores in the past couple weeks. We wanted to compare prices with some things that we need for our bathroom remodel- a toilet, a medicine cabinet, a bathroom mirror, and bathroom flooring. We got an early start saturday morning- we had some more stores to check out. It's basically like Lowe's- a large warehouse type feel with cement floors, and lots of home renovation possibilities. (Except I think that the day workers are outside at the curb of Home Depot- sorry, being completely honest here.)
There were fewer choices in the medicine cabinet and bathroom mirror department, but we found a couple items that might suit our needs. The problem with an older home (built in 1954- ancient by Las Vegas standards) is that not everything is available (styles and dimensions change). So, we have to compromise. There were nice backsplash options (mosaic tile- which I love) in the tile/flooring section, but I wanted to keep the scheme more neutral (thinking of what might appeal to a home buyer should we sell down the line)- we're going to entertain that option. The white toilets were slightly cheaper at $88 (ours is pink and we really want to ditch it). We didn't find the flooring for the main bathroom, but we did see a nice option for our second bathroom (just painting, changing the theme, and might do the flooring). Samples are available for taking. All in all, it's nice to see that we have other options besides what Lowe's has to offer.
We were about to leave when a rep came up to us, but we knew his question/presentation (we got hit up last year with this "promotion"- a renovation project for the kitchen cabinetry which resulted in a quote of almost 10 K), and we told him we were quite familiar with this promotion- he was meek, quiet, and apologetic when we told him our results and went off in the other direction. Sorry, we know the drill.
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