tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704288728213189312024-03-16T01:12:12.307+00:00 HutInteriors that don't cost the earth.
Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-68495244766525998872024-03-05T20:39:00.006+00:002024-03-05T20:54:01.219+00:00HOW TO STOP A BAMBOO BLIND/SHADE FROM BEING SEE THROUGH<div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJn1tyrMAkUMLsKexOnLPjDth_NEmw6NH79W-ZUGZpvnHz7NA5eYg1BMEfb2PssG8i9DOzV24FDuvj2ga6ifysHAuKHPNVr1Lb5SKp8vUR9q9PfE7DgK-e-774E_vqWK2HOmdAgBoV5zN7pYdwyHq_NWodtPZQn9TIT7PMfnjiSD3S3AiCbBRm8H3PVk/s4080/20240205_101906.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to stop light coming through a bamboo blind or bamboo shade. Easy how to DIY guide." border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJn1tyrMAkUMLsKexOnLPjDth_NEmw6NH79W-ZUGZpvnHz7NA5eYg1BMEfb2PssG8i9DOzV24FDuvj2ga6ifysHAuKHPNVr1Lb5SKp8vUR9q9PfE7DgK-e-774E_vqWK2HOmdAgBoV5zN7pYdwyHq_NWodtPZQn9TIT7PMfnjiSD3S3AiCbBRm8H3PVk/w640-h480/20240205_101906.jpg" title="Dark bamboo blind or shade and a large glitter ball. Home decor." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New bamboo blind shade, no longer see through.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">Please excuse how the courtyard looks, it's the end of a stormy winter and still too cold to temp me out to tidy it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I needed a new kitchen blind (or shade if you're in the US) and found a dark wood bamboo blind for £5 in a charity shop/thrift store, brand new and still in it's packaging.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hung it in my kitchen window, then realised just how see through a bamboo blind, even a darker shade one is, especially at night when the lights were on.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I tried this and it worked, and cost nothing as I just used things I had around the house.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: center;">What I did.</h4><div style="text-align: center;">Added a lining to the back - I'd bought a medium grey fitted sheet from TK Maxx a while ago and it came with a flat sheet in the pack.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A flat sheet for anyone under 70 who has never worked in a hotel or a hospital, is a bed sheet but without the elastic to hold it around the mattress.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I measured the width and length of the blind, and cut the sheet to this size.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As the sheet was thin I could just do a single little cut at the size I wanted, then tear the fabric apart from there. This gives a straight cut without the faff of having to measure and draw lines.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I then hemmed the edges by just turning the raw edges over by about half a centimetre, twice and machining them into place, you could probably do that with glue if you don't sew.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I then laid this flat on to the reverse of the blind then rolled it up from bottom to top.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XYayQIWLmkRFahK1jgo0vhPvhkUQ2YqqMwrjDu-numgHfKT8KRLyuk8IzEwBhZ1b4sK5hZQwjYbCQr808Qk3vehN5iBsBKRsGpnAIyCYEgNpCkh4HRdGbZTarFezcRH_EvZsTNIlQYwNc2zNto_ZgMmY30MMQnVZzAIzX19q8LK99_gSjQ9xBZ4cgmc/s4080/20240204_154224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cheapest, easiest way to stop a bamboo blind shade being see through. Easy home DIY on a thrifty budget." border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XYayQIWLmkRFahK1jgo0vhPvhkUQ2YqqMwrjDu-numgHfKT8KRLyuk8IzEwBhZ1b4sK5hZQwjYbCQr808Qk3vehN5iBsBKRsGpnAIyCYEgNpCkh4HRdGbZTarFezcRH_EvZsTNIlQYwNc2zNto_ZgMmY30MMQnVZzAIzX19q8LK99_gSjQ9xBZ4cgmc/w480-h640/20240204_154224.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then starting at the top, painted the back of the blind with standard PVA glue</div><div style="text-align: center;">(the type you get for kids crafts, costs about £1 for 500ml). </div><div style="text-align: center;">Just painting about 20cm at a time then rolling the sheet fabric down on to it and pressing and smoothing into place,</div><div style="text-align: center;">So you are painting strips of the back of the blind then rolling the fabric on to it.</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRH0rzzbsUQBx6aDHWsswmPCye8tItvycVvt0sXG4QrUG5jMkcSeXGF6scBTR3LIk2M6gkUQLo7P28xXVI0_D7omqeQs5-F_sq2WkiUzNV_TH9fPUrUDfwquodbhiLgdh919UoSjLzsDT2k-tnyZHNx-TDreeQDMSdyDn9Fuslp1dmbgDRAqDoAnZGsA/s4080/20240204_154235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Budget home decor. How to turn a bamboo blind or shade into a blackout blind." border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRH0rzzbsUQBx6aDHWsswmPCye8tItvycVvt0sXG4QrUG5jMkcSeXGF6scBTR3LIk2M6gkUQLo7P28xXVI0_D7omqeQs5-F_sq2WkiUzNV_TH9fPUrUDfwquodbhiLgdh919UoSjLzsDT2k-tnyZHNx-TDreeQDMSdyDn9Fuslp1dmbgDRAqDoAnZGsA/w480-h640/20240204_154235.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Left it to dry, the glue dries clear.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hung it back up and it still rolled back up perfectly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT63FiUBn4bZ2CbZA4ZMTlQeq7Xj65U1o4wr3-KZOVkayYIg6BV4y6JpJLEEDCkrPFh7ikURR-gwaBgM5kUxVn6Mx0QVTtrr-CJFO-TMJDPH9n-4XgtN57puxeRLEH6cFZu3-Fz1udmLSyWHfOM73LxJTME7aIQRtLD0edl4VrClSP0_lkBllVIDdeS-M/s4080/20240205_101744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easy home DIY, lining a bamboo blind or shade to make less see through." border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT63FiUBn4bZ2CbZA4ZMTlQeq7Xj65U1o4wr3-KZOVkayYIg6BV4y6JpJLEEDCkrPFh7ikURR-gwaBgM5kUxVn6Mx0QVTtrr-CJFO-TMJDPH9n-4XgtN57puxeRLEH6cFZu3-Fz1udmLSyWHfOM73LxJTME7aIQRtLD0edl4VrClSP0_lkBllVIDdeS-M/w480-h640/20240205_101744.jpg" title="How to stop light showing through bamboo blind or shade" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looks nice on the back to when hung up, again please ignore the state of the court yard in the window reflection, it is photographing way worse than it actually is.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXq-ru5Y9e0WSKR7MvDeT-xGxz32T4WTOhuOWoJQV3FsKrouXQt1Kova_gLtf_HHHef7Uqc_NdYh-BUhC3Iv_QmsuFgInNAnFt9pN4jSoC3aujjh64gxPmyDeCEY0MSiDybE9AAOOHxqKPKR-iPUwtpH7CZiFHm2lu5PcqcViojouJ0daLvW3dkiU9SHA/s4080/20240205_192907.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easy home interior decor makeover." border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXq-ru5Y9e0WSKR7MvDeT-xGxz32T4WTOhuOWoJQV3FsKrouXQt1Kova_gLtf_HHHef7Uqc_NdYh-BUhC3Iv_QmsuFgInNAnFt9pN4jSoC3aujjh64gxPmyDeCEY0MSiDybE9AAOOHxqKPKR-iPUwtpH7CZiFHm2lu5PcqcViojouJ0daLvW3dkiU9SHA/w480-h640/20240205_192907.jpg" title="Bamboo blind shade" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here it is at night, taken from the outside looking in, you can see how light it is in the kitchen by how light the side wall is showing where the side gap is and how little light is showing through the actual blind, the row of light dots are festoon lights I have outside reflecting in the glass.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It worked way better than I expected, the first pic at the top of this post shows how it looks finished, in day light.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A new kitchen blind for £5 and I don't want to appear hair shirt, and it definitely doesn't look hair shirt but...