Spring has Sprung

Looking forward to Easter with a few daffs.

This really is just a practise to get back into using my blog. I find it hard to remember how to do things and it has taken me ages to work out how to get my pictures off my phone and on to the desktop. No matter it is finally here.

A couple of years ago, my niece and me went to a garden centre and they were selling off a load of Easter stuff. There were quite a few of these little vases and we more or less cleared the shelf as they were selling for silly money, something like 49p if I remember correctly.

I only found mine the other day as I was having a sort out and I resolved to use it this year.

A lovely lady bought me two bunches of daffodils yesterday, so I knew exactly where they were going to go. Happy Spring!

I forgot how to use the blog!!

It has been so long since I posted that I forgot how to get back onto my blog but here I am again.

I don't know if anyone even reads it because I don't seem to be able to get comments for some reason, even though they are enabled.

Anyway I have been busy doing little doodly bits and boblets around the place and now I know how to post again I shall catch up shortly.

Finally.....for today!

The little key cupboard from way back when did eventually get painted!

Au Revoir for now. :D

Cupboards can be great too!

For a long time we have stored an old freezer kindly given to me by someone on Freecycle. We had a larder fridge in the kitchen but it seemed to go a bit crazy of late, freezing up and then thawing so consequently our food was covered in water or frozen!!

So we decided that it would make more sense to buy a fridge freezer and move the freezer on to another owner. A guy off Freecycle who proved to be very interesting in that he makes all manner of things from pallet wood, so I have ordered a couple of garden trugs which I will share when he brings them around.

So here is the freezer and the space it was in.

 

I got my lovely friend Mark to come round and build some shelving for me to utilise the space in a more sensible way. We did it on the cheap. Batons and we used a reduced set of laminate flooring which worked out a treat!

 

I am so chuffed with them. It means that all my gadgets (which I am an addict of too!) are now in one place and easily accessible. There is even a space for the vacuum cleaner which usually is hovering in one room or another. My breadmaker can be used in situ as there is a plug close by. Also my JML Starchef. I am very pleased with the result and it cost me £90 including labour so bargainous too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This last picture is of a piece of wood (maybe a bunk bed ladder found in the loft?) but I have managed to make use of that too. It is now a handy store for all my cleaning odds and sods.

 

 

 

So there you have it. My attempts to get organised are finally coming to fruition! Lots more to go though. See you soon.

I was welll chuffed with this wee cabinet.

I am completely addicted to small pieces of old furniture. I think it was called utility during the war times, but it seems to me, no matter how they cobbled it together, it was far superior and better made than anything you can buy now. Plus I truly love the "spirit" of older things, you know they have belonged to someone else and now you can add your bit of "belonging spirit" to the item.

So......I forgot to take a before picture of it but you can picture one of those heavily varnished dark wood items from the forties/fifties (not sure).

But here it is bought bang up to date.

 

You can see that in the gap at the top there was space for something, so casting my eyes around the house, I came across these baskets which I sewed together with some twine and made a little handle so you can pull it out. It is very satisfying to cobble together some items you have had hanging around just waiting to be united!

 

 

My son and his girlfriend now have it in their bedroom using for storage.

 

 

 

 



 



Sorry for the loooooooooooong delay in posting!

Hi

Yes it has been sometime since I posted. Unfortunately consistency is not one of my traits! This does not mean, however, that I have been idle (though there has been a fair bit of that too), but I have a few up dates. Oh yes, one of the reasons I delayed because I completely forgot my log in details, so when I had a spare minute or two I updated them so here I am back and ready to junk share again. :)

My newest and best Teasmade Ever

I'm not really sure if I have ever shared my complete obsession with Teasmades before. My family are certainly aware of it. You used to be able to pick them up at boot fairs for 50p or a £1 years ago, but now they are going on Ebay for a lot more. This sweet treasure cost me £38.50 plus about a tenner in postage. It was described as new and in the box which is why I treat myself to it. I currently only have 7 teasmades dotted around the house! ;)

Wot I got done this weekend.

Take a pine varnished plate rack and cover it in two coats of Wickes chalk paint, colour Grizzly.

Then rub the edges with candle grease where you want it to look as if it has aged. Then do two top coats of Wickes chalk paint, colour Harvest Moon.

 

 

Rub along the edges gently with some sandpaper to remove the painted bits with candle grease.
Then rub some clear wax varnish into the whole piece and buff off. Then voila!

I will be repainting my bedroom in a couple of weeks so will show you the finished article complete with junk and stuff! It's only taken me about 15 years to paint this piece, but it is very useful for hanging jewellery, bags etc. I am quite chuffed with it. :)

Au Revoir until next time.