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The "have a look at this!" thread II
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Deep_In_Debt wrote: »Wood panelling...and the lovely pink bedroom!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-59827612.html
...and, as for the kitchen:eek:
Yep....there's literally not one single salvageable thing in that house - even the grass in the garden has got all those yellowy patches on it.0 -
Someone would buy the furniture in the bedroom.moneyistooshorttomention wrote: » ...and, as for the kitchen:eek:
Yep....there's literally not one single salvageable thing in that house - even the grass in the garden has got all those yellowy patches on it.0 -
.....And maybe the Aga, although cream is not terribly desirable.Someone would buy the furniture in the bedroom.
I got £200 from a developer for mine. He wanted "Something that looks as if it's been there ages, so I don't have to involve the building inspector in flues and stuff...."
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Someone would buy that furniture?! I clearly cannot recognise the point at which 'old fashioned, ghastly and cheap' turns into 'classic and retro'.0
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Someone would buy that furniture?! I clearly cannot recognise the point at which 'old fashioned, ghastly and cheap' turns into 'classic and retro'.
Never cheap.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maple-Art-Deco-Hart-Pride-Furniture-Bedroom-Suite-/152535123487
Possibly closer to this, though hard to say from photo:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/art-deco-bedroom-suit-/162508050701?hash=item25d63c110d:g:XR8AAOSwuLZY2PS90 -
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Ah, now that I like. The stuff in the house ad doesn't look nearly as solid or attractive.0
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Deep_In_Debt wrote: »Wood panelling...and the lovely pink bedroom!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-59827612.html
The late Dame Barbara Cartland would have loved that bedroomThis is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
The last time I saw that sort of furniture was at the local refuse tip (aka Recycling Centre or whatever they were calling it). Sitting out in all weathers and obviously available for people to buy if they wanted it...
Thought crossed my mind some people interested in crafts might want one of the items at a suitably cheap price - in order to give it the "shabby chic" treatment - with limewashing/stencilling/etc/etc.0 -
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