</div><div style="text-align: center;">no new resources used, nothing wasted, money to really good local charity.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-84898362103099412312024-02-06T13:30:00.005+00:002024-02-06T13:40:00.862+00:00TOO GOOD TO GO APP<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFz4hA69mVuqtj8ySlSkf2ghdAtIW6mc3ZFeV1IV1jA1Ye1oPzXPC6pBtSq_JA7pk5Yirk3UUa_lbktIzWXaCq_LTkC_TVVQ9pegMkMdPqG3wv6JKRvel69mnOdr4NeXu9rLPzKTGH_RyusPHfW_4YjpuZvXB7gxL46OA7fwczUk-9UM9zMKd2Le21_CU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Too Good To Go App a review" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFz4hA69mVuqtj8ySlSkf2ghdAtIW6mc3ZFeV1IV1jA1Ye1oPzXPC6pBtSq_JA7pk5Yirk3UUa_lbktIzWXaCq_LTkC_TVVQ9pegMkMdPqG3wv6JKRvel69mnOdr4NeXu9rLPzKTGH_RyusPHfW_4YjpuZvXB7gxL46OA7fwczUk-9UM9zMKd2Le21_CU=w405-h640" width="405" /></a></div><br /><div>Giving the <a href="https://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-gb">Too Good To Go app</a> a go.</div></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span></span><div style="text-align: center;">I've heard of the wonky veg boxes some supermarkets are selling, which always sell out immediately.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hadn't heard of Too Good To Go until I saw someone on Instagram picking a surprise bag up and it had 32 full size cheeses in it! I'd take that any day, love cheese. Though obviously I am aware that couldn't be the norm.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's available in most countries and works by a supermarket or shop gathers up food that should have been sold that day, over stock or maybe damaged packaging and sell a surprise bag on the app for at least 1/3 of the price.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Called surprise bags as you never know what you are going to get.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoPfCpjbBgmF67idTyfEEOYVG_6aXTSW3lXzAONp5twM29rC6ZwPe2B_uWkAjUC3x8kjpmSM8wFiSLioYEBPkw9eL3UnHHAB-yIz4rwuKUoi4J7rSBInaFjCuFz4TC-5bXQ0sSYJkvZ1zmFYDg6DrGoIpXzGqynWqR_RID_dSH5oQZMinIIMu4uBxIJo/s1600/Screenshot_20240122_231125_Too%20Good%20To%20Go.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Too Good To Go shopping app, is it any good?" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoPfCpjbBgmF67idTyfEEOYVG_6aXTSW3lXzAONp5twM29rC6ZwPe2B_uWkAjUC3x8kjpmSM8wFiSLioYEBPkw9eL3UnHHAB-yIz4rwuKUoi4J7rSBInaFjCuFz4TC-5bXQ0sSYJkvZ1zmFYDg6DrGoIpXzGqynWqR_RID_dSH5oQZMinIIMu4uBxIJo/w288-h640/Screenshot_20240122_231125_Too%20Good%20To%20Go.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The app is really simple.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Download it for free, put in your area and the distance you are willing to travel, and through the day it shows which shops have surprise bags and what time you can collect them. Click on any you want and pay to reserve it, I used PayPal.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It cuts down on food waste and should save money.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I usually shop in Aldi and go for the as unprocessed as possible so fruit, veg, meat, dairy, but that's the fresh non concentrate orange juice, free range chicken and eggs, the full fat dairy, so I'm used to food shopping being dirt cheap but not absolute 15p spaghetti hoop cheapness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">So to try it I have reserved two bags, I'll show you what was in them, I'm UK based. </h3><div style="text-align: center;">First up a Booths (the Waitrose of the north).</div><div style="text-align: center;">They divide their surprise bags into genres (which I don't think most do) groceries, bakery or meat and fish surprise bags all £5 each.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Those bags went seconds after they flashed up. Pick up time is between 8pm and 9pm.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was very organised and easy to do and the staff were lovely and nice to chat to a couple of people who were also there to collect surprise bags.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCe39rylOPSc7apBNq-hKLBP5zFmDWN2QAoKuXxBP3xJog1qsLU4EXbj2CtTsHgD65TryydSCJDq8RGHjYBfTYia4GaTSJZPQS8ZcaKZsQH4ys3m-v4NZ9iZPEc7Rs7Nudv1yu5Dgkypa7MosD8eUeSGZJVIxXoZW0qclM8n5PdbBzB-nSns5_oqQJZ4Y/s4080/20240123_201046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Too Good To Go app reducing food waste. Trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle." border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCe39rylOPSc7apBNq-hKLBP5zFmDWN2QAoKuXxBP3xJog1qsLU4EXbj2CtTsHgD65TryydSCJDq8RGHjYBfTYia4GaTSJZPQS8ZcaKZsQH4ys3m-v4NZ9iZPEc7Rs7Nudv1yu5Dgkypa7MosD8eUeSGZJVIxXoZW0qclM8n5PdbBzB-nSns5_oqQJZ4Y/w640-h480/20240123_201046.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Two small pieces of salmon, a pack of smoked salmon and a piece of cod with todays use by dates.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My opinion, you would be very happy to pick this up on the yellow sticker shelf for £5 but would I come out for this at night specially? I don't know?</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's obviously a saving, full price with full date would have been £14 and the same in Aldi would have cost £11, good quality fresh fish (but at the very end of it's fresh credentials) that will make three single meals, for £5.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It being described as a meat and fish bag, I had thought there would be meat in it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Any way all the fish has been frozen, the piece of cod can be used for one meal and the salmon pieces for another, the smoked salmon will be made into fish cakes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Second an Aldi surprise grocery bag £3.30, pick up between 9.25pm and 10pm.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vfZmMxPVBM2jxZB_KcihM5x8IBIk9iqCGLVG4pzyywULiRwg1vhY364XRoS_m9li_yd7grLB8x7-nzh6eaY1yfVHaElPd82INxyNulnhUHLXWeXhvmu58GR8_CrOBnJT9XzpU6tLMb0v2eLIErlLFfvaBhmr06AstNRi3XfuBkVtSdWmYhR-9vKMtoY/s4080/20240123_214256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Too good to go app, trying to have a more sustainable home." border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vfZmMxPVBM2jxZB_KcihM5x8IBIk9iqCGLVG4pzyywULiRwg1vhY364XRoS_m9li_yd7grLB8x7-nzh6eaY1yfVHaElPd82INxyNulnhUHLXWeXhvmu58GR8_CrOBnJT9XzpU6tLMb0v2eLIErlLFfvaBhmr06AstNRi3XfuBkVtSdWmYhR-9vKMtoY/w640-h480/20240123_214256.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This was more what I was expecting.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A loaf of splendid seeds bread, 1 chicken stir fry kit serves two, 1 chicken Indian ready meal, 1 veggie Indian ready meal, 1 microwave burger, 5 chocolate cake bars, 4 packs of pork lunch tongue, all with todays use by dates, but there is very little you can't freeze.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well worth £3.30!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It looked like someone had taken care to divide it up so everyone got a good deal and a good variety, if you were on a really tight budget this surprise bag would be a massive help.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If your good at budget cooking, it would be very easy to stretch this for a week with just a few basics.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aldi also re-used the long low boxes they have fruit delivered in to put the surprise bag contents in which saved again on unnecessary waste. