Shabby Chic Thread?

sweetpea03

DanceInThe_Dark wrote: »

Oh I spotted something else I'm yearning for on ebay (got to get a life and stop looking on there!)


Its in Leeds and don't think the dh will want to drive 70 miles there and 70 miles back for it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130206947816&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003

I really like this Danceinthedark, you could do so much with it :j Its a shame its not closer to you though!

pegginout

That looks like a bed? Wonder if it was and someones recycled it into a bench? I like it!
Ive just bought some lovely pink and red flowery teatowels from the cancer research shop (they were new, not seond hand tho)
Love this thread and the pics are wicked, keep em coming folks!:T

vintagepleasure

bibbly wrote: »

I know, some of them are just ridiculous. This one that I go to is HUGE and they sell loads of furniture. Some of it seems a bit OTT but a lot of it is cheap as chips :j They have a huge turnover so I think that's why - as fast as stuff comes in it's sold though. I saw a lovely lovely pine dresser in there yesterday but it already had a sold sticker on it, and I'd only been in the day before :mad:

That sewing box that I've painted cost me £3. This footstool yesterday was free because someone had left it outside in the rain as it didn't have a fire label on it :T




Bibbly
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It sounds like my favourite charity shop http://www.emmausmossley.org.uk/ there is always something to buy.The number of times I've found something then gone home to measure and gone back and it's been sold! I've even been beaten to a cupboard once when I was in the shop.Another lady asked the price first as I was stood waiting by it.I was gutted!! So now I try to keep a note of sizes and just buy things when I see them!

kisto

For those of you in Devon, I have just seen these on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250226394485&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:GB:1123 (and for some stupid reason GGGRRRR! like a previous poster mentioned I am not able to insert line breaks when posting. ................so I'm just typing these to space the links out) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250227543983&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:GB:1123

DanceInThe_Dark

kisto wrote: »

For those of you in Devon, I have just seen these on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250226394485&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:GB:1123 (and for some stupid reason GGGRRRR! like a previous poster mentioned I am not able to insert line breaks when posting. ................so I'm just typing these to space the links out) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250227543983&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:GB:1123

That is stunning! Seems to be a lot of interest in it though.

kisto

DanceInThe_Dark wrote: »

That is stunning! Seems to be a lot of interest in it though.

I think they're going to go for a lot more as there's a few days left yet too.

p.s. MSE is working fine for me on Internet Explorer but I'm having problems with firefox for some reason. :mad:

kina

Kisto They've got some really nice items! I bet they'll go for a lot more though

mary43

Help ?????
I'm at stage four of painting my little cupboard..........last coat of paint is dry so out came the magical pva glue and my skeleton leaves.............I know they're always a problem to glue but I've had such problems with them..........ended up putting the pva glue on both sides of the leaf -because they're 'see through' anyway the glue goes straight through. So far they're holding.............I'm just hoping they stay that way ! I've used these leaves before but if I remember rightly I used wallpaper paste the last time. Anyone else ever used them before ???

needmoney

Thanks Mary, Good Luck with your leaves.

Seakay I just use Fiddes Wax polish. Just remember although it's clear wax it does darken the paint just a little but buffs to a lovely soft shine and protects the paint.

sandieb

The dresser top I got on Freecycle didn't fit the gap in the utility room, but OH has put up these painted pine shelves instead and I'm delighted with the result.



Sorry the photo is so BIG.