the daydream fund challenge thread

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

:doh:WISE OWL..... what is a BOT ?????

It's an automated program that generates roughly on-topic posts till the 'bot gets enough cred to be allowed to post links....then it spams. Actually, I'm not sure that was one now.:o The posts were a little too good. Odd that they all disappeared though.

My 'puter is a lot happier, but I feel like I'm in the street in just my underpants at the moment, as I've had to delete all my trashed security software and there's only Windows firewall between me and total exposure! :eek: Just waiting for the man to give me the all clear.;)

My elbow's a lot better too.:)

Right, I'd better go again, and get off the interweb.... Bye for now!

rhiwfield

Choille, Ebay has been pretty quiet here too. We're on our second kitchen for the house, thats 36 years for the two so far. If we ever pull this one out we'll just have individual units rather than fitted. We've now altered ours so that all appliances can be slotted in, so much easier than fitted!! And one wall has just a pine dresser with hooks and racks for lids, pots etc. DD1 admires it but it cost very little second hand. Your mahogany thingy might well work painted.

Lir, Not Brussels, but will be doing rounds of weston charity shops over nx few days on our break, more in hope than expectation. DW likes the matte green art deco porcelain and I managed to pick up a nice jug at Sundays car boot. Impressed "Yonge, Made in England" and I have absolutely no idea who made it

Alfie, I think its a web robot, a kind of software programme. Not sure but I think they can be even used to respond to blogs to promote lobby groups and think tanks and its supposed to be getting harder to tell them apart from real responders. I think!

RAS, its the seeds that are meant to be the problem, but I'll be looking for a second opinion, or maybe just a seedless tom!

Kaz, that seems awfully quick progress, well in time to put up the christmas tree

choille

LIR - That's what I would like. Don't really want wall cupboards - just shelves & plate racks. OH could do me a kitchen. We'll probably have loads of shelves with even curtains over them to hide clutter. Worktop - I would love timber with rough, bark edges still on. But we have full height in kitchen - would it look weird with no wall units?
I like those rectangular, deco looking wall tiles. Funny looking at websites - all fitted kitchens start to look the same & don't seem to have changed much since the 70's.

Dave glad your elbow is better - sorry forgot to mention that that sounded very painful & tender.

choille

rhiwfield - I think the dresser sounds great.

I was browsing interwebber & came across a posh site called Plain English which does look wonderful for painted stuff. Ours will be a bit Heath Robinson, a bit improvised. I think the right colour is a big thing, a big thing for me in any case.

lostinrates

choille, sounds gorgeous.

The thing with colour and curtains is they can be reasonably cheaply changed when the winds change and you need perking up.

I like the idea of bark on timber...but the practicality doesn't appeal to me, personally, I'd have whacking big chopping boards of it instead.

choille

I agree about colour, paint can change things so easily & relatively cheaply.

Don't mean bark as such, more not evened off edge to the timber - think the late Tim Stead of the Wood School.

http://www.timsteadfurniture.co.uk/

alfie_1

choille wrote: »

Hope everyone's feeling better.

It didn't rain today! I think that hasn't happened since April...............

Had to go East - My the charity shops are sparse & expensive. Think they're having a struggle getting donations.

I would love to go to Brussels & round flea markets, I would love to go anywhere & go round flea markets.

Actually starting to think about a kitchen fit out, but can't afford anything. I think I'll try & get a 2nd hand carcasses & fit new doors that I can paint - quit elike painted/Shaker ish kitchens, but not really a fitted kitchen sorta gal really. I do have a mahogony bookcase unit thing I was given ages ago that has glazed upper cupboards as well as drawers & cupboards beneath - I might paint that....? Any thoughts appreciated - haven't got inner walls yet, but getting thinking about it.

Was in a very pooooooosh kitchen shop today (one where the guy looked at us as if we were apparitions in his nightmare) very nice looking very shiny kitchen ....I couldn't quite work out if they'd got the comma in the wrong place in the price & then realised that was just for the lower inits without sink & taps nor work top - how do people afford these things. Thing is it was very plasticky.

It's come weirdly mild & I'm sitting here sweating after last weeks snow.

Ebay wasn't too rewarding this past week - seems very slow.

choille... by me saying i refit my kitchen...i dont use matching units ! i use bottoms of dressers,cupboards,sideboards and up/down legs to fit then paint em...i use blue gingham little curtains to fill gaps [wack bin etc behind them] funny thing is a lot of people love my little "tardis" kitchen..im only changing it for changing sake !! all because i want dif cooker !! but i havnt paid for anything yet [not paying for cooker unless i can get it] the kitchen iv got at the mo came via purchases at the tip etc. my big dresser i got from local auction.[since seen similar in sotherby's sale went for over £700] ?? i just gather lots of "units" then i choose when im doing it and just juggle around...:D

alfie_1

lostinrates wrote: »

I think its a sort of an electronic poster,....not a real person?


choille, re kitchens....I don't know if any of your wonderful chippies would do it as a project for you after the house is done? IMO, soft wood built for the space would be better than any fitted kitchen....and some of the fancy hard wood ones would buy another small house :eek:. The loveliest kitchen I had was just a crude pine carcass with flat pine doors, only bottom cupboards, a few shelves above, built proibably by someone in the fifties from the look of it and painted several different colours over the years. Simple, fitted the space, non standard sized units that worked for a real person with real things...not those very deep cupboards that a normal housewife can't reach the back of. The kitchen I had would probably be done in a long day, or a weekend, and painted by you...though, I wouldn't opt for the melamine work surfaces. Tiles, though need a scrubbing once a week and need something to rollout over instead of using the work surface direct, are very beautiful and cheaper than any of the mordern work tops.


Alfie, your kitchen is divine!! And...how DO you find these bargains.....I'd give storage space to a £33 quid aga till the kitchen is ready for it!

Oh, and I have to start keeping my eye out for some fireplace tools. typically I like expensive brass ones the best, but atm anything would be better than using a bit of wood or handy stick as I did all last winter...:o I'm going to have to start carbooting or something.

oh LIR...just give me a list and i will see what i can find ...for free ! would you want an oil/multi fuel/gas/elec aga ??

alfie_1

choille wrote: »

LIR - That's what I would like. Don't really want wall cupboards - just shelves & plate racks. OH could do me a kitchen. We'll probably have loads of shelves with even curtains over them to hide clutter. Worktop - I would love timber with rough, bark edges still on. But we have full height in kitchen - would it look weird with no wall units?
I like those rectangular, deco looking wall tiles. Funny looking at websites - all fitted kitchens start to look the same & don't seem to have changed much since the 70's.

Dave glad your elbow is better - sorry forgot to mention that that sounded very painful & tender.

choille...i will PM you in the next few days pics of my friends kitchens [she has more than one house] she can make a fab kitchen. she never has wall units only ever shelves . she says "wall cupboards bring the walls in on top of you"

choille

Yes - thing is it's full height kitchen, right up to the rafters, but I don't think I like wall cupboards. I do like Jacobean type dressers - thin with plate rack backs.
I did have a wonderful Arts & Crafts Oak mirror backed sideboard stored somewheer but the person has damaged it beyound repair & was really gonna be a bit part of the kitchen but can't use that now.

I did have an old stone sinked kitchen in a very damp cottage on a wonderful estate & made fab curtains for undershelves around sinks etc - looked good, but that was just paint & material. Used to be a good shop near where I used to live called The Reject Shop all seconds & you could get really good material that was slightly flawed for a lot cheaper than it was perfect.