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTzMP-WhCmYsVE6MFoktMGG1Fe1jTNH8qMHbKRl4GqgT3KJMQ1_W5bVHo2HzebvK9XYHOTS8l7Vxmnb3DAwszmA7AIdjnSOzhDEWkpMW03eYTcHT3-AX-FSwxUioJjtmoegwP4LghkLsNXI5hJW9CCKas7JvSTczwuH_49lqYRU_shj_DF12o8D1zF4A/s3840/IMG-20240123-WA0011.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Too Good To Go random shopping item." border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTzMP-WhCmYsVE6MFoktMGG1Fe1jTNH8qMHbKRl4GqgT3KJMQ1_W5bVHo2HzebvK9XYHOTS8l7Vxmnb3DAwszmA7AIdjnSOzhDEWkpMW03eYTcHT3-AX-FSwxUioJjtmoegwP4LghkLsNXI5hJW9CCKas7JvSTczwuH_49lqYRU_shj_DF12o8D1zF4A/w360-h640/IMG-20240123-WA0011.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I expected to find something random in the bags and I have never come across pork lunch tongue, I'm sure it's delicious but my dog has been delighted to have a couple of slices a night, loves the stuff.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So my opinion of Too Good To Go after just two lucky bags is,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it's genius and must be saving so much needless waste.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are struggling financially, the Aldi surprise bag is a definite go to.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think the quality of the contents may vary by who is packing them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would I use it again... if Aldi was a bit nearer to me or I was passing at a pick up time, yes I probably would.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Booths, I don't think so. I think checking the yellow sticker shelves directly might dig out better results.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Credit to both these stores, they are both on board with another local food waste project in the area so they are doubling up on avoiding unnecessary waste.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you like shopping for planet friendly homeware the <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2023/06/hut-interiors-new-interiors-and.html">HutVintageGB </a>Etsy shop has a constantly changing stock of interior bargains.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Alo <a href="https://hutinteriors.com/">HUT INTERIORS</a> unique repurposed denim, vintage and deadstock designer fabric cushions/pillows, UK made and shipped world wide.</div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-65854012459596625952023-12-04T17:34:00.009+00:002024-02-01T20:19:14.151+00:00BRIIV THE WORLDS MOST BEAUTIFUL SUSTAINABLE AIR PURIFIER AN UPDATE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1V6Q73WqeD26IcjoCv5jzvb06mg9h6lkmXOZtqiUYMTJZYX-VKhPyjjFX19ubZzf-cn-2AG6isS71hRKFtylR_KxA7UtmG9KSAUQ87Po1R-rcuWGA3A-AdOFGbfyoifWv337hwUDyMuJxbmoH03EYI4VK6GR-JIeqE_df5evENx_-zIcbKyAjgqpeig/s6720/BRP_15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Briiv sustainable air purifier" border="0" data-original-height="4480" data-original-width="6720" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1V6Q73WqeD26IcjoCv5jzvb06mg9h6lkmXOZtqiUYMTJZYX-VKhPyjjFX19ubZzf-cn-2AG6isS71hRKFtylR_KxA7UtmG9KSAUQ87Po1R-rcuWGA3A-AdOFGbfyoifWv337hwUDyMuJxbmoH03EYI4VK6GR-JIeqE_df5evENx_-zIcbKyAjgqpeig/w640-h426/BRP_15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">I called the <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2022/07/briiv-most-beautiful-sustainable-air.html">Briiv</a> the most beautiful and sustainable air purifier last year when I got mine, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and this is still the case. It sits in my lounge like a mini terrarium, working away to remove any car fumes coming its way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I live next to a busy main road, there is constant traffic and if you work outside at the front for even a short time, you fully notice the extent of the car fumes. You can't smell any fumes inside the house but I'm always aware there is a road outside so could some be leaching in?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I leave the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/briiv/briiv-pro-unlock-the-power-of-plants?ref=1gzhki">Briiv</a> on low for a few hours a day. Does it work, who knows? But I have seen the videos of it clearing smoke in seconds and it doesn't fire any back into the air, so any unseen exhaust fume toxins coming in, I am sure it's filtering out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(At the back of the house it is gardens and open green spaces in case you are imagining I live inside a spaghetti junction hell).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's the most sustainable air purifier. Almost all of it (including the actual unit) is compostable or recyclable, no green washing nonsense going on here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB12i-ofGiWi8ISgy9mUcMSJKX7TDp8maEMTm8798q_6Fc-3B6qyQ7qAcsEOvFMlwRyko4gLfrO9-qyQas_7Uj1-ZjE2hCJWTPYosiNppKs0eO-fu65wyeg2DZ8PGWLC3CA6SV05yorHJcgshw5bVv_V0TQhbeVH1qBsOSIUHJvJLB9XHxpf4wm08K2b4/s680/Briiv.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="680" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB12i-ofGiWi8ISgy9mUcMSJKX7TDp8maEMTm8798q_6Fc-3B6qyQ7qAcsEOvFMlwRyko4gLfrO9-qyQas_7Uj1-ZjE2hCJWTPYosiNppKs0eO-fu65wyeg2DZ8PGWLC3CA6SV05yorHJcgshw5bVv_V0TQhbeVH1qBsOSIUHJvJLB9XHxpf4wm08K2b4/w640-h502/Briiv.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think the last three years have woken a lot of people up to how toxic a way we are often living.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That includes me, I thought I was pretty clued up about health and environmental issues, I hadn't a clue!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfrf28Li-T9Q43CNI0OnrDkz8-kssmxIjGOvAEA_G5r7-ILztapr4wOwJ6HMfv9L-qYFQfAxKjqv_93DoV6jHUnyDb1tYlx0m8v6NrS_uABwKcjyb50sXuyK-d4BvggG_E406FvCnOoHFvD_T7_ENslEc3g8RJbnYakuxzWix2_keibiX83XlnQN3kt8/s750/air%20purifier.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfrf28Li-T9Q43CNI0OnrDkz8-kssmxIjGOvAEA_G5r7-ILztapr4wOwJ6HMfv9L-qYFQfAxKjqv_93DoV6jHUnyDb1tYlx0m8v6NrS_uABwKcjyb50sXuyK-d4BvggG_E406FvCnOoHFvD_T7_ENslEc3g8RJbnYakuxzWix2_keibiX83XlnQN3kt8/w640-h640/air%20purifier.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was in a large supermarket recently and thought what are we doing? Trolleys full of absolute rubbish masquerading as food, (I can not believe I ever bought that chemical soup named margarine instead of butter) and all covered in tons of single use plastic.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shelves rammed with cleaning products that are harmful to marine life when swilled down the drain, and air fresheners containing carcinogenic chemicals to be sprayed into the air. </div><div style="text-align: center;">People taking massive amounts of medication and barely able to function.</div><div style="text-align: center;">What are we thinking?</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Re medication, not calling all medicines, most are amazing and the discoverers are geniuses).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WJbiGeAHTx8LUUEdMd8RCsGc_8jMGqa8-7INeIxE9Ok4n6XCwbuywSHxSTFnn6SQuIvNjT_dVqykf2CkXPjrbijLlkPa9Ake01J9TCXWj6WhztwQLaAuuhZRH2fTBcO5j5HTmtzC9MtgXtCoGHZKF4BxV7eg0HVI0w7caUa98uQURBUkCcurL33JDGU/s680/briiv%20clean%20air.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="680" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WJbiGeAHTx8LUUEdMd8RCsGc_8jMGqa8-7INeIxE9Ok4n6XCwbuywSHxSTFnn6SQuIvNjT_dVqykf2CkXPjrbijLlkPa9Ake01J9TCXWj6WhztwQLaAuuhZRH2fTBcO5j5HTmtzC9MtgXtCoGHZKF4BxV7eg0HVI0w7caUa98uQURBUkCcurL33JDGU/w640-h386/briiv%20clean%20air.