Shabby Chic Thread?

needmoney

Lovely story, good for you Memorygirl, I hope you and your sons enjoy.

mary43

Memorygirl - good to see you back. You really got some bargains there. Amazing what a coat of paint can do. Well done:j

memorygirl

Thanks Mary43

Baby got here 8 weeks ago - home birth of 90 minutes duration (whew!!). Beginning to feel a bit more human now that things have settled down and ready to have a bigger challenge than my sewing and knitting.

Good news is he is a MSE baby - breastfeeds and into the washable nappies too - Yipee

Memorygirl

Mollymop5

memorygirl wrote: »

Having looked at some of your beautiful projects I have decided that this is the look for our next home (Me and two DS)

Located a great second hand furniture place in our town - was looking for a sofa and had saved £100. Got the 3-piece suite for £30 and spent the rest on

Cot for baby (currently in bed with me) £2.50
Set of oak drawers (just needs cleaned) £15.00
A set of 2 drawers with cupboard underneath ( in horrid pine but nice shape and will look great painted) £15.00
Pine Table and 4 chairs (nice shape but again very dated pine) £20.00

and the piece de la resistance

A hideous dark oak kitchen dresser (colour is vile, but painted cream or duckegg blue will go fabulous in a kitchen. Hoping it means that I have to fit less cupboards in the kitchen as well - LOL - even more mopneysaving) For the bargain price of £10. I have always wanted one of these since watching the tarmhouse kitchen as a kid.:j

Total spends £92.50 :A

And because I live literally around the corner they will deliver on Monday for free - well my baby DS did give the van man the cutest toothy grin and I think that swung it - LOL:rotfl:

I have £7.50 left of my sofa budget to tart up all of this furniture. So I think I will go and rummage in all my friends sheds this weekend to find some suitable paint ends to use up.

Boy it is going to be a busy summer.

Memorygirl

Would love to see some before pics, and after ones once you've painted.You got some good bargains there

mary43

Memory girl - congratulations on the birth of mse baby:T Thought you must have had it by now.
Have missed your 'diaries'.............if you get time you could give us a blow by blow account of your furniture projects and anything else. You put your daily ooccurences into words so well.

rosieben

hi Memorygirl, good to see you back. You had some great bargains there, be interested to see some photos if you have chance

and congrats on the babe, too

Edited to add - and how is big brother doing, bet he's over the moon!

tiff

memorygirl wrote: »

Having looked at some of your beautiful projects I have decided that this is the look for our next home (Me and two DS)

Located a great second hand furniture place in our town - was looking for a sofa and had saved £100. Got the 3-piece suite for £30 and spent the rest on

Cot for baby (currently in bed with me) £2.50
Set of oak drawers (just needs cleaned) £15.00
A set of 2 drawers with cupboard underneath ( in horrid pine but nice shape and will look great painted) £15.00
Pine Table and 4 chairs (nice shape but again very dated pine) £20.00

and the piece de la resistance

A hideous dark oak kitchen dresser (colour is vile, but painted cream or duckegg blue will go fabulous in a kitchen. Hoping it means that I have to fit less cupboards in the kitchen as well - LOL - even more mopneysaving) For the bargain price of £10. I have always wanted one of these since watching the tarmhouse kitchen as a kid.:j

Total spends £92.50 :A

And because I live literally around the corner they will deliver on Monday for free - well my baby DS did give the van man the cutest toothy grin and I think that swung it - LOL:rotfl:

I have £7.50 left of my sofa budget to tart up all of this furniture. So I think I will go and rummage in all my friends sheds this weekend to find some suitable paint ends to use up.

Boy it is going to be a busy summer.

Memorygirl

I so wish I had been that resourceful when I bought my first house, what bargains!

BigMummaF

tiff: "I so wish I had been that resourceful...."

I wish I had your 2nd hand store memorygirl:rotfl:

All I'm looking for is a not-too-deep chest of drawers for the hall, & the only ones I've seen so far have been £40+ in charity shops

jamtart6

i miss all the updates too, where has everyone gone?

memorygirl

Rather than clutter up this fabulous thread with my inane ramblings - shall I search and resurrect my "Make do and Mend" thread??

Then you can all be challenged to keep me motivated on those days when you get just to weary to think of anything beyond feeding the baby (ooops - thats just my excuse!!!)

First challenge to myself is to find out how to upload pictures to a thread - because the before, during and after pictures are a great idea to keep me on task.

Got six months to create my dream home out of nothing (moneywise) so that we can have a brilliant Christmas surrounded by our own things.

Memorygirl