>Unemployment is up and continuing in that direction. If you don't have a job doesn't matter if you're staying put or not. You're not going to put in new cabinets.
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>Home Depot and Lowes have both lowered outlook for next year. That tells me they think the market for home improvements is not going anywhere but down.

Can't they just wait a little? I've done all I wanted to do indoors, and it's a bit cold for outdoors now.