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think people are starting to want the basics in life to be better, cleaner, healthier, more natural.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like eating clean but applying that idea to all of life's basics. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Water without added chemicals, cleaner air, more natural foods (see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QOTBreQaIk" target="_blank">Dr Chris Van Tulleken's</a> eye opening take on this).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPl-f-8PnOV2-tmkzQDadOofE_lAb9j6tmk7kZhGk6L-kEQxQJDRX6Nvi7q2viy068ujIypbYBqoCH-djyA4-eGz5OpvoaANTg4-cMKvdj1p-6WrJ9GuzqJ5bZxaB_6n0DQ4SglW5ICpRFsJuwGAng6AO4SKi6F2iiDKFvPxLZJ0eebWCtwoQ3jUAWXJo/s5000/BRP_16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3335" data-original-width="5000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPl-f-8PnOV2-tmkzQDadOofE_lAb9j6tmk7kZhGk6L-kEQxQJDRX6Nvi7q2viy068ujIypbYBqoCH-djyA4-eGz5OpvoaANTg4-cMKvdj1p-6WrJ9GuzqJ5bZxaB_6n0DQ4SglW5ICpRFsJuwGAng6AO4SKi6F2iiDKFvPxLZJ0eebWCtwoQ3jUAWXJo/w640-h426/BRP_16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So my Briiv is totally part of this clean living aim, cleaning the air, removing dust and any toxins. I open the windows at the back to let fresh air in but for the rooms at the front, with the road it is impossible.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The little Briiv can clear a 4m x 4m space in 21 minutes which is pretty impressive, and suspect would be very good if you had anyone with allergies calling round.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKva4PJg0L9NrXPZCVzkNo5Qn_f9LlKaa8pUZiHuXxF2JkCOLOWuk8nKJugVxQPeJqS8v-EGVNzlIEuTeuq9ku5E6UtwGfskqMo9zHxqjoZ8zX5R6WSbO_XmdjaSxWt3ryvj5RDFCXyly2xvifcficH_O_nsC6qneJsAYYrv92yT3PjKXqc-Zm2KMIBY/s680/briiv%20air.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clean living" border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKva4PJg0L9NrXPZCVzkNo5Qn_f9LlKaa8pUZiHuXxF2JkCOLOWuk8nKJugVxQPeJqS8v-EGVNzlIEuTeuq9ku5E6UtwGfskqMo9zHxqjoZ8zX5R6WSbO_XmdjaSxWt3ryvj5RDFCXyly2xvifcficH_O_nsC6qneJsAYYrv92yT3PjKXqc-Zm2KMIBY/w640-h400/briiv%20air.png" title="Briiv" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The new Briiv Pro currently looks even more impressive.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a look <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/briiv/briiv-pro-unlock-the-power-of-plants?ref=1gzhki">here</a> at what it can do.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a more techy version but the thing I like the most is it's canary mode where it detects pollution in the atmosphere and adjusts it's purification level.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It still uses an incredibly small amount of electricity to run it. If you have it running for 6 hours a day over a year it will only use £3.52 worth of electricity in a year!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So my opinion after a having a Briiv for a year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's still not the cheapest to initially buy but</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is still the best home air purifier available by a mile.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is still the best looking one by a very wide margin.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Beats all the others on sustainability.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is the cheapest to run.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love it.</div><span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-64324829894176702692023-07-21T11:02:00.004+01:002024-02-01T20:01:16.551+00:00KICK START YOUR HOME MAKEOVER IDEA AND A KAIZEN JOURNAL<p style="text-align: center;"> Kaizen the Japanese philosophy of small continuous improvements achieve big results.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha86A2r3QBu9MDM0vNXv3AEk06ugq9nE9AOekylli_5dJnoDW0hBkl2aqbAfgfClObMeXqOgnPDQpGuDv6zDGlD2wdS-7nE4sYpN-BPUI8YHH7PG2dlLs7JRchWM9EnHGcC3s0Tr1qfU_Jja-5uqPp4Um1bCi_wGRUUyMVJ8yY8waxCCfLOk4D2uEUxsg/s4160/IMG_20230720_124815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Black and white kaizen notebook journal at home" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha86A2r3QBu9MDM0vNXv3AEk06ugq9nE9AOekylli_5dJnoDW0hBkl2aqbAfgfClObMeXqOgnPDQpGuDv6zDGlD2wdS-7nE4sYpN-BPUI8YHH7PG2dlLs7JRchWM9EnHGcC3s0Tr1qfU_Jja-5uqPp4Um1bCi_wGRUUyMVJ8yY8waxCCfLOk4D2uEUxsg/w480-h640/IMG_20230720_124815.jpg" title="Kaizen Japanese philosophy notebook journal to record home and life improvement" width="480" /></a></div><span></span><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: center;">Our brains are wired to resist change so any change, no matter how much it's wanted, can look daunting and be overwhelming. It's easy to procrastinate and never actually start anything, well that can be me. Something that needs tackling... best have a quick look at my phone first, this scenario, on repeat. </p><div style="text-align: center;">The Japanese business philosophy of small continuous improvements combined together achieve big results makes everything less daunting. Doing something small towards your goal is far easier than attempting a big life shift.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And if you journal your improvements, you can see how much you have achieved and it can throw up some pointers on life sticking points.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have set myself a kaizen challenge.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The two things (of many) I want to improve in my life are, my house, and my life in general.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've decided to do at least one thing every day to renovate my home and one thing to push my life forward. It doesn't matter how small they are because.... small continuous improvements combined together achieve big results.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm writing these small changes in a journal, using a page for each day and add the days date. It's a paper notebook, it feels more real with actual ink on paper.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yXI1Qsy0gYJVgIPVI6iSMP3N-LMvr56-1kvjXH2Fq5b80-mNOxNu_WW7INkG2uxUkl9PM8E9tOTXyB1vPn8i48ls_Z1iye2T8z7NF0ln89okWcBOuKZrggu5zgTFZBBXB3Vt1f5Fg5P27pCet0qqhSCRbZDilT3xRFss67i9hhKjdmK-bKP0IREnwA8/s5375/nik-guiney-asQmJZWmfgM-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5375" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yXI1Qsy0gYJVgIPVI6iSMP3N-LMvr56-1kvjXH2Fq5b80-mNOxNu_WW7INkG2uxUkl9PM8E9tOTXyB1vPn8i48ls_Z1iye2T8z7NF0ln89okWcBOuKZrggu5zgTFZBBXB3Vt1f5Fg5P27pCet0qqhSCRbZDilT3xRFss67i9hhKjdmK-bKP0IREnwA8/w434-h640/nik-guiney-asQmJZWmfgM-unsplash.jpg" width="434" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wont rest until my house looks as perfect as this one... it's a long way off this at the moment.<br />Photo thanks to <a href="https://unsplash.com/@nguiney?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Nik Guiney</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Recording the small steps lets you look back and see exactly what you have achieved. This is especially useful for DIY as a lot of time, when a problem is fixed, it's forgotten about, and you forget the actual progress that's been made.