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CaliforniaPeggy

(152,546 posts) Thu Oct 12, 2023, 02:34 PM Oct 2023

I hit Costco this morning and came home with lots of stuff! [View all]

In our 2-story house with storage upstairs, and a dumb waiter to transport stuff between floors. . . How do you move it once you're upstairs?

This is how:

My laundry cart is perfect for this sort of transportation!

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I hit Costco this morning and came home with lots of stuff! [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 OP

I ask my 18 year old kiddo MontanaMama Oct 2023 #1

That's wonderful, my dear MontanaMama! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #4

When my kids lived at home, I'd remind them that I was going to recoup Probatim Oct 2023 #10

A dumb waiter, really? CrispyQ Oct 2023 #2

My house has a dumb owner that brings that stuff upstairs. dem4decades Oct 2023 #3

LOL. I must listen to Carlin's stuff routine again. CrispyQ Oct 2023 #6

If only we had bought Apple stock instead of all that crap. dem4decades Oct 2023 #9

Yes, a real dumb waiter! Our house is about 21 years old (we built it). CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #5

My aunt lived in an old farmhouse that had one from the second floor to the basement CrispyQ Oct 2023 #7

Yeah, I've heard about laundry chutes. Alas, they only go one way. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #8

I LOVE the idea of a dumb waiter! whathehell Oct 2023 #13

We hired an architect and a builder who knew each other and had worked together. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #15

Wow whathehell Oct 2023 #17

We have a son who brings in the bags of salt for the softener Diamond_Dog Oct 2023 #11

Thanks so much, my dear Diamond_Dog! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #12

That's a lot of tissue boxes! Bristlecone Oct 2023 #14

And that wasn't all of them! I bought two flats of Kleenex. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #16

All two story homes should have a dumb waiter! So often people sell their homes when it's too Ziggysmom Oct 2023 #18