Why Are Antiques So Cheap? Because Everyone Lives in the Kitchen
I inherited this beautiful oak dining set from the 1800s. It has immense sentimental value and I badly want to use it. But houses I can afford don't come with dining rooms that fit it. And it's not suitable as an everyday kitchen set.<p>It came out of a 4000sqft home I grew up in built in 1989 for about 300k CAD. That house is worth about 4x now so despite being more financially successful than my parents, I don't come close to affording it.<p>I'm left with the heartbreaking reality that there's no room for the dining room set in my future.