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also keeping a diary of these small things can throw up what is stopping you moving forward. Having started making myself do something, I have noticed what stops me starting things is I hate asking people for things, so constantly put it off. It's ridiculous! Even quotes for jobs or things people have already offered to do. I appear to avoid asking like the plague.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted some things for a project and I know a shop regularly throws them out. I wanted that stuff and I was happy to pay them for it. A win for both, I'd get what I wanted for a cheap price, they wouldn't have to pay for it's disposal and would get money for it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I really didn't want to ask!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was in the shop, hadn't done or put anything in the journal to push my life forward, so I made myself ask if it was possible...</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are saving it for me, and I'm going to pick my first lot up tomorrow! And they couldn't have been nicer about it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcIAXil2AIdmhpP7MtGbVJK6c7qy5gWwYCFxcbe8qq9BRXwuZ4C94fWVoKli-lxQInKu-boUciUr71vb6OG9qsIE1dqLXtP-KkgXrTgbrOsvfv6OE52MOWfisgxbyXc_aMyxTvtMDVC1l2fOyuUXd3Rh_nB_oyCHasWfw59XD6_Y1xdKmfZRNSpjb1FU/s4361/oliver-sjostrom-CihXnvELE00-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Man winning at life, hanging off a yacht in the sunshine waving a rucksack" border="0" data-original-height="4361" data-original-width="3489" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcIAXil2AIdmhpP7MtGbVJK6c7qy5gWwYCFxcbe8qq9BRXwuZ4C94fWVoKli-lxQInKu-boUciUr71vb6OG9qsIE1dqLXtP-KkgXrTgbrOsvfv6OE52MOWfisgxbyXc_aMyxTvtMDVC1l2fOyuUXd3Rh_nB_oyCHasWfw59XD6_Y1xdKmfZRNSpjb1FU/w512-h640/oliver-sjostrom-CihXnvELE00-unsplash.jpg" title="Aspirational lifestyle" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is it a step too far to aim to be the female version of this chap? Photo thanks to <a href="https://unsplash.com/@ollivves?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Oliver Sjöström</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The house improvements, are all small and currently the house hasn't taken a huge leap forward, but the first steps have been put in place that have to happen, for the big things to happen, so things have actually started.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Small niggling things have been done purely because I have had to do something each day, such as painting large numbers on the recycling bins, a very small win but it will save time every fortnight sifting through the piles of recycling boxes to find my own.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>Small life changes such as filling holes in my wardrobe, you know the missing items of clothing that your wardrobe needs to function properly, like the outfits (and I use that term very loosely) that looked okay with certain shoes but now need certain trainers. Instead of procrastinating and having that vague thought circling my head, I went on to <a href="https://www.vinted.co.uk/">Vinted</a> and filled one of these wardrobe holes.</div><div>On a side note, how cheap is <a href="https://www.vinted.co.uk/">Vinted</a>, it's incredible the low prices, it's like the early days of eBay. It doesn't have any fees so people are selling things for as little as a pound!</div><div>Jeans that have been waiting to be altered for months, have been altered, because I had to do something to put in my journal. </div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I look back, and I have only been doing this for two weeks, I'm surprised at all the small changes I've made and immediately forgot about, the small things you subconsciously register as needing doing, gone, they have been done.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipoZjMZ6ID_w8YJzT9YQwFSpRTYDAlyj30d8OQ3WVILpjYaTl-nNzsFiEHyQAWK6NLscscEF7dvtbRProCHqdiRO_CBAPNb5lV1KGDqT68lOxZQMoTS6XDF-6_Usq5sS5uS4KnP0Gm8MEgS8HmbVzIU1Wil_m9RQBNgp7R78ZYOrEsitV_RNe9D-wWfhI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipoZjMZ6ID_w8YJzT9YQwFSpRTYDAlyj30d8OQ3WVILpjYaTl-nNzsFiEHyQAWK6NLscscEF7dvtbRProCHqdiRO_CBAPNb5lV1KGDqT68lOxZQMoTS6XDF-6_Usq5sS5uS4KnP0Gm8MEgS8HmbVzIU1Wil_m9RQBNgp7R78ZYOrEsitV_RNe9D-wWfhI=w267-h400" width="267" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was so impressed with how this was working I designed this <a href="https://amzn.to/43zRk7e">notebook</a> above for this.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Obviously any notebook can be used as a Kaizen journal but if you want a specific one with a prompt reminder on the cover, (and how cool is that typography). It's £4 or $5 and has 90 lined pages with a space for a date at the top of each, perfect for three months of journaling small kaizen wins. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Click <b><a href="https://amzn.to/43zRk7e">HERE</a></b> if you would like to buy one (or four if you want one for each season).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2020/09/blogging-about-small-stuff-kaizen.html">Old small kaizen wins post</a>.</div><br /><br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-63929425096410088252023-07-07T13:00:00.001+01:002023-07-07T18:56:51.130+01:00HOW PUT A TV WHERE THERE IS NO POWER OR AERIAL <div style="text-align: center;"> If you want to have a TV on a wall where there isn't an electrical outlet socket, there is an easy and cheap solution and it doesn't involve an electrician.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixe3f1cBe6bGopqKHnTzzAaOWoRPAKM4M-MMiH-u6oPvWkz9eI5N-CPBO75kvj2ywNhedGy3iHrcqBIpX3oBP5sH1T-cn6GT60gGVGMjNlX675o2mKe4EcZ26OpuHqj6GTfD7lAd8FnEDAcGPNHUTGXnTusdnA0jX8XaqE8rWjR80p3aXb-FbyB5PuTHY/s2000/jens-kreuter%20television.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="television in living room" border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixe3f1cBe6bGopqKHnTzzAaOWoRPAKM4M-MMiH-u6oPvWkz9eI5N-CPBO75kvj2ywNhedGy3iHrcqBIpX3oBP5sH1T-cn6GT60gGVGMjNlX675o2mKe4EcZ26OpuHqj6GTfD7lAd8FnEDAcGPNHUTGXnTusdnA0jX8XaqE8rWjR80p3aXb-FbyB5PuTHY/w640-h360/jens-kreuter%20television.jpg" title="television in living room DIY" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jenskreuter?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Jens Kreuter</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">And it only costs around £30.</div><span></span><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">For ages I just had a small television stuck in an alcove at the side of the fireplace but I could see the perfect place to house a TV (and a bigger TV) was on a wall opposite the fire place where it could be clearly seen from two sofas. Unfortunately that wall didn't have a single electrical outlet anywhere near it and was miles from where the aerial cable came in (I've since ditched the satellite dish with it's aerial, here's that <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2021/05/how-to-turn-old-tv-into-smart-tv-or-how.html">how to blog post</a>).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Knowing that to get power put into a wall where there isn't any is always a bigger job than you think, I thought I'd try and find an easy and low budget solution.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It turned out to be so simple that I can't believe I didn't do it before.