Detail your latest furniture and homeware related purchases
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Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Think we'll have to see about the sofa we've an Argos one we got for pennies that is beyond shit but its all that fits in this tiny place so we'd like to splash out on a good quality one - just all the good stuff looks like its well over 500 quid which is insane.
John Lewis does look like the splash out place but if we ever manage to take that trip to Ikea I'll have to have a gander.
John Lewis does look like the splash out place but if we ever manage to take that trip to Ikea I'll have to have a gander.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
mum-tat had one in the 80s
don't suppose you want an instruction / recipe book for it do you? (it turned up when tidying, but seems wrong just to throw it out) - somewhat scruffy but could do with a good home...
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I’m in need of a proper sofa post move. I’ve got a sofa bed which isn’t comfortable and will and a (small) 2 seater which isn’t all that comfortable either. Sofa and mattress are two things I’d rather get new than second hand.
I guess I’ll be taking a trip to Ikea or similar at some point once settled in
I guess I’ll be taking a trip to Ikea or similar at some point once settled in
plurker
tú no tienes la culpa mi amor que el mundo sea feo
Records against a radiator?!!!
Fair point, but I'm no fool
1) the heating hasn't been on for a few weeks
2) the rear 10cm of that stack is just empty mailers
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
That's kind of you, but I don't think this would be an especially good home for it... And it's not as if it would be anything about authenticity, given that it now has a 1.2kW motor and a new controller.
mum-tat had one in the 80s
don't suppose you want an instruction / recipe book for it do you? (it turned up when tidying, but seems wrong just to throw it out) - somewhat scruffy but could do with a good home...
While I'm on about it, the sausage attachment arrived yesterday, along with casings. Sausage fun, here we come.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Have a look at the next website, I got mine from there and it's very comfortable
plurker
tú no tienes la culpa mi amor que el mundo sea feo
I just bought two of these wardrobes from ebay. They're from Cotswold Company, and £700 each new (!!! - I paid a lot less than that)
They're to replace this GIANT mid-century G-Plan unit.
Anyone got ideas on where's best to sell this? It's kind of niche, so not sure eBay is the right place?
I fear that I'm becoming more 'middle' - in both age and class - as a result of this swap.
They're to replace this GIANT mid-century G-Plan unit.
Anyone got ideas on where's best to sell this? It's kind of niche, so not sure eBay is the right place?
I fear that I'm becoming more 'middle' - in both age and class - as a result of this swap.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Bought these the other day - silicone loops with magnets at either end (pack of 20). Dead handy for attaching things to metal surfaces. The magnets are pretty strong too.
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
These look like a campervan essential, although I'm not quite sure what for yet
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I know what you mean - so far they're dead useful for hanging my headphones from the metal frame of my desk. Not quite worked out what to do with the other 19...These look like a campervan essential, although I'm not quite sure what for yet
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Suppose I could hang frequently used kitchen utensils from the metal extractor hood.
The options are the desk frame, extractor hood or fridge. Choices, choices.
The options are the desk frame, extractor hood or fridge. Choices, choices.
moose
like some cat from Japan
Whenever I get anything new and magnetic, I wander round the house, tapping it against any metal I can find. There's never enough.Suppose I could hang frequently used kitchen utensils from the metal extractor hood.
The options are the desk frame, extractor hood or fridge. Choices, choices.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
Purchases are not exciting but needed. I found a double IKEA Kallax unit in great condition for £10 & a huge double PAX wardrobe with sliding doors for £50. Wardrobe is like a double double.
I now need a king size bed frame but I’m limited to what I think I want. Ideally want to find a good quality one new to me & buy a new mattress. I spent years in rented houses is mattresses that came from who knows where & thought of that now gives me the shivers!
I now need a king size bed frame but I’m limited to what I think I want. Ideally want to find a good quality one new to me & buy a new mattress. I spent years in rented houses is mattresses that came from who knows where & thought of that now gives me the shivers!
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I bought a second hand wooden bed frame and mattress about 10 years ago for £100. It had been someone’s spare bed so I was told without much use. Used for lodger for about 4 years.
The mattress I chucked when I moved late 2020, the bed frame still going strong as my main bed
plurker
tú no tienes la culpa mi amor que el mundo sea feo
just picked up a set of four of these chairs for a tenner, plus £50 to get them from Romford to Streatham. Describes as 'gplan ercol teak-style' so not quite sure what I've got, but I loved the shape of them and for that price I'm not complaining.
Hopefully they won't need the woodwork stripping and varnishing, as I can;t be bothered with that.
The plan is to recover them in something bold and 70s style pattern - along the lines of this fabric (but each chair having a different pattern) - but not sure if I need a spcific type of fabric for chair pads? I've got a heavy-duty staple gun, which I'm hoping will do the job
Hopefully they won't need the woodwork stripping and varnishing, as I can;t be bothered with that.
The plan is to recover them in something bold and 70s style pattern - along the lines of this fabric (but each chair having a different pattern) - but not sure if I need a spcific type of fabric for chair pads? I've got a heavy-duty staple gun, which I'm hoping will do the job
moonsi til
worked it out now!
Love the chairs & your plans.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
The fabric you linked is going to look fantastic on them! Really really suits the style of the chair. Also love the idea of each chair having a different pattern.
Can't wait for the "after" photos!
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Calling Ikea fans moonsi til, existentialist and everyone else really - hilariously, my favourite Swedish flatpack furniture supplier sent me a surplus upright when I ordered an Ivar shelving system, so is there any mileage whatsoever in trying to return it ? I did text the delivery chap but don't know if their phones would be set up to receive texts and just know someone out there is missing half the support for their Ivar
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I really wouldn't bother! If you've told them, then maybe hang onto it for a bit just in case, but then I'd treat it as yours.Calling Ikea fans moonsi til, existentialist and everyone else really - hilariously, my favourite Swedish flatpack furniture supplier sent me a surplus upright when I ordered an Ivar shelving system, so is there any mileage whatsoever in trying to return it ? I did text the delivery chap but don't know if their phones would be set up to receive texts and just know someone out there is missing half the support for their Ivar
The ex Mrs E got a whole hallway hatstand delivered in error (in France) from IKEA, and they just weren't bothered. It now resides at the top of my stairs, and has hats on it.
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Kinda thought that
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Ordered a memory foam pillow.
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
FanTAStic idea
