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Being a saving money, it's really in right now to buy clothing used.

I want to tell you how big that's become and who it's really appealing to.

So we're in moving into home renovation season when people look around and say, you know,

I'd really like a new kitchen.

I'd really like to have new bathroom, whatever.

My son and I were an IKEA last weekend and it was packed beyond belief.

Well, that's IKEA on a weekend.

But what was most crowded with the kitchen redesign areas?

I mean, people were piled in those and looking at ideas, people were taking pictures with

their phones, which I don't know if you need to do because it's probably all on IKEA.com.

But people were looking at these ideas to put in new cabinets, new countertops, new

floors, new appliances, the whole thing.

And I was looking at how much it costs, even at IKEA, to do those kitchen renovations.

It's a lot.

So if somebody does it, according to the industry, the trade association and the national association

of realtors and the nary, the national association of remodeling industry, they both do these

studies about how much your renovations worth.

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