Woman Is Quoted $2K to Put Up a Flex Wall in N.Y.C. Apartment, So She Uses Plastic Building Blocks Instead (Exclusive)
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When a traditional flex wall proved too costly and restrictive, one woman turned to secondhand EverBlocks to create a makeshift bedroom in her New York City apartment, saving money while rediscovering the childlike joy of building with plastic building blocks.
  • 667@lemmy.radioEnglish
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    18 天前

    This is an Advertorial. It’s an ad made to look like some kind of story.

  • alianne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    18 天前

    Based on the article, it looks like she spent about $1600 in total between the blocks and other items - not much savings there. Creative, sure, but I don’t know how practical it is for most people.

    Also, the article mentions that she wasn’t allowed to install anything that had a door or reached to the ceiling. To me that sounds like a fire safety thing rather than a random rule (although I’m not an expert, so who knows), which makes this block wall questionable at best. I get wanting some extra space, but is what she got worth the safety and/or lease violation risks?

  • Fallibilist@feddit.ukEnglish
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    18 天前

    That’s not even an unreasonable price. Especially in NYC. For something like that I would’ve quoted around 1.5k and I live in northern europe.