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.