Future Proofing my life: Deposit saving then MFW journey in under 13 years

Cheery_Daff

Lots of planning going on here! You could always put the kettle away ready to use in your new home when you get it 😊

KajiKita

Fabulous update and I am delighted that the ‘widgetty-gadgetry side hustle’ phrase was so resonant. 😊

The sofa sounds stunning …. Quite jealous as I would love classic furniture like that but we just don’t have the time or the money to make it happen atm. 😊

Yaay for the trip - that sounds lovely and I am enjoying the idea of the bejewelled sandals being bought in honour of it 😊

Re the kettle …. I am *very* tempted to suggest that you retile just the section of the kitchen behind where the kettle would sit. It wouldn’t cost much (you could probably find suitable leftover project tiles on FBMP or fleabay), you get to practice another DIY skill and your gorgeous kettle would have its own special setting, like the jewel that it is …. 😉

KK

LadyWithAPlan

KajiKita said:

Fabulous update and I am delighted that the ‘widgetty-gadgetry side hustle’ phrase was so resonant. 😊

The sofa sounds stunning …. Quite jealous as I would love classic furniture like that but we just don’t have the time or the money to make it happen atm. 😊

Yaay for the trip - that sounds lovely and I am enjoying the idea of the bejewelled sandals being bought in honour of it 😊

Re the kettle …. I am *very* tempted to suggest that you retile just the section of the kitchen behind where the kettle would sit. It wouldn’t cost much (you could probably find suitable leftover project tiles on FBMP or fleabay), you get to practice another DIY skill and your gorgeous kettle would have its own special setting, like the jewel that it is …. 😉

KK

I bought the sofa thing about 20 years ago at auction - it had been new reupholstered then so was perfect (£750 i think then) but the last year it was looking tired so.. it will be a real piece once done that I will be refusing to eat crisps on! it should last me another 20 years..
I have another 1 metre long  seat thing also to do after but its rectangular and no curved arms etc so should only take 1 metre of fabric...

At least when I finally buy I already have all the furniture - I try to buy seldomly but well - but I worry I will have a load of expensive looking furnoture and stuff (eg a SMEG kettle) and no actual home!

I have learnt how to floor tile but not wall tile yet so .. maybe your idea is a good one - I will look at ebay for some contrasting colours .. - though the lounge also needs a fresh coat of paint and I was thinking about making some mirrored mosiac tiles artwork (rather than tiling the wall then moving and leaving it behind) 
Or maybe I could paint one section of the tiles ? I am sure you can and it could go on a bit where not a lot happens washing wise etc .. hmm I will google kitchen tile paint

Cheery_Daff said:

Lots of planning going on here! You could always put the kettle away ready to use in your new home when you get it 😊

Yes indeed - maybe test it once - just in case - they have 2 year guarantees...

NSD day today! Though I can see a DD going out for web hosting stuff .. Thats 2/8 since last week

Viking_mfw

Re Marriage Under Construction: I feel confident that even if you are right that you knew less about DIY than they did, you have considerably more financial savvy!!!

South_coast

I would not redecorate the kitchen to make use of the free kettle! If it were your own home you had bought then it might be different, but this is a rental you are planning on leaving and have already spent loads of your own money on updating. Is it worth emailing them to say you love the kettle but the colour just doesn't go with your kitchen and ask if there is any way of exchanging it? 

Merlin's_Beard

Fancy kettles are for life, rental kitchens are just for now. If you could see the nice kettle going with your eventual own kitchen then keep it.

LadyWithAPlan

@South_coast  
you are right indeed on not spending excess on a rental - it’s just  been paint expenses so far as I have used the free bathroom floor tiles and I do have some tiling for kitchen floor as well so only cost is time and paint .. 
the kitchen does need a refresh anyway it’s on my 2023 list of to dos - 
last did it 5.5 years ago so - however I was thinking another sky blue etc ..though the cream kettle would go with the new floor tiles I have  hmmmm - 

I asked at the beginning on the colour of the kettle - I may pop it up for sale and see what I can get for it and go from there £100 I am ok in selling but less isn’t worth it 
I live in central london our water is hard - looking at my current red kettle it was a £60 in sale one (as I refused to buy a red Smeg ) and works fine but does look a bit dull what with water marks and I cook a lot 

@Viking_mfw indeed - through my small scale Reno of my sofa has been an eye opener on how budgets move especially with taste levels and longevity. I thought a few hundred pound initially would be the cost then I had to replace everything and given I sit on it daily I realised even fabrics I like for £60 per meter would not be that long lasting - so budget on my sofa is £400 plus extra material cos of laying it as bias so I need probably extra £100 including those bronze stopper things and I need a new bottom as well 
plus labour! 

At least the sofa will come with  me when I move - which is why I am looking at creating some mosaic tile effect but on a msg board or some such so I can take it with me! 

Hopefully I can be here for 2-2.5 years if I don’t buy before 

right off to gym after doing two email work things turn back to focus 
I loved doing 2 nights a week of DIY last term but it did make me busy - doing just the odd Thursday to finish off this weird thing I started making over Easter is easier 

themadvix

With the kettle could you look and see if you can get a similarly new ‘secondhand’ one for the price you sell yours on eBay or similar? I.e. Bnib or new (other). Effectively a swap for the right colour then!

(eta: phone had obviously picked up on all the kale talk as it had gone with kale not kettle!)

savingholmes

I would sell the cream one and buy one you actually want. 

You make enough money and it sounds like it would make you smile.

LadyWithAPlan

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80013881#Comment_80013881

You are making a lot of sense - I will try to sell it. Its still boxed so

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80012347#Comment_80012347

Nice idea ;) I will look