How Much Did It Cost?

The Armoire cost roughly $2,850, which includes the $350 in parking / traffic tickets I received.
If you were to go out and buy an Armoire of this size you could pay anywhere from $600 to $26,000. Median price for something made of real wood and decent quality would be between $2,500-$6,500. Custom pieces would be more. But the point was not to get an Armoire for less. Point was to make it. So even though I could have bought a piece for about the same money, and avoided the parking / traffic tickets, it would not be the same.


So what about those parking tickets. I drove to the shop most days which meant I needed to park. Four lessons learned about driving / parking in Brooklyn.

1. Brooklyn has hidden traffic cameras that will take your picture. Especially if the yellow light you just ran had actually turned red.


2. New York cops, once they have begun writing a ticket, do not want to hear any bellyaching about how the meter expired only 1 minute ago. Nope, expired means expired!


3. Avoid parking at meter spots near Dunkin Donuts. Traffic cops are likely to be finishing a donut at the exact moment your meter expires.
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4. Just because no one ever walks on a side walk, let alone wheels along in a wheel chair, does not give a driver permission to block the curvy light colored concrete thing in the sidewalk (see photo) that provides wheelchair access. And, it will cost you $165 if you do. In case anyone was wondering, that’s my silver Honda next to the curvy light concrete thing along the sidewalk in the industrial section of Brooklyn that no one ever uses.