Originally Posted by quilt3311

My personal opinion is the whole "green" thing is a hoax. I do not buy new just because its "the in" thing to do. My home is 105 years old. We remodeled it and built new cabinets (all oak) plus built in platform bed and built in wall units on both sides of the bed (ceiling to floor-has one area for hanging clothes-7 large drawers)also oak. Designed it all and built it all, stained and finished it all. Took all the woodwork off and refinished it. Its the old foot high decorative woodwork. etc, etc. House is fairly small, but its all mine and we did it with out own two hands.
Have friends with huge houses (for two people) and when I visit some, the house seems cold. Its beautiful but just doesn't have the coziness of older homes. Just my opinion here.