Stopped buying all the plastic crap thats out there. Resale store kitchen table and chairs $40
Lots of free furniture from friends and friends of friends
Nothing matches but it all works,
Suits me perfectly

Love this Skye, as someone who grew up to reuse and repair everything, this is important to me. On saturday I have a new fridge being delivered, the first one I have ever owned.

It might make sense. First, it will require the redistribution of the technical intellectual potential in the US. Right now it is concentrated in R&D and in the manufacturing area. Appliances also should be designed for testability and repearibility. Now it is a quite neglected design consideration.

It seems to be cheaper to replace most electrical goods than to repair them. The labour costs are greater than the cost of most small appliances, such as kettles, toasters etc.

I can remember when cars were designed so that one could repair them, oneself.