Back story: We just bought a "new" house (1973 ranch with finished basement). The previous owners followed the "whatever is cheapest" policy on everything they did, so we are in the process of gutting the house. New floors, new doors, new trim, new paint, new countertops...because I'm a cheapskate, I'm doing a lot of the work myself.
Here's my problem, there was a bar in the "rec room" portion of the family basement. At first glance, it looked pretty nice but as you get closer problems pop up. Most of the trim was barely tacked on. In most cases they didn't even finish driving the nails all the way in. The configuration is not the best. It has a sink built in, but there is no way to get water to it or sewer away. There is a tremendous waste space and no way to fit a kegerator underneath. In other words, its adequate for leaning against and storing a few glasses underneath, but that's about it.
So do I dump it or keep it? Here's my thoughts:
Keep it
- Its a bar and you never destroy a bar
- Its finished and all I have to do is move it back in place
- SWMBO likes it well enough to want to keep it
- I could build a much better one but by the time I get done renovating the rest of the house, I'm not going to feel like tackling another project for quite a while
Toss it
- Its pretty useless as far as bars go
- I could build a much better one
I'll have to get some pictures to post but I'm looking for opinions. Is a bar in the hand worth two in the workshop? Or should I just suck it up and build what I want with the $0.37 I'll have left in my pocket after all these renovations?
Here's my problem, there was a bar in the "rec room" portion of the family basement. At first glance, it looked pretty nice but as you get closer problems pop up. Most of the trim was barely tacked on. In most cases they didn't even finish driving the nails all the way in. The configuration is not the best. It has a sink built in, but there is no way to get water to it or sewer away. There is a tremendous waste space and no way to fit a kegerator underneath. In other words, its adequate for leaning against and storing a few glasses underneath, but that's about it.
So do I dump it or keep it? Here's my thoughts:
Keep it
- Its a bar and you never destroy a bar
- Its finished and all I have to do is move it back in place
- SWMBO likes it well enough to want to keep it
- I could build a much better one but by the time I get done renovating the rest of the house, I'm not going to feel like tackling another project for quite a while
Toss it
- Its pretty useless as far as bars go
- I could build a much better one
I'll have to get some pictures to post but I'm looking for opinions. Is a bar in the hand worth two in the workshop? Or should I just suck it up and build what I want with the $0.37 I'll have left in my pocket after all these renovations?