Replacing in-good-working-order monstrosities for aesthetic reasons?

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I am washing up and find myself glaring at my toaster which is easily the ugliest thing in my kitchen. It was given to us as a moving in present nearly 10 years ago, completely in jest, by a friend who had had it since she left home at 17 (now 46). Trouble is, it works like a dream and knocks out a cracking bit of toast. I find myself fantasising about replacing it, but feel its a bit unnecessary to get rid of something which is in good working order just because I don't like the look of it. I've a similar issue with my shower curtain.
Do you ditch stuff that works?

Hi yes I would ditch both, if they are annoying you so much, you can enjoy doing it and it will feel good, shame we cannot do the same with our partners!

I would struggle to do it as well.

It's such a good feeling when they finally break though; I skipped around the kitchen when my foul cheap nasty yellowing microwave finally gave up the ghost a while back.

It's 29 years old, you are hardly being frivolous and wasteful if you ditch it

Otoh, a good toaster is a vanishingly rare thing. Do you really want to risk style over substance?

Haha! I thought this thread was about cosmetic surgery - boobs and the like

I don't, because I can't afford to. But some day I will have a little bit more money and I will replace the deeply ugly sofa I have hated since the day it entered my house (from the second hand shop) and it will be the best day ever. And I won't even feel slightly guilty because I have at this point lived with the bastard thing for 7 years with no end in sight and it wasn't new when I got it, it's done its time, and I'll put it on Freecycle so it stays out of landfill too if it's still usable when I get rid.

Thank you all, I got a few good laughs out of that. I think I'll see if I can go for an eBay upgrade; get another second hand one so I can still feel that thrill of frugality. The shower curtain on the other hand will have to be a trip to she shops. And Naoko, hats of to you for living with a huge thing like a sofa that you dislike so.

H&M do nice shower curtains that aren't expensive

H & M do shower curtains? I'll have to check it out. Thanks.