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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 6,563 Forumite
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    Oh I hadn't spotted the hearth/mantelpiece that @KajiKita pointed out, I thought it was a much smaller space to play with. So what I said before, but with more stick-on tiles 😁

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1

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  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,680 Forumite
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    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81908101#Comment_81908101

    Yay Mustard! What a fluffy little monster 😍

    I've been mortgage free once, so let's do it again!
    Starting balance March 26 £191,274.53
  • Humdinger1
    Humdinger1 Posts: 2,902 Forumite
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    Late to the party @beanielou but sending adoration of the ginger. Utterly beautiful! Love Humdinger xx

  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 8,239 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker

    a bit of a left field suggestion but have you asked the house what to do with that space?
    Someone suggested I ask the house for something I was pondering about storage space and so I did and asked the house to make suggestions and soon after the ideas came to mind

    I think the right ideas were in my subconscious all along but I needed the head space for them to come up if that makes sense??

    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,591 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81908720#Comment_81908720

    Absolutely makes sense to me.

    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,591 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81908633#Comment_81908633

    What sweeties. Thanks for sharing.

    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 25,474 Forumite
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    What a beautiful boy Mustard is and Miss Summer too. Those two certainly fell on their paws when you adopted them.

    @Debsnewbudget your cats are beautiful too.

    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,591 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81909134#Comment_81909134

    I am so so lucky.

    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,766 Forumite
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    Is there a fireplace around the space too? A friend of mine has a big bowl of pine cones with fairy lights tangled within and around. She has blocked the hole and area with some sort of board and stained glass style vinyl stuff. She adds seasonal bits to the pine cones too….eg tiny pumpkins for Halloween, baubles for Christmas etc. it gives the impression of a fire in the fireplace she couldn’t take out.

    January spends - £587.58
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