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  • newmee
    newmee Posts: 396 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Morning all, what fabulous work vikkii and danemi real quality jobs there. :T :T
    I treated myself to a roll of the green spotty paper from B&Q las week and promptly ruined the tray I was doing.....should have re read the thread and spotted the glue waiting advice!! :rotfl:Still, Ill know now for when I use it to cover the back panel of the dresser I'm still to work on.

    Used my nectar points to get my first tin of Farrow & Ball :D:D. Going to do the dresser in this. I got Dimity as I liked it on the colour chart and it seemed popular with you lot.

    Keep up the good work all. TTFN x
    The greatest gift you'll ever learn,
    is just to love and be loved in return
    :love:
    Nature boy - Eden Ahbez
  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    How rude of me, I've just remembered that I didn't comment on vicki's bits or the candle sticks. Like them all though :D.
    Anyway, onto more important stuff (me)! LOOK WHAT I WON!!!!!!! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Old-wooden-chest-drawers-dressing-table-mirror-/300459638456?pt=UK_Bedroom_Furniture I'm not sure when I can collect it but I hope it's before the weather breaks. I need to strip off all the old discoloured varnish that's on there and then I'll wax it or oil it. I can't believe I got it for £50! I suppose it's because she'd already started stripping it and it's not that well described. I have my fingers firmly crossed for this one though :)
    I have also just bid on a chair for DS's bedroom and hope to win that one.
    After my night shift tonight I'm going booting tomorrow. I'm off to a little one on my way home from work and then off with the family to a biggy. I will be on the look out for kitchen shelves, a dresser, a bookcase and a spice rack (wall mountable). If I see any mirrors that I'm unable to live without then I will have to get them too.
    My neighbour was showing me her mirrors yesterday from her MIL, fabulous! I showed her bibbity's mirror wall and she agrees that I NEED that (including table) in my house and that if my DH won't do it then I can flutter eyelashes at her DH to drill some holes. He he! TBH I could drill the hallway holes but not the ones in the kitchen. I have 18" thick solid stone walls and am just not beefy enough to drill into them. I would probably wreck the plaster :(
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  • Februarycat
    Februarycat Posts: 1,386 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    danemi1 wrote: »
    PLEASE show us a piccie - would love to see what its like

    Will try and get a pic on my phone and post it.
  • x-Princess-Vikki-x
    x-Princess-Vikki-x Posts: 1,005 Forumite
    I went to Home bargains today and picked these up:
    DSCF0992.JPG
    Theyre a bit pink but arent they cute ^_^
    £1.99 for the place mats and 79p for the coasters! :D
    ♥ Blogger at Victoria's Vintage Blog ♥
  • MrsMoo2U
    MrsMoo2U Posts: 4,005 Forumite
    x-Princess-Vikki-x wrote: »
    I went to Home bargains today and picked these up:
    DSCF0992.JPG
    Theyre a bit pink but arent they cute ^_^
    £1.99 for the place mats and 79p for the coasters! :D

    They are really pretty.

    Just noticed your signature re comping. Well done you. How do you win all of them?
    Some 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 Radmacher
  • EagerLearner
    EagerLearner Posts: 4,976 Forumite
    edited 29 August 2010 at 8:23AM
    Hi everyone loving the piccies, lots of inspiration!
    I have bought my first tin of F&B, in Wimborne White, very excited and started to paint a chair I had reupholstered. I first painted 2 coats of Dulux base, then 1 of F&B. Hard to tell what is base and what is F&B as both white...
    Might need another coat tomorrow, it hasn't come out as smooth as I was hoping, even though I used a good brush. If it ends up not looking good, MrEL will say 'told you so, it looked better the way it was with no paint'!
    Can I sand it slightly then apply another coat?
    Help!
    MFW #185
    Mortgage slowly being offset! £86,987 /58,742 virtual balance
    Original mortgage free date 2037/ Now Nov 2034 and counting :T
    YNAB lover :D
  • got-it-spend-it
    got-it-spend-it Posts: 5,016 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    x-Princess-Vikki-x wrote: »
    I went to Home bargains today and picked these up:
    DSCF0992.JPG
    Theyre a bit pink but arent they cute ^_^
    £1.99 for the place mats and 79p for the coasters! :D

    They're nice! I just had to post and say that I have that bedding. Tesco bargain?

    No help, I'm afraid EL, but I'm sure some of the more experienced folks on here with have some painting advice.
    :DYummy mummy, runner, baker and procrastinator :p
  • jackieglasgow
    jackieglasgow Posts: 9,436 Forumite
    Tesco also have wrapping paper and gift bags in that pattern. I saw it today and thought of you lot! :D
    mardatha wrote: »
    It's what is inside your head that matters in life - not what's outside your window :D
    Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory. - Ghandi
  • emzeebabez
    emzeebabez Posts: 220 Forumite
    helloo :)
    I'm a newby here... currently on page 87 lol.. still a way to go yet!
    V. inspired by everything that you's have done. I dont know why I hadnt started doing this sooner.
    I have still yet to commence a project, and watching a few bargains on ebay and off to car boot tomorrow :)
    We've just built conservatory on house and are currently in the process of doing up the living room, bedroom and to start on the conservatory :)
    I'm defo going to start a blog with what I get up to.. tbh I need something to focus on, at the min I'm just stuck in a rut feeling a bit sorry for myself!

    I have my eye on this which is due to finish in an hour.... what does everyone think?

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Drawers-/300457351211?pt=UK_Bedroom_Furniture

    Em x
  • jackieglasgow
    jackieglasgow Posts: 9,436 Forumite
    Oh that's nice Em, you could do loads with it for a tenner!
    mardatha wrote: »
    It's what is inside your head that matters in life - not what's outside your window :D
    Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory. - Ghandi
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