Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

fc123

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Wageslave and Ebay....watch your feedback score too.:D You have to be mega nice, very efficient and post within seconds of receiving the paypal.


I came up to London house today to sort out what we are going to do and what we are going to put where. It's different as we are 4 adults now not 2 adults and 2 kids ........who don't have input on how we decorate furnish.

House is a blank canvas but looking tired, dog eared and shabby. The tenants lived in her hard and son and the GF lived in it like students....OH too until he got fed up with the mess.

The kitchen will go in time but we will pull half of it out now as don't need so much cupboard space now.

Work...will it fit in the house? I think so if I outsource a lot of what I clog my time up with now.

Lounge? DD wants a WAG style lounge with a gigantic telly on the wall with a strip of fire behind glass underneath it.

I want to an empty silent space, all minimalist with no telly at all.

OH probaly wants the big telly but will go with the flow.

Son says he is moving out soon so he's not bothered.

I have to flog the furniture in Brighton but I just can't face Ebay...maybe put it into auction.

I want to keep my carved french walnut bed but OH hates it.:(

lostinrates

fc123 wrote: »

I want to keep my carved french walnut bed but OH hates it.:(

It sounds beautiful!

One of the things I regret not buying when I had the money was a walnut bed with matching bedroom furniture, back in about 2001. I had the money at the time, but was scared to make such a huge purchase for pure aesthetic pleasure...I've never, ever, seen a bed I like more than that one.

LydiaJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

I've been spring cleaning. Marking sounds very exciting by comparison. I also went to work on Saturday :eek:.

Take it from me, it isn't. Marking one's own students' work isn't too bad. You have chosen and set the work, you are at least mildly interested in how they do at it, and you only have to mark a fairly small number before you can feel satisfied that you have got that job done.

Marking exam scripts is much worse. I did it once - never ever again. The same thing over and over and over again, hundreds of times. No idea of who these kids are - so no way of caring one way or the other whether they do well or badly. No flexibility if you disagree with the markscheme. Absolutely mind-numbing. And paid less than national minimum wage (or it was when I did it).

I hate housework, but I'd rather do housework than mark public exams again.

wageslave

fc123 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Wageslave and Ebay....watch your feedback score too.:D You have to be mega nice,

I may have blown the nice.

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

It sounds beautiful!

One of the things I regret not buying when I had the money was a walnut bed with matching bedroom furniture, back in about 2001. I had the money at the time, but was scared to make such a huge purchase for pure aesthetic pleasure...I've never, ever, seen a bed I like more than that one.

I love it and bought it off Ebay for £350.
It's carved with leaves and flower shapes on boards both ends but it's a standard double and he finds his feet push at the bottom. By the time the cat and I have sprawled out, he feels not enough room. We have a king size chunky thing in London...which I don't like.

All this compromise *sigh*.

vivatifosi

fc123 wrote: »

I want to keep my carved french walnut bed but OH hates it.:(

If its solid walnut you have to keep it! Its one of the most expensive woods, especially if it has burr elements in it. It would cost you a fortune to replace if ever you have a whim to get another one.

I have an art deco walnut table from Liberty that I bought in an auction about 20 years ago for £1. It gets painted different colours to match my house and generally abused, but I always know I could restore it if the whim takes me. You can't do that with something that's gone from your home forever.

vivatifosi

fc123 wrote: »

I love it and bought it off Ebay for £350.
It's carved with leaves and flower shapes on boards both ends but it's a standard double and he finds his feet push at the bottom.

Get a good furniture maker to look at it to see if it can be made bigger. As beds are basically rectangular they should be able to do that while retaining its character. Sure it will cost, but if you like it why not?

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

It sounds beautiful!

One of the things I regret not buying when I had the money was a walnut bed with matching bedroom furniture, back in about 2001. I had the money at the time, but was scared to make such a huge purchase for pure aesthetic pleasure...I've never, ever, seen a bed I like more than that one.

I said a really stupid thing too.....I want to buy an old house so I have somwhere to put the 350 quid bed and the old (more characterful than antique) furniture.
Our first house was Viccy and, as we bought a 60's build (this one in 96) we sold all the carefully chosen antique furniture with it to a FTB.

It's large and easy to live in esp when kids were younger and we did Bisque radiators etc but furnishing to match the feel of the house is more Ligne Roset which was out of our budget. We had Ikea stuff which is just so sad and shabby now. I sound so consumery writing this

I am so into old stuff at the moment but it just doesn't match the architectural style of the house.

As I said DD hates derelict shabby chic style and wants London house to be done in a WAG style.

fc123

vivatifosi wrote: »

Get a good furniture maker to look at it to see if it can be made bigger. As beds are basically rectangular they should be able to do that while retaining its character. Sure it will cost, but if you like it why not?

OH is a carpenter so he could have made it longer (but didn't) but the width is not alterable...he often get's pushed over the edge.:rotfl:

wageslave

I have just been asked to send pics to someones email addy on Fleabay.

I suspect Mr B may be sabotaging my very first auction:cool: