Codes of Living - 7

We are after the magic formula. According to our calculations, our total monthly expenses increased to 11,600 liras when we added white goods and bedroom furniture.

Today we are visiting the store again. This time our goal is to decide on our living room furniture and children's room. We will also buy a cabinet in the entrance hall and in the bathroom. If we can handle the curtains and carpets as well, how nice. Fortunately, we have a hypothetical bank, we can only buy a state-supported dowry loan specific to our bank and pay it in monthly installments.

I guess it would be enough if we bought a sofa set for the hall, a coffee table, a dining table, and a television table.

Their prices and models were affordable, let's go to yesterday's store.

Since our seating group is a small baby, there should be no pointed protrusions in the corner on the edge, let's look at the fabric covering soft suits.

Single seats start at $1,849, and go up to $5,548. We liked a 2,599-pound model. Two of them cost 5,298 pounds.

It costs 6,499 pounds with a reclining seat next to its dual sofa.

The lady also said let's buy their covers in another color as an addition, and she would change them if necessary, and they cost 749 liras for each single seat, 1,249 liras for the double sofa, and a total of 2,747 liras.

Let's look at the coffee tables, there are very cheap ones, a little expensive, we liked a 1,799 pound one.

We also looked at a television stand, and there are 4,299 pounds, but we liked one for 2,699 pounds.

We came to the entrance to the hanging cabinet, it would be good if it was mirrored. On the way out the door, one feels the need to look at one's head one last time. Their prices are not very expensive, we liked one for 1,349 pounds, and we paid 399 pounds for the mirror. It cost 1,748 pounds.

Let's look at the bathroom cabinet, there is a lavob, mirror, toilet and bathtub in the bathroom, there is not much space left, but we had better put a closet as well. There are a lot of toiletries, a closet to put them would be good. We found a high cabinet on top of the washing machine, 948 pounds. We get that.

Stayed dining table and chairs. The cheapest is 4545 pounds, four chairs are a table. There is also a more expensive one, 13,693 pounds, with six seats. We liked a model for 6,636 pounds. There are also six chairs in this model. We thought that if guests came to dinner, there would be additional chairs in the house.

Next up is the children's room, but let's make a total sometime. It cost 28,374 pounds. If we put it into our formula, that is, divide it by 60 and deduct 20% state support, 378 lira 32 kuruş monthly installment fee. Let's say 380.

Children's room: the little one will grow up soon, so I plan to buy the bed as a double floor, we did so when our girls were little, we were very comfortable. We need to buy a desk, a closet, and a cabinet with shelves for books.

Let's look at the prices.

In double-decker bunk beds there are not so many options, mostly there are types with a bed on top, a desk underneath. Their prices range from 3,249 liras to 7,367 liras, but we need the ones for two children. There is a model that is discounted for 3,849 pounds, but we liked a model that is 4299 pounds.

You need to buy a bunk bed, 599 liras, 1499 liras. We liked the one for 999 liras, we buy two, it costs 1998 liras.

There aren't many options really, we found a discounted wardrobe, the price is 1,249 pounds but they don't have drawers, the models with drawers are 2,593 pounds, we buy two, it's 5,186 pounds.

The desk also has a simple one, 729 pounds, but we also need a shelf for books, instead of buying a cabinet with separate shelves, we found a desk with a shelf on it, 2,183 pounds, we buy it, it has a drawer.

Let's look at the chair, those who are 679 pounds will manage.

We also need to buy a basket for toys, we saw a set of three, 505 pounds, we buy it and go to the checkout.

Our account cost 14,850 pounds. Summer is on the board, according to our formula, the monthly installment of 198 pounds comes from here, the round account is 200 pounds.

Television, vacuum cleaner, carpets and curtains remained.

For the carpets, I just say let's buy one carpet in the hall. We carpet the rooms, there is no need for a kitchen. We also buy bathroom carpets if something nice catches our eye. Maybe you need to get one long narrow at the entrance.

Our house is 80 m2, the children's room is 12 m2, the master bedroom is 18 m2, the living room is 20 M2, the kitchen is 12, the bathroom is 7.5, the toilet is 1.5, the entrance is 5 m2 and the net is 76 m2.

As a carpet, a carpet of 30 m2, a carpet of 2 meters by 3 meters in size is enough for the hall and a small one is enough for the entrance.

Again there are not many options, we liked one for 2,499 pounds at the discounted price to the salon. The lady chose one for 849 pounds at the entrance. Of course, these are not the handicrafts of the old people, but unfortunately synthetic products have entered every part of our lives. The prices of natural wool and silk carpets are very high, especially if it is a carpet from ancient times, we cannot even come close.

Carpet prices also vary a lot, there are 12 liras and 50 cents per m2, 98 liras. We chose a non-allergic type with the baby in mind, we got a discount for 49 liras 90 cents per m2, glue, a little bit of waste, 1500 liras for two rooms.

A stand in front of the bathroom and toilet is also set for 79 lira 90 kuruş.

If we collect carpets, the carpets cost 4927 liras 90 cents. Let's take the curtains, then calculate our monthly installment load together.

There are three small windows in the house, one in the kitchen, one in the children's room, and one in the bedroom. Let's close the floor-to-ceiling frame on the wall that opens to the balcony in the hall with a short-length curtain and the floor-to-ceiling frame because it is a 4-meter wall. There is a ceiling height of 2 meters 85 cm, our curtain height should be at least 2.6 meters for the hall, 2 meters of height is probably enough in the rooms. For the kitchen, it will be better to buy blinds instead of curtains. The length of the tulle curtain should be 1 to 2.5 for the pucker share. We just need to get the shrinkage ratio 1 to 1.2 on the curtains. It really requires expertise, we gave the measurements, the lady and the salesperson arranged. We bought 56 m2 tulle, 27 m2 curtain. Curtain m2 price 79 lira 90 kuruş, tulle m2 price 49 lira 90 kuruş. I didn't even ask about the prices, it is best to pay the bill and finish this chapter as soon as possible. 4,951 pounds cost 70 cents.

The lady chose the blinds for the kitchen, and we paid her 840 liras.

Let's collect, curtains are 5,791 pounds 70 cents, carpets are 4,927 pounds 90 cents, the two together are 10,719 pounds 60 cents. If we apply the formula, the monthly installment is 142 liras 90 cents, let's round it down here, let's say 140 liras.

From the things remained electrical appliances and utensils for the kitchen.

The payment we made yesterday for the items

• 32.736 lira white goods

• It cost 55,638 liras, including 22,902 liras for the bedroom.

On today

•28.374 lira for furniture in the living room

• 14.850 lira for the children's room,

• When 10,720 liras were added for carpets and curtains, our expenses for the items increased to 109,582 liras.

If we summarize our monthly expenses so far, our account for yesterday is:

∆ 2,300 liras of housing,

∆ 8,550 pounds of nutrition,

∆ Monthly installment for items:

√ 440 liras for our white goods

√ 310 liras to be the bedroom

It cost a total of 11,600 pounds. On today:

√ 380 lira living room furniture,

√ 200 lira children's room,

√ 140 lira carpets curtains

When we added it to, our total expenses increased to 12,320 pounds per month.

If you want to follow the sum of our installments for dowry loan repayment, this total is 1,470 TL per month for now.

Now that we've made our summary, let's stop here for today. We've come a long way, but we haven't even completed the stuff. I think a lot is needed to live humanely.

Today we have accepted all the wishes of the lady, let's say to drink a cup of tea on the balcony and let her make a tea. There is no place to sit on the balcony, though, and at some point you need to buy at least a plastic chair or two and a table.

Love and respect from Moscow.