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[Rolls up her sleeves]
OK here we go... before:
whooooo it worked - thanks all and also BargainBird for pm - here is the 'After':
PS: Bargain Bird that unit looks awesome and I am sure it will look fab once you haev done it up!MFW #185
Mortgage slowly being offset! £86,987 /58,742 virtual balance
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I love seeing what everyone does on here, its so inspiring!
EagerLearner - I love it! Looks so nice and pretty x0 -
Mirror looks great EL. I want to do a dressing table mirror too, just waiting for a really good bargain!
Dylan had his nap and I couldn't wait so I made a seat pad, well almost, my little machine made it! Just need to do the hand stitching to close the hole. Now my book says to use buttons to finish but I think they would feel all lumpy. Any ideas/opinions welcome. I just think having 5 buttons digging into my bum is going to feel awful!0 -
I suppose it depends how deep you've made it. If it's deep enough so that the buttons are in a dip, you won't feel them.0
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Not very deep, I'd say they are as much for decorative purposes as they are for comfort. I think I will leave the buttons off then.
Here is the first one.
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awwww they are lovely vicki!0
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EagerLearner wrote: »[Rolls up her sleeves]
OK here we go... before:
whooooo it worked - thanks all and also BargainBird for pm - here is the 'After':
PS: Bargain Bird that unit looks awesome and I am sure it will look fab once you haev done it up!
wowee!!! fantabulous0 -
double take - I have that exact mirror n drawers in my bedroom - in the before style!!!0
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EagerLearner wrote: »Thanks Danemi1 - tried it but still no joy! x
sorry hun - have been working lots at work n only popping on and off when I've had chance - seen that you have sorted it tho' - well done - did you do it same way or find another????0 -
Hello Shabby Chic-ers :wave: Not visited here for a while (I really MUST pare down my subscribed threads)
Myself and my lovely OH are going on a coach trip (how OS is that?!) to Whitby next week and I'm hoping anyone can tell me of any 'lovely things' shops I can look in while we're there. Other than the jet shops, of course - I've been to Whitby before, and OMG how expensive the jet is :eek:
I would appreciate any feed-back, knowing how geographically widespread MSE'ers are, I'm sure someone will know of somewhere I can spend my OH's money!
Thank you in advance. And, my, you've all been busy little bees, haven't you? Keep up the good work, girls (and boys?)
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