The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

Right, curtain rings. Bit confusing... really need some to try, but that's not an option.

I've moved the corner chair and got the ladder up and held a bit of card to the end of the curtain pole and drawn round it. I've measured that drawing and have the exterior pole diameter as 25mm.

Then it gets hard as you can't "sort by price" on ebay .... each product for sale has a range of sizes and a range of packs. e.g. they might've added their multi-listing to include buying ONE/SMALL for just 1p ... but when you enter and choose the size you want and the number the price changes to £10-20.

I hate it when they do that - it's seen with lots of products. Range of sizes/pack sizes and when you "sort by price" it just picks the cheapest of that lot ... so a few sellers have "cheated" by putting in either a random other product, or setting the minimum price for the tiniest single item.

And I still need "the other bits" ... that go between the curtain header tape and the rings.

EDIT: I'd guesstimated I needed 30 rings. Another seller's telling me 1 ring per 10cm of pole length... so that's about 18. They say "more if heavier" but the newer curtains aren't heavy/not as heavy as the old... so I might be able to get away with 20, rather than 30. Need to get all the prices and compare to choose. I could be ... some time.

Each current curtain has 12 eyelets, so 24 eyelets across the whole width, which is where I'd guesstimated my 30 from in the first instance as I figure header tape will need securing more often than eyelets due to the difference in "the hang". I might just go for 30... "hap'orth of tar" and all that. We're talking at present of a total cost of about £9 for 30 rings... so not worth the further hassle to try to save just £2-3 when it could be "job done".

EDIT: Ordered. £8.60 to come to my house (not click/collect).

EDIT: Ah ... bit of a stumbling block. Thought I was on the home run there - "just" had to buy a pack of plastic curtain hooks... but now I'm scared/indecisive about whether the hooks will fit through the holes in the curtain rings. Theoretically you'd think "they'll fit, it'd be daft if they didn't", but then you wonder if those rings needed something thinner, or special ones.... I could be a couple of hours mulling it over....

Pastures, I'm a bit confused.

If your curtains are eyelet curtains, why do you need rings and hooks?

I thought that with eyelet curtains you just push the pole through the eyelets.

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

Pastures, I'm a bit confused.

If your curtains are eyelet curtains, why do you need rings and hooks?

I thought that with eyelet curtains you just push the pole through the eyelets.

I have eyelet curtains hanging.
I was looking for "new" eyelet curtains to replace those as that seemed "easiest".

I bought some curtains, £3, at a car boot that were the right size, but turned out to not be eyelet (so excited at the size/price I'd forgotten to check) ...
As I've now chosen to put up those £3 curtains and remove the eyelet curtains, I need the rings/hooks for the new/non-eyelet ones.

And I've still the final hurdle: once they're up .... will I actually like/prefer them to the ones I took down

silvercar

SingleSue wrote: »

The big question is.....should I get rid of my wedding dress?

It's been in a cupboard (a built in cupboard) since we moved here, I obviously have no plans on wearing it again, I don't have a daughter to pass it down to and of course I am now divorced....but do I get rid of it?

Think I am going to be pretty hopeless at this chuck out and de clutter thing :rotfl:

Daunting but exciting for you Sue. And the result will mean that you are safe in your new home.

As for the wedding dress, even still being married I can't see when I would wear mine again. Only having boys, I can't see a future daughter-in-law wanting an 80s fashion dress. There are charities that take wedding dresses......

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have eyelet curtains hanging.
I was looking for "new" eyelet curtains to replace those as that seemed "easiest".

I bought some curtains, £3, at a car boot that were the right size, but turned out to not be eyelet (so excited at the size/price I'd forgotten to check) ...
As I've now chosen to put up those £3 curtains and remove the eyelet curtains, I need the rings/hooks for the new/non-eyelet ones.

And I've still the final hurdle: once they're up .... will I actually like/prefer them to the ones I took down

Non-eyelet curtains hang from below the rail, whereas eyelet curtains hang from above. Hope the length is going to be ok.

Pyxis

SingleSue wrote: »

The big question is.....should I get rid of my wedding dress?

It's been in a cupboard (a built in cupboard) since we moved here, I obviously have no plans on wearing it again, I don't have a daughter to pass it down to and of course I am now divorced....but do I get rid of it?

Think I am going to be pretty hopeless at this chuck out and de clutter thing :rotfl:

Re. the wedding dress, I think it depends on the dress, how good a one it is, etc., and/or how of its time it is.
Was it expensive? Was it stylish?

I always think it's a shame to get rid of a meaningful item, however 'useless' it might appear to be at the moment.

As for a future d in law...... they might well kill for an 80s wedding dress when the time comes! Things that seem dated to us are the new icons of fashion for another generation!

And what about if you ever have a granddaughter? They might well berate you for getting rid of it!

Even more insignificant things from 'the olden days' can be of immense interest to the next generation along.


Sue, you could also do the 'imagine' test. Imagine taking it to a charity shop....go through all the motions in you mind. Then the day after tomorrow, think about the dress. If you feel remorse, that's your answer. If you feel nothing, that's your answer, too.


It's all too easy, when moving and/or decluttering, to be too ruthless, and end up throwing baby out with bath water.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Non-eyelet curtains hang from below the rail, whereas eyelet curtains hang from above. Hope the length is going to be ok.

It'll be all right... apparently, "pooling" long curtains is "a thing"

To be fair, too, this curtain pole's not entirely straight... so it's always been an issue that one side of the curtains floated above the floor ... and the other end dragged

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

It'll be all right... apparently, "pooling" long curtains is "a thing"

To be fair, too, this curtain pole's not entirely straight... so it's always been an issue that one side of the curtains floated above the floor ... and the other end dragged

Just a thought, re. the lopsided pole.

Is it the sort of pole that sits in a bracket that's a sort of cradle?

If so, a lump of blu-tak in the 'cradle' to lift the pole up a bit might solve/reduce the difference in its height.

Obviously, if the bracket is one with a hole for the pole to go through, then that won't work unless there's a lot of clearance between the pole and the bottom of the 'hole'.

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

Just a thought, re. the lopsided pole.

Is it the sort of pole that sits in a bracket that's a sort of cradle?

If so, a lump of blu-tak in the 'cradle' to lift the pole up a bit might solve/reduce the difference in its height.

Obviously, if the bracket is one with a hole for the pole to go through, then that won't work unless there's a lot of clearance between the pole and the bottom of the 'hole'.

Yes. (random image) https://www.ukcurtainpoles.co.uk/acatalog/Speedy-28mm-Adj-Bracket-Antique-Brass.jpg
There are three of these on the wall - and the pole just "sits" on them...

Good idea raising them, but I think it's a bit too much ... and the pole would need to be hovering about the top of the bit that's supposed to hold it in place.
I guess the height difference between far left and far right is about 1"/2.5cm

If the curtains pool ... it's unnoticeable

GDB2222

If I had my wedding dress still packed away, I think I might be very pleased if someone else got to use it. Plus I could probably raise quite a bit of money if I sold it on ebay.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

If I had my wedding dress still packed away, I think I might be very pleased if someone else got to use it. Plus I could probably raise quite a bit of money if I sold it on ebay.

Depends.... they were "quite big", maybe "Dallas/big style" in the 1980s

It might be the material equivalent of .... a giant meringue!

I ebay'd 1980s wedding dress.... 217 results, some shockingly "!!!!!!"..... some completely in the wrong section. Having filtered those out by decade and "wedding", it came down to 59 ... still some in the wrong category.

Cheapest about £20.
Dearest about £150.