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.d-line-it.com/trunking/">D-Line trunking</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4_TiOX4_5ZwwYaOvkcD-09QOQOMtZsSfEwjRQFkJcAruSojeI3F79cHutYP0s3j5sEbEG73u85JStFdKyvE8alZtzfXKxSpaZG8s1ATofQCpcMWMWT9SS2G6vBAJjfwzeobbVfD1o-WgrLJtUeY86RyJHDHkNvtCSr4fOhhnyDXZkxoOE2IGB-Ieinqc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hiding cables" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4_TiOX4_5ZwwYaOvkcD-09QOQOMtZsSfEwjRQFkJcAruSojeI3F79cHutYP0s3j5sEbEG73u85JStFdKyvE8alZtzfXKxSpaZG8s1ATofQCpcMWMWT9SS2G6vBAJjfwzeobbVfD1o-WgrLJtUeY86RyJHDHkNvtCSr4fOhhnyDXZkxoOE2IGB-Ieinqc=w640-h428" title="easy how to install cables with no electrical skills, home DIY" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Truly brilliant self sticking, curved top trunking that hinges open to let you hide cables inside.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It sit's just above the skirting boards and door frame and with it's rounded top, it blends in.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once you have installed it, you wont notice it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It can be sanded and painted to blend in. My skirting boards and door frame are white so I left it in it's natural state, and just painted the last part that goes up the wall from the skirting board to the TV.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-tlkJeTszqczaflMeuqzwxTfG9q4IN_ZvpmABvKlovWjJdSxClz6oOuWYSUAixATSJEXLg8cMa-uX0kZxqlD7ccs-OSmpmMwXt0OYczyRKmawzwnqTbyCcOfVDrfiYP2eZKMTkAIZ6WBELlfokx1C0hV4FevVio9XEi6oqnSOff-Ythqc6KrONwCe0fI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="living room cables hidden" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1240" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-tlkJeTszqczaflMeuqzwxTfG9q4IN_ZvpmABvKlovWjJdSxClz6oOuWYSUAixATSJEXLg8cMa-uX0kZxqlD7ccs-OSmpmMwXt0OYczyRKmawzwnqTbyCcOfVDrfiYP2eZKMTkAIZ6WBELlfokx1C0hV4FevVio9XEi6oqnSOff-Ythqc6KrONwCe0fI=w640-h360" title="hiding television and electrical cables DIY" width="640" /></a></div><br />And an <a href="https://amzn.to/3JAkLz8">extension lead</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's all you need.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No more television rammed in to an awkward space.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: center;">Here's the more detailed how to.</h4><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1 - Look at your skirting boards and door frames and follow the shortest route from your power supply, sky box/aerial etc to where you want your television to be and measure that route.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">2 - Buy an electrical extension cable to that length with I'd say a minimum of three sockets (gangs).</div><div style="text-align: center;">I used a three gang one so I could plug in the TV, <a href="https://amzn.to/43bqv99">Roku</a> and a spare for the <a href="https://amzn.to/3XEKyfd">X-Box</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">2 - If you are using an aerial, buy an aerial cable extension to that length.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">3 - Measure the width of the cables you are using so you know which size trunking you need to fit these in. If you only need the electrical extension lead, that looks best as the trunking is so small.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">4 - Measure the straight edges the trunking will have to go along and look at the corners, make a note of how many left and right corners etc you need. It usually works out cheapest to buy a D-Line kit with various parts but you can buy extra pieces if you need them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">5 - Cut the lengths to size, it's easy to cut with a small hack saw, and stick them to the wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">6 - Attach the corner pieces.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">7 - Put your cables inside and your good to go.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the links to the different sized <a href="https://amzn.to/3JK6M9O">D-line packs.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwEL-ForCntP50MF5sINH_VcEKphbRgMSi62spukJIVWJK-sSLHyDRb2zeNAsqN7cOwg8ixMlYUqVR5brAHZMf9_EBOCh11x_DdHCxgu3aWQSJHQK0n3DSWRk9HLkXkkCQXN42m3PQU2TGWw60U7JGC7kuqkVVTWbwZRuArwVKI4Y3cYVdWgkCjMEAwdQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="My TV on living room wall" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="536" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwEL-ForCntP50MF5sINH_VcEKphbRgMSi62spukJIVWJK-sSLHyDRb2zeNAsqN7cOwg8ixMlYUqVR5brAHZMf9_EBOCh11x_DdHCxgu3aWQSJHQK0n3DSWRk9HLkXkkCQXN42m3PQU2TGWw60U7JGC7kuqkVVTWbwZRuArwVKI4Y3cYVdWgkCjMEAwdQ=w640-h480" title="TV installed in my living room. Home DIY" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before the trunking was painted.<br />(I hung the TV on the wall, sure it's going no where but books and DVD's for support).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The TV electrical cable goes down the wall inside the trunking, there is a gap between that trunking and the trunking that goes along the skirting board, this is where the extension socket and plug join. Mine sits inside a little basket under the radiator cover.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can buy the D-line trunking from many places such as Screwfix and Amazon, if you buy from the Amazon link above I receive a 3% commission. </div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-30474550453367579152023-07-03T15:51:00.002+01:002023-07-04T13:26:54.571+01:00HOMEWARE BASICS AT MORRISONS<p style="text-align: center;"> Where to shop for low priced home basics?</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXcFyNLF3mNoeg7MRNehd1BUF9NitgOKkZ_HB_cIUlNZtM4dWcWW7TGsZvMkcPIHQ1ljPHKoSYqfXvDGiII-OqYFJaAUp3Ywj_rrPMbyKIMLMoW4KBd0bLs1nlULksd6NFjV0bmILWJM5ujFuvg1Wq7X998ixIlaux7vwUdYy7ca4modo7dLIBejhLivo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bathroom" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="514" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXcFyNLF3mNoeg7MRNehd1BUF9NitgOKkZ_HB_cIUlNZtM4dWcWW7TGsZvMkcPIHQ1ljPHKoSYqfXvDGiII-OqYFJaAUp3Ywj_rrPMbyKIMLMoW4KBd0bLs1nlULksd6NFjV0bmILWJM5ujFuvg1Wq7X998ixIlaux7vwUdYy7ca4modo7dLIBejhLivo=w640-h362" title="Modern bathroom" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">I haven't shopped in <a href="https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/getBrandShop.go?tags=105651%7C166274%7C160193&shopId=50559">Morrisons</a> for ages, but recently me and a friend were trawling the junk and charity shops (thrift stores) in a nearby town and she asked if we could stop at the Morrisons supermarket as she had seen they had a silicone toilet brush and holder for £3.50, didn't they used to be £30 from Joseph Joseph? </div><div style="text-align: center;">I know, calm your envy at the thrilling lives we lead.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They did have the toilet brush, but also lots of other really good home basics at the lowest prices.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It might be worth a look if you have a student going off to university soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Beautiful, quirky Lisbon.</div>
