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  • dizzy_lizzie
    dizzy_lizzie Posts: 2,952 Forumite
    Pipkin I am so totally drooling over your pics.Your decor has really clarified for me the style I want to achieve. Huge thank you...:D
    Luvz Dizzy x
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  • maypole
    maypole Posts: 1,816 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Very tasteful rooms. Did you buy the striped lampshade at ikea, I see you have a lamp stand from there if I am correct, we have a table lamp base the same shape from there. bedroom looks really cosy.
  • Pipkin
    Pipkin Posts: 575 Forumite
    All the lamps are from Ikea (except for 2 small white candlestick ones).

    Thanks all :D
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  • moanymoany
    moanymoany Posts: 2,877 Forumite
    I found this cute site.

    http://www.dirtydollie.co.uk/acatalog/BHJBJ.html






  • mary43
    mary43 Posts: 5,845 Forumite
    pipkin - lovely photos................love all your signs.

    moany moany - thanks for the link. There's some lovely stuff on there.

    Starting to look round my humble home with a different eye............:j
    Mary

    I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
    (Good Enough Member No.48)
  • rosieben
    rosieben Posts: 5,010 Forumite
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    Viv and Pipkin, Thanks for sharing your photos, there are some lovely ideas there. :T I love the green you have in your kitchen Viv, and the fabric too and your framed pics are lovely, pipkin!

    Moany thanks for the link, I'm off to have a granny now..... :D
    ... don't throw the string away. You always need string! :D

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  • dizzy_lizzie
    dizzy_lizzie Posts: 2,952 Forumite
    moanymoany wrote: »
    I found this cute site.
    http://www.dirtydollie.co.uk/acatalog/BHJBJ.html

    Thanks very much for that.

    I've found this one too...it's given me even more ideas!!!!! Click on the home page to see the various styles. I copied and pasted when I was on the folk art page, love it!!! http://www.oldeglory.co.uk/folk_art_misc.html
    Luvz Dizzy x
    Official DFW Nerd Club Member no:219
    In the Court Of The Crimson King
    I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.
    Gary Larson
  • HariboJunkie
    HariboJunkie Posts: 7,740 Forumite
    Pipkin your home is lovely.

    My OH has mislaid the camera but I'll try and get some pics up tommorrow to add to the kitchen ones.
  • mary43
    mary43 Posts: 5,845 Forumite
    dizzy lizzy - thanks for the link. Some beautiful stuff on there. I loved the Friendship tea bags.............think I could make one of those for my sons birthday box. He lives so far away and haven't seen him for a while. He's an avid tea drinker............I'm sure I can create something out of an empty box, pop in some tea bags.
    Mary

    I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
    (Good Enough Member No.48)
  • helenhugs
    helenhugs Posts: 1,149 Forumite
    I've just sat & read this whole thread lol the photos are fantastic. I love the style but I think its 1 of those things I will admire from afar. I just couldn't make it look right.
    I am in love with the Family picture frame though. Any idea where I could get 1?
    Hugs
    Helen
    We don't need to do it perfectly - good enough is exactly that GOOD ENOUGH.
    Good Enough Club member number 8
    :j £2 coin club = now in a sealed tin so I'm not sure
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