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x-Princess-Vikki-x wrote: »oooh thats so annoying for you
maybe keep a look out on ebay?
It really is lovely and i adore mine!
keep your eyes peeled, it might turn up again on the website.
how did you find out it will be out of stock forever??
I emailed them and they said they would not be getting any more stock in
Will definitely keep an eye out on Ebay!0 -
Hello! I just found this thread a coupe of days ago and have been busy reading through it all! I am moving into my own house soonish and I have found loads of great ideas! Princess Vikki I LOVE your bedroom! I want our spareroom to look just like it! (I would say main bedroom but not sure my OH would be quite as keen, altho I think we will go white with shabby chic touches!) As soon as we get a move in date I am going to hunt down furniture (we live in furnished rented atm) from charity shops, ebay, freecyle etc and shabby chic them!
Just thought I would say hello
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Hello! I just found this thread a coupe of days ago and have been busy reading through it all! I am moving into my own house soonish and I have found loads of great ideas! Princess Vikki I LOVE your bedroom! I want our spareroom to look just like it! (I would say main bedroom but not sure my OH would be quite as keen, altho I think we will go white with shabby chic touches!) As soon as we get a move in date I am going to hunt down furniture (we live in furnished rented atm) from charity shops, ebay, freecyle etc and shabby chic them!
Just thought I would say hello
So that's three of us getting excited about a move! My DH woul love a shabby chic bedroom, or a Venetian palace, or a french boudoir...he's great my bloke...totally gets ''pink'' and ''silk'' and ''pretty things''. 0 -
Vikki your room is beautiful :T I now want to get on with mine
My OH did some work in the garden this wkend and had some off cuts of wood he was going to dump but I rescued them and turned them into this
http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac266/hart4334/mse/mycoathooks.jpg
I used the rest of the transfers from my chest of drawers make-over and I had some plain cupboard knobs, I sanded the wood and painted it with the sample paint I got from Farrow and Ball (its white tie) then put clear varnish over it
It will go in my bedroom
forgot to say I still have to put the screw holes in
Ooooh this made me think- have I got any offcuts I could do anything little with?
That thought led to- what am I going to do with the pine trees that were felled last week???
Then I decided that as the tree trunks are only about 3 1/2 feet long and at most 4 inches wide then they're useless for making anything, can't use them for fencing, making wigwams, or anything- tey're too short. Can't use them as logs to sit on- too narrow...
*Lightbulb* Ahaaaa.... But I could just sink a couple into the floor like fence posts but sunk deeply, then nail any old plank across the top. Ooooh yeah :cool:
So I'm gonna! Now- where in the heck am I gonna find a free plank? Ladies? Chaps? Anyone?
Gawd I wish my bright ideas came in kit-form! :rotfl:"I, on the other hand, am a fully rounded human being with a degree from the university of life, a diploma from the school of hard knocks, and three gold stars from the kindergarten of getting the sh*t kicked out of me." ~ Capt. E. Blackadder0 -
lostinrates wrote: »So that's three of us getting excited about a move! My DH woul love a shabby chic bedroom, or a Venetian palace, or a french boudoir...he's great my bloke...totally gets ''pink'' and ''silk'' and ''pretty things''.
haha sounds great! My OH is pretty open to ideas, he does however hate DIY of anysort so I think he may just get what he's given :rotfl:0 -
lostinrates wrote: »I hope you feel better.
I was given a huge boost by finding a colour chart of silks that I remember my mother aving in her handbag for seemingly ever when i was younger. Those tny squares of softly sheening brilliant colour were as uplifting now as they were when I was small. I remember being profoundly disappointing when my mother opted, ultimately, for a plain cream. I've been wondering if there is anything I can do with those tiny squares of silk. Too small for patchwork quilt but it would be glorious!
Is there enough to do 1 side of a cushion in patchwork, or around a picture so that it will be a focal point in a room? Or a stained glass panel to hang in a gloomy window so that they don't fade & will perk the room up?
I love the bedroom, a real sanctuary.0 -
Love your bedroom it is so CHIC!
Quick dash in and out to see if this is near to anybody, I am sure it will go for a higher price but I thought of you Bibbity (I wonder why)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Antique-French-Bed-/170495649790?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Antiques_AntiqueFurniture_SM&hash=item27b25527fe#ht_500wt_949Some days there aren't any trumpets, just lots of dragons. Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow -- Mary Anne Radmacher0 -
Can anyone advise what type of varnish - I have been to the CK shop and got a couple of wallpaper samples and they are so bootiful and I keep wondering what to do with them - kept wondering if I could glue them onto something and then varnish over but didnt dare ruin them - any advice appreciatedA couple of coats of varnish allways works with the paper and the napkins0 -
Morning everyone
I wasn't sure if anyone would like this but I think it's lovely
I had an email from Lidl and from the 14th this bedroom stuff will be available, I love the canvases
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/offerdate.htm?offerdate=11416Getting myself sorted 1 day/1thing at a time and Love sewing
"Sewing fills my days,
not to mention the living room, bedroom, and closets."
~ Author Unknown0 -
Can anyone advise what type of varnish - I have been to the CK shop and got a couple of wallpaper samples and they are so bootiful and I keep wondering what to do with them - kept wondering if I could glue them onto something and then varnish over but didnt dare ruin them - any advice appreciated
I just used a Wilkinsons matt varninsh over my stuff and it turned out ok Getting myself sorted 1 day/1thing at a time and Love sewing
"Sewing fills my days,
not to mention the living room, bedroom, and closets."
~ Author Unknown0
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