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It is in the heart, but on the edge of the Alfama district. The oldest and most traditional area, which is all little winding streets with quirky bars, restaurants and fado music everywhere, the pink building in the first picture is the <a href="https://www.museudofado.pt/en">Fado Museum</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Being on the edge of the area, it's just a couple of minutes walk to the sea and an easy walk to the main tram terminal, train station and city centre.<br />There's lot's of handy tuk-tuks parked in the square by the Fado museum too.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The apartment looks great, simple, practical Ikea décor, just what you want for a group sharing. There is nothing worse than unnecessary clutter in a rental.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The living room in the photo above is large and had a good, new sofa bed for the seventh guest.<br />You could easily sleep eight if two share the sofa bed as it's massive.<br />
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Kitchen with a large fridge, full size cooker and a washing machine, handy if you are flying with hand luggage only on Ryanair (tiny bag allowance).</div>
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The wall directly behind where this photo is taken is a full blackboard chalk wall which looked pretty cool, especially as the more artistic guests add decoration.</div>
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The unusual and best thing for a group of friends booking an apartment was,</div>
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three bedrooms but each with two single beds.</div>
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But for a group of friends ideal.</div>
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If I ever own a holiday apartment, this is the one idea I would pinch.</div>
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Between that and nosing at the passing cruise liner walking tours, I was rarely off that balcony.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also the owner Sofia sent us lot's of practical info beforehand such as where to get train tickets and prices, which was very much appreciated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What we did.</h2><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weather was perfect, it was September and we all lived in mini skirts and t-shirts or little dresses teamed with converse or similar to aid the miles of walking, <span style="text-align: left;">but not so hot you are breaking into a sweat or need a hat or sun cream.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">This is some of the things we did which I would definitely recommend, and do again if I ever go back.</span></div>
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People throwing down rugs and selling random cr**,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">artists, jewellery, mad vintage, to boho hippy silk clothes.</div>
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Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.4359729999999912.203021 -86.05316049999999 90 79.18121450000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-1972016169138561412023-06-08T11:26:00.007+01:002023-11-16T21:32:04.425+00:00HutVintageGB NEW ETSY HOME STORE<p style="text-align: center;">Hut's new Etsy vintage homeware store <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/HutVintageGB">HutVintageGB</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqHb8dErrisXASdbcS6AgMG4_M-svTUp7dXAPYl4Rx9cTkd0Hn07JnS-4m3JLuO709Ts752oklm-4GIC1tXICnQWroOFI6-6yyEAHDtanOt3M_HjvyMFxh9dBYkw3dsyB3KEv8VwiOvIgisRk0G0vGdY5qy_5QpsQ45CrHEWkIf3aPUAzQzPEU9Ey/s4854/All%20home%20decor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Interior design, living room" border="0" data-original-height="4854" data-original-width="3883" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqHb8dErrisXASdbcS6AgMG4_M-svTUp7dXAPYl4Rx9cTkd0Hn07JnS-4m3JLuO709Ts752oklm-4GIC1tXICnQWroOFI6-6yyEAHDtanOt3M_HjvyMFxh9dBYkw3dsyB3KEv8VwiOvIgisRk0G0vGdY5qy_5QpsQ45CrHEWkIf3aPUAzQzPEU9Ey/w512-h640/All%20home%20decor.jpg" title="interior design living room" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">So I've opened an online Etsy shop and I'm so excited about it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Re-loved and vintage.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The hunting out vintage treasures and opening boxes is a great thrill and taking remarkable restraint not to keep it all for myself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">And new home decor</h3><div style="text-align: center;">When HutVintageGB has a pop up shop or stall, I have small extra treasures like these knobs and door stops. Love a boho trinket.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhcH-9yBPsA8kP2EYP7yWdLgpPCRtSOQ11ax6EqMMeB1KTAcDziB8AdKh-_XJSMGucIsHNirPETbH-CUnPk0zd_k4OIpzsF92NZcEc90AeMbnGcLR3uKVT2o-t54ihBG4I3p3QSyTMdNRhkygx4yh0rhszZ6sKyXE7l_YYCmFa8mzPXBW_0ecHO5w/s900/white%20neutral%20door%20knobs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="neutral coloured ceramic door knobs" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhcH-9yBPsA8kP2EYP7yWdLgpPCRtSOQ11ax6EqMMeB1KTAcDziB8AdKh-_XJSMGucIsHNirPETbH-CUnPk0zd_k4OIpzsF92NZcEc90AeMbnGcLR3uKVT2o-t54ihBG4I3p3QSyTMdNRhkygx4yh0rhszZ6sKyXE7l_YYCmFa8mzPXBW_0ecHO5w/w640-h640/white%20neutral%20door%20knobs.jpg" title="neutral coloured ceramic boho door knobs" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsvd_m63rtf9c4y2LslhYXMkfE4tuzcXtBEvcbIuRwutQTiMncK5nQ78VSXbEk1oQVyib44l-IuT6G5MF0cZeH_uQ5GyZ3_TL3vzGI-0EvbJWI6ybYXaEgo6Ve4shZr32omlwI5bkQ1uK68b1pDFm4-8wzD2dQzDw_aaM7NPgQH50VczqYjdpJz7H/s1100/white%20buchanan%20studio%20mirror.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Designer vintage distressed white mirror" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1100" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsvd_m63rtf9c4y2LslhYXMkfE4tuzcXtBEvcbIuRwutQTiMncK5nQ78VSXbEk1oQVyib44l-IuT6G5MF0cZeH_uQ5GyZ3_TL3vzGI-0EvbJWI6ybYXaEgo6Ve4shZr32omlwI5bkQ1uK68b1pDFm4-8wzD2dQzDw_aaM7NPgQH50VczqYjdpJz7H/w640-h372/white%20buchanan%20studio%20mirror.webp" title="designer vintage distressed white mirror" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">NOW SOLD.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo taken from watching Elle UK's <a href="https://youtu.be/7_TGxJW5lAs">YouTube</a> channel which is ridiculously addictive.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is the occasional antique such as this distressed gold mirror.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbHSFHdTGVvuisSamh5VGD6M3oqGiRK5MFR2e9V3_ochCVON1AkppPYxjPqyulvd4dlf8vxU1AvsAN7QEEgPz4PxNN7kpwH1gRNDld7-BMnd5fkMKKlJzNLquiZzRHCsr1UfD4CrKQLNp_zkwOGXyVG-5OOkBQvwlFhnks2c02hBEuEdWQ406k1R6/s480/outdoor%20lanterns.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="vintage outdoor lanterns" border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbHSFHdTGVvuisSamh5VGD6M3oqGiRK5MFR2e9V3_ochCVON1AkppPYxjPqyulvd4dlf8vxU1AvsAN7QEEgPz4PxNN7kpwH1gRNDld7-BMnd5fkMKKlJzNLquiZzRHCsr1UfD4CrKQLNp_zkwOGXyVG-5OOkBQvwlFhnks2c02hBEuEdWQ406k1R6/w480-h640/outdoor%20lanterns.webp" title="vintage outdoor lanterns" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The good stainless steal type, they don't rust when left outside, they usually cost a fortune, these are £35 for the pair.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4X4by7zVUuL2SCA-IEB1wNXMJEclQuUMdClVvuecf26RT4Zncx6UOdu3-g5eT-Xrvy-ZY2m2bEBdOYIt1XxG3UVG7mMvDmNWxsqRRJKXL_gT7ajqACs_hfNjRt7AvcZPUp0Bj_Cvey9l__d9643M188Qnr1D7d27dcM9JsOPCeWyAsCl1zmGz_hO/s480/shell%20picture%20frame.