Things have been going pretty slow on the the home improvement front lately. I had planned on at least starting work on the dining room by now, but that hasn’t happened. The room is nearly empty and ready to go, but I haven’t gotten around to buying the materials I need yet. I went to Provo for work yesterday, and while I was up there I stopped at Lowe’s and Home Depot. I was surprised at how shitty Home Depot was. Lowe’s had everything I needed, and it was all quality stuff. Home Depot had very little of the stuff I needed, and the things they did have were of poor quality. I haven’t bothered looking around here yet–if Home Depot in Provo doesn’t have everything I need, I certainly can’t count on CJ’s or Kilfoyle’s having it.
The only reason I didn’t bring the materials home yesterday was that I have no way of bringing them home. I ordered this utility trailer from Harbor Freight two weeks ago, but it’s back-ordered and their customer service has no idea when it’ll be back in stock. I went to their Orem store while I was up there yesterday and they actually had some 4’x8′ utility trailers in stock, but they were heavier-duty than the one I’d ordered, and they cost $100 more, so I wasn’t sure I wanted one. My problem now is that even if I wanted one from the store, I’d have to make two trips up to Orem–one to pick up the trailer, then I’d have to bring it home to assemble it before making the second trip up for the materials. It’d be cheaper to rent a trailer to bring everything home in, but I’d really rather have a utility trailer of my own, since it’d come in handy for a lot of other things as well.