OS alternatives to lovely hous-y things

Pooky

Fit child proof locks to your cupboards and you'll be able to put it all out of sight anyway.

You can buy cupboard door locks in packs in places like superdrug, mother care and homebase....under a fiver for 3 locks.

16011996

I have an old enamel bread tin (althopugh it doesn't say bread on it) that i keep mine in. cost me £1 from charity shop. you can buy cheap enamel paint (bout £2-3) in b & q if you want it a cetain colour, but i prefer the battered look, it fits in better!!!!!

hth

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Rache_2

Pooky wrote:

Fit child proof locks to your cupboards and you'll be able to put it all out of sight anyway.

You can buy cupboard door locks in packs in places like superdrug, mother care and homebase....under a fiver for 3 locks.

I don't agree with cupboard locks. We keep things high up rather than locking doors. I find them intensely irritating to use, plus we'd rather the baby learnt to open and close the cupboards, removing and replacing thngs safely rather than making them all "forbidden". (Obviously this dones't apply to bleach etc).

Sorry; it's a quirk of mine!

Rache_2

16011996 wrote:

I have an old enamel bread tin (althopugh it doesn't say bread on it) that i keep mine in. cost me £1 from charity shop. you can buy cheap enamel paint (bout £2-3) in b & q if you want it a cetain colour, but i prefer the battered look, it fits in better!!!!!

hth

160.

That sounds lovely. Wil keep an eye out.

After this month (attempting to spend as little as humanly possible); I'm going to check out the charity shops for things like this.

mrs_drudge

Are you sure you dont work for John Lewis - I want one now as well!

nabowla

Oh I do wish you hadn't posted that link!!! Not only do I want one of those, I also want one of everything else that matches it. Must remember not to go anywhere near John Lewis for the next few months

My kettle, toaster etc are all stainless steel so I bought a steel-grey plastic cutlery drainer for under a pound in Dyas, took the centre divider thingy out and use it as a pot to hold the washing up liquid, brushes etc. It works really well and doesn't look at all out of place.

arkonite_babe

Was in Dunelm Mill today, they have a lovely enamel kitchen range, reasonably priced too. Not sure if they have anything like your item but the rest of the range looked good
HTH

Bennifred

Rache wrote:

I don't agree with cupboard locks. We keep things high up rather than locking doors. I find them intensely irritating to use, plus we'd rather the baby learnt to open and close the cupboards, removing and replacing thngs safely rather than making them all "forbidden". (Obviously this dones't apply to bleach etc).

Sorry; it's a quirk of mine!

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Crikey, you must have lots of patience! I think I would have lost my sanity if I hadn't had cupboard locks when my children were little....:rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh, sorry - off topic:o

Rache_2

Bennifred wrote:

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Crikey, you must have lots of patience! I think I would have lost my sanity if I hadn't had cupboard locks when my children were little....:rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh, sorry - off topic:o

(a) I'm a very patient person, and
(b) I only have one.....

(Ask me again in 5 years )

angelatgraceland

I put mine in an old lunchbox under the sink