If someone snuck into your house right now...what OS things would they spot?

shandyclover

• Fridge, 3 shelves full with yellow-stickered veg.
• Freezer, every packet of meat or loaf of bread also yellow-stickered.
• Energy saving bulbs everywhere.
• No tumble dryer, 3 clothes airers with wet clothes drying in the garage.
• No TV.
• Blankets everywhere, a few in a footstool type ottoman in the living room, at least 1 on each of the girls beds, to wrap around while reading/doing homework.
• Sunflower oil and white flannels in bathroom for makeup removal (4 teenaged daughters!)
• Vinegar in the utility room for softner, detergent measure replaced with a cap off a cough syrup bottle.
• Electric shower disconnected.
• Lack of products under the kitchen sink -star drops, zoflora and bleach is about it.
• Lack of products in bathroom - supermarket's own brand of shampoo/conditioner, handwash and shower gel containers refilled with bath creme
• In the hall a pair of Dorothy Perkins boots, and Nike dance shoes I just picked up for the girls from charity shop - with PDSA labels still attached!

lisakay_2

well, first they would have to fight their way past the draught excluder in the porch and through the thick lined curtain and draught excluder at the front door. if they took a peek in the dining room they would see my washing all on airers and would then have to move the draught excluder into the back room where i'm sat browsing mse whilst crocheting baby hats and mitts for presents (with wool i aquired rather than bought and inherited hooks).
i'm munching on a mishmash of leftovers for my tea with a blanket over my knee and the radio on for company rather than the tv.

all the curtains are fleece lined, the girls have extra blankets on their beds and hwb's. the sc is on with hm soup for the girls packed luches, which will cost 1/4 of what the hot school meal would cost...

Honeythief

What a fun thread! If somebody is in my house right now (which I really hope isn't the case as I am at work along with my husband!) they would see the sewing machine on the dining table along with a half-assembled skirt, and nearly a dozen jars of plum sauce on the worktop. I made the sauce last night using plums from our own tree, and left the jars out to cool down. They'll go into the cupboard today to age for a few months before we use them.

mrs_motivated

Great thread!

They would have to fight their way past the washing on airier in the hallway to actually get in!

Throws in the living room to snuggle up in
Homemade soup in fridge for tomorrow lunch, plastic containers filled with meals from a batch cooking session.
In my bedroom they would see seed potatoes chitting on the window sill.
Bathroom, loads of miniature shower gels and shampoo and conditioner bottles (about 20 of each, collected from hotels when I work away)

cashewy

If they looked down the back of our radiators they'd see the large chunks of cut-up Aldi car windscreen reflector stuff (the things for keeping car dashboard cooler in summer) tied to the rad brackets with ribbons - seems to reflect heat back into the room more instead of heating up the walls, cant see em from where we sit in the rooms tho thankfully.

DawnW

katieowl wrote: »

Oh that's the one of the things that HAS caused a raised eyebrow here.

Aga washing drying rack anything from £49 - 129 even on fleabay
Mine...Wooden chopping board down back of rayburn, kettle on top of hot plate cover, cake cooling rack balanced on the kettle and the board....washing airing on top. Free. Job done!

Kate

I used to have an old Rayburn years ago in one of the tied farm cottages we lived in, and I LOVED it. I looked into having one here but it would have been too expensive unfortunately

No Aga rack either I am afraid - a free standing one that I have had for years, folds up and gets shoved in the cleaning cupboard when not in use My Mum used to call it a 'clothes horse' :rotfl:Not sure why it was a horse :rotfl:

I bet the Aga ones look nice though, and would still be cheaper than buying and using a tumble dryer

Pooky

Walking into my house they'd notice a coat rack full of proper winter coats, down to the knee, waterproof, wind proof with hoods with a homemade bag stuffed with crochet scarves and snoods and lots of gloves. They'd fall over the wellies and stumble through the thermal lined door curtain into the house.

In the living room they'd see homemade patchwork throws and crochet blankets on the second hand squidgy sofas and chairs for snuggling in. My basket of patchwork on the floor and my basket of crochet on the side table. The fire place is normally aglow with free wood, either pallets that I collect and chop or tree branches from friends and family gardens. In front of the fire are two big beany cushions with knitted covers for the cats.

The dining room would show either a sewing machine and fabric in various stages or a half finished jigsaw puzzle. The drinks cabinet in there holds several bottles of home made wine and Lots of mismatched glasses. The dresser holds my best china (a gift from the whole family clubbing together when I got engaged ) some home made table cloths and napkins and tons of board games for family evenings. Theres always an airer near the window with a load or two of double spun washing on,

The kitchen houses the two slowcookers (1 large, 1 small), the halogen oven and the bread maker, most of which are on doing something. The cupboard doors on most units have been replaced with pretty curtains as the doors have fallen off. Another huge charity shop dresser is full of pottery finds from bootfairs and charity shops and houses home made chutneys, jams and sauces along with the home brew equipment. A box of jam jars sits on the side ready to stash in the garage.

This time of year most curtains remain closed all day to keep heat in and inhabitants of the house wrap in multi layers.

All beds are covered in extra crochet blankets or patchwork quilts for warmth and wardrobes contain decent warm clothes the majority of which are from charity shops.

The garage is stacked to one side with chopped wood (free) and to the other with homemade wine. My tools (garden and others) are all cleaned after use and stored correctly and my tool boxes are organised. There's always a ball of string.

katieowl_2

DawnW wrote: »

I used to have an old Rayburn years ago in one of the tied farm cottages we lived in, and I LOVED it. I looked into having one here but it would have been too expensive unfortunately

No Aga rack either I am afraid - a free standing one that I have had for years, folds up and gets shoved in the cleaning cupboard when not in use My Mum used to call it a 'clothes horse' :rotfl:Not sure why it was a horse :rotfl:

I bet the Aga ones look nice though, and would still be cheaper than buying and using a tumble dryer

We had gas Aga in London, it was horrendously expensive to run by the time we moved, don't think I could have afforded it much longer We inherited the Rayburn with the house, and that's oil! Also eyewateringly expensive to run, but at least it heats the water, and my DD's plumber BF re-routed the heat sink radiator, to the bathroom and my bedroom...so at least in the winter if I turn it up I have a bit of background heating for those two rooms. It's the only 'heat' I have, we rely on an open fire and a woodburner for the other rooms. Kitchen is too small for either an overhead airer, or a floor standing one...

Kate

TudorRose

If anybody had called earlier this morning they would have found me portioning out for freezing the massive bolognese sauce that I made yesterday in my slowcooker.
They would also have seen the halogen oven & breadmaker out on the worktops.
In the living room they would have seen plenty of comfy cushions on the sofa & chair and a homemade quilt & a blanket to snuggle under when it's cold.

zoominatorone

cashewy wrote: »

If they looked down the back of our radiators they'd see the large chunks of cut-up Aldi car windscreen reflector stuff (the things for keeping car dashboard cooler in summer) tied to the rad brackets with ribbons - seems to reflect heat back into the room more instead of heating up the walls, cant see em from where we sit in the rooms tho thankfully.

that's a good idea, might try that one

got the £2 ikea fleeces pinned to the curtains

flask by the pc with tea made from this morning's boiled kettle and teabag that made 3 cups this morning:rotfl:

airer in the living room about to be filled with clothes when I get up and empty the washer and put the fire on when I can stand the cold no more even though I am sitting with a faux fur throw over me and I'm warming my hands from the hot air coming out from the computer