Kirstie Allsopps homemade home - OS opinions?

NualaBuala

I watched the repeat on More4 last night and quite enjoyed it. I've always been quite thrifty in terms of shopping but only recently got into crafts so I found it quite inspiring. I really would love a go at pottery. But she did gloss over details - I would love to know what to look for in a sewing machine and how to use it. And it does seem to defeat the purpose to pay people to do the work for you!

I liked what Cath Kidston said about just having what you like and not minding what other people think.

Gigervamp

I wonder if the BBC will show repeats of Change That. I used to love that show and went to the filming of one of them.

I've still got books that I bought back in the 90's such as Doing Up Old Junk.

*zippy*

I watched it last night and was dissapointed too, I thought it was a bit yummy mummy playing at being fashionably thrifty. The kitchen must have cost a fortune, that aga was beautiful though.

It reminded me of a book review I read on amazon, the book was about how to enjoy simple weekends ...

"Oh dear......what a waste of money this book was,written by a terribly smug ,uber Boden-esque middle class writer who dispenses such nuggets of wisdom as to eat jacket potatoes when its Bonfire Night,have a cleaner at your second home so its easier to cope with guests that are coming to stay,wear cashmere whilst lounging around ones house ...what a load of claptrap."

:rotfl:

NualaBuala

*zippy* wrote: »

I watched it last night and was dissapointed too, I thought it was a bit yummy mummy playing at being fashionably thrifty. The kitchen must have cost a fortune, that aga was beautiful though.

I agree - I didn't think her approach seemed thrifty. A few cheap chairs and a free mirror seemed to be limit to the money saving! Lovely stuff though.

SunnyGirl

FZwanab wrote: »

Yes definitely the O/S forum was here way before all these programmes, there is even the book Thrifty Ways, which was out before India Knight, Channel 4 et al jumped on board.

Who is the author of Thrifty Ways please FZwanab? I'll order it from the library I love reading thrifty books, one of my all time faves to dip into is the Tightwad Gazette.

Snowy_Owl

It's actually a moneysavingexpert book!!!!! :money: Martin put it together from tips on this forum and the profits go this site's/his charitable fund.:j

Snowy x

Snowy_Owl

Oh - and the programme did inspire me to get my old knitting bag though. Am knitting squares and rectangles to use up old wool to put towards a bug blanket for my own house.

Snowy

nicki_2

I've just looked on the website at the crafts part - The step-by-step guides to crafting and DIY I already know how to do (years of watching DIY programmes have paid off :rotfl: ) and I got "Crafty Cat" on the quiz :rolleyes: Apart from inspiration and the fact I love the renovation of rooms there's really not much there for me. BUT my DD (aged 8) sat and watched it, rewound parts to watch again and now would like to have a go at making her own cushions etc The only bit I didn't like was that my DD dragged me into the livingroom, insisted I sat down and listened to the part she did in the market about `picking things up and looking at them' as I'm constantly telling my daughter to keep her hands to herself and not pick things up in the shops - DD is now saying its fine for her to do it 'cause Kirsty said its okay :rolleyes::rotfl: I can't see me managing to drag her past a charity shop either without her wanting to go in and look, it was bad enough for her looking for books, now it seems she's wanting to look at things to decorate with as well :eek::rotfl::rotfl:

thriftlady_2

SunnyGirl wrote: »

Who is the author of Thrifty Ways please FZwanab? I'll order it from the library I love reading thrifty books, one of my all time faves to dip into is the Tightwad Gazette.

I think, dare I say it, that if you like the Tightwad Gazette you may find Thrifty Ways a disappointment. I thought it was a good little book for beginners in thrift but not for more advanced thriftsters;) Just my opinion, don't everyone yell at me:D

angela110660

floss2 wrote: »

This is the linky to the Sunday Times article....might be interesting for some to read...

Thanks for the link - never knew all this about Kirstie and have to say - good luck to her (though from this article doesn't seem like she needs much of that!)
Won't be watching the prog again though as thought it all rather staged and not very informative.