Money Saving Furniture

seven-day-weekend

My house in the Uk which is lived in by my son and two lodgers, has mainly IKEA flatpacked wooden furniture. Somehow, the lads managed to break the main front crosspiece that holds the settee together.

For £10, my husband has bought a length of wood and various screws and brackets, and it is now better than new (as the fittings are better).

So as well as the sofa only costing about £100 in the first place around teN years ago, it's now good indefinately as it can be repaired, unlike most expensive upholstered furniture.

GOOD MONEYSAVING FURNITURE!!

emilyt

seven-day-weekend wrote:

My house in the Uk which is lived in by my son and two lodgers, has mainly IKEA flatpacked wooden furniture. Somehow, the lads managed to break the main front crosspiece that holds the settee together.

For £10, my husband has bought a length of wood and various screws and brackets, and it is now better than new (as the fittings are better).

So as well as the sofa only costing about £100 in the first place around teN years ago, it's now good indefinately as it can be repaired, unlike most expensive upholstered furniture.

GOOD MONEYSAVING FURNITURE!!

Well done to your husband.Tell him to keep up the good work.
Over the years my OH has fixed most things in our house. It is amazing what beds settee's e.c.t are made up of when you actually look underneath the material. We too find that his repairs last a lot longer than when the furniture was originally bought. He is fixing a chair leg at the moment that was bought from M.F.I 2 years ago. So many people just end up throwing items away but not us.

seven-day-weekend

emilyt wrote:

Well done to your husband.Tell him to keep up the good work.
Over the years my OH has fixed most things in our house. It is amazing what beds settee's e.c.t are made up of when you actually look underneath the material. We too find that his repairs last a lot longer than when the furniture was originally bought. He is fixing a chair leg at the moment that was bought from M.F.I 2 years ago. So many people just end up throwing items away but not us.

I've told him what you said, he is delighted!

He always tries to mend things if he can. Today as well as the settee he has mended a dining chair that only needed a bit of glue, and showed our son how to do the work, so that if something similar happens he can mend it himself and not have to wait for us to come here from Spain. I used to say we were cheapskates, but since I've discovered this site, I've realised we are moneysavers!


Glad to know there are other people around who mend things.

emilyt

seven-day-weekend wrote:

I've told him what you said, he is delighted!

He always tries to mend things if he can. Today as well as the settee he has mended a dining chair that only needed a bit of glue, and showed our son how to do the work, so that if something similar happens he can mend it himself and not have to wait for us to come here from Spain. I used to say we were cheapskates, but since I've discovered this site, I've realised we are moneysavers!


Glad to know there are other people around who mend things.

Well i am glad i made someone happy. My OH has got to fix our sliding wardrobe doors when he comes in. Haven't told him yet that i can't get them to run along the tracks. He has been teaching our DD2 who is 17 to fix anything from the computer to the car. She seems to really get satisfaction from it.
This is a brilliant site i am totally addicted. My DD2 has been making banana loaf again today after we found a thread on using up manky bananas. LOL. It tastes delicious and so cheap to make. Sorry to go off the topic. Yes we are all money savers which can only be a good thing.