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="crustacean picture frame" border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4X4by7zVUuL2SCA-IEB1wNXMJEclQuUMdClVvuecf26RT4Zncx6UOdu3-g5eT-Xrvy-ZY2m2bEBdOYIt1XxG3UVG7mMvDmNWxsqRRJKXL_gT7ajqACs_hfNjRt7AvcZPUp0Bj_Cvey9l__d9643M188Qnr1D7d27dcM9JsOPCeWyAsCl1zmGz_hO/w480-h640/shell%20picture%20frame.webp" title="crustacean picture frame in neutral colours" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Shell picture frame, a nod to the current crustacean trend in a sustainable way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Art</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_yQC_0ZJqMazlCyOUD8fq4qaW-hAL7a3Y4MIdqCnkZ281eRBoL58e9v474WmrFNMQAFAFlrRnSdxOfA8Nya2fc1enviTwAtMGn2jf4XdyhuoaA-qCj_Prfdd7O9NgCbyTU3sfSuigxjBDZxMSQ3OJr6hx39bUYqTXsDehjgPJ7LeBbxD_VsF4vXO5/s480/David%20Shrigley%20anatomy.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="David Shrigley art prints cheap" border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_yQC_0ZJqMazlCyOUD8fq4qaW-hAL7a3Y4MIdqCnkZ281eRBoL58e9v474WmrFNMQAFAFlrRnSdxOfA8Nya2fc1enviTwAtMGn2jf4XdyhuoaA-qCj_Prfdd7O9NgCbyTU3sfSuigxjBDZxMSQ3OJr6hx39bUYqTXsDehjgPJ7LeBbxD_VsF4vXO5/w480-h640/David%20Shrigley%20anatomy.webp" title="David Shrigley art prints cheap" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">David Shrigley prints in an affordable way, another for the pop up shop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Coming soon</h2><div style="text-align: center;">New things are being added all the time, such as cushions made from the roll ends of designer fabrics, making them a fraction of their other wise price.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26KTCm34DnsgnBJN2ezwj7vSYL7OKRg1xYtpc2bnjKa0HGTetw0hyo2QZi8-9j8LZjnVM6aQtCpRjlgTXowBmIHRBRsX0GZqOWkocl-BOox10yWNYyOdmSj-trtdGbI6GMGG9z0BHf4U9LukiIaZmAFyOgEBX4D7AnbsLs5rNwcbm--iK9NBB3WPv/s2557/multiyork%20asmara%20tiedye%20cushion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Black grey white mustard designer fabric cushion" border="0" data-original-height="2557" data-original-width="2507" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26KTCm34DnsgnBJN2ezwj7vSYL7OKRg1xYtpc2bnjKa0HGTetw0hyo2QZi8-9j8LZjnVM6aQtCpRjlgTXowBmIHRBRsX0GZqOWkocl-BOox10yWNYyOdmSj-trtdGbI6GMGG9z0BHf4U9LukiIaZmAFyOgEBX4D7AnbsLs5rNwcbm--iK9NBB3WPv/w628-h640/multiyork%20asmara%20tiedye%20cushion.jpg" title="black grey charcoal white mustard designer fabric cushion" width="628" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They will be sold with a choice of the cushion cover only or complete with a feather filled inner pad.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There will soon be lots of beautiful every day items too. Simple but beautifully designed things that are made to withstand the rigours of life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And all are dispatched in packaging with the lowest environmental impact possible.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you like it, and please keep popping back as the stock is changing all the time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for looking.</div><h4 style="text-align: center;">HUT</h4><div style="text-align: center;">Interiors that don't cost the earth. </div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-80142592007011901832023-05-02T11:15:00.002+01:002023-07-04T14:20:28.725+01:00THREE IDEAS ~ FRUGAL ENERGY SAVES<div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Defrost frozen food in the fridge</b>.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6LgBiawH02qolJf9uF1Jo0K6rBtnT3I3s3Q41c8HLqaEnXnyWx-6LHyz_PzRvNGI0ydNbBVxAt5nWA9UYkj4xEvZqc-InO6nHm8Ih3Ju_7X8clmcb34iXprZey4IM08BmsZwF6wakbzQoZjzV1jfUM-yCZpfWq1CPVbcK_PXLBYnjfB6dwtTrrc3/s5815/Thrifty%20energy%20saving%20in%20the%20kitchen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Money saving fridge tip" border="0" data-original-height="5815" data-original-width="3877" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6LgBiawH02qolJf9uF1Jo0K6rBtnT3I3s3Q41c8HLqaEnXnyWx-6LHyz_PzRvNGI0ydNbBVxAt5nWA9UYkj4xEvZqc-InO6nHm8Ih3Ju_7X8clmcb34iXprZey4IM08BmsZwF6wakbzQoZjzV1jfUM-yCZpfWq1CPVbcK_PXLBYnjfB6dwtTrrc3/w426-h640/Thrifty%20energy%20saving%20in%20the%20kitchen.jpg" title="Money saving fridge kitchen tip" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/@jamillatrach?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Latrach Med Jamil</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/fridge?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">It cools the fridge down so the fridge uses less energy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is beyond me why I never thought of this before.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>How to use less power to cook rice and pasta</b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWu3y8_G47ayw3t13Iup3Vc-W53Esgz56OM-b_xsw2ZilW9fgx1Py_IHwggCF8dTingbvqTZ9gq-RPRl5edl4Zlzo9YhZhyclvQjnha-1hGFthqi7QDiSBk-K4KdLwxf995t6o27aljzkgRlji1JN2bF11KVjPNdBTo-A7JMEOTybFIFAtJYtID7IO/s6016/save%20energy%20cooking%20gas%20electricity.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="boiling pan" border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWu3y8_G47ayw3t13Iup3Vc-W53Esgz56OM-b_xsw2ZilW9fgx1Py_IHwggCF8dTingbvqTZ9gq-RPRl5edl4Zlzo9YhZhyclvQjnha-1hGFthqi7QDiSBk-K4KdLwxf995t6o27aljzkgRlji1JN2bF11KVjPNdBTo-A7JMEOTybFIFAtJYtID7IO/w428-h640/save%20energy%20cooking%20gas%20electricity.jpg" title="money saving cooking tips" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Get that pan lid on! Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@gaellemarcel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Gaelle Marcel</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/cooking-hob?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Add boiling water to your rice or pasta,</div><div style="text-align: center;">put the pan lid on and heat until it starts to boil then turn the hob off.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wrap the pan up in something to keep it warm,</div><div style="text-align: center;">such as three thick tea towels,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(use your judgement, you don't want anything catching fire from touching the bottom of a red hot pan).</div><div style="text-align: center;">Leave it like this for the remainder of the usual cooking time and then it should be perfectly cooked.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Note ~ I have found I need to use about 25% less water with rice this way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This works so well, I am going to make some kind of pot cover to just shove over the pan.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I found this tip on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@GarethZoeWildcamps/videos">Gareth & Zoe wild camps</a> they use this at home but I think this would be great for <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2018/07/camping-and-best-festival-toilet.html">camping</a> too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Update - I have just used this method with new potatoes and it worked perfectly, I am never leaving the gas on to boil anything again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Run your washing machine at a lower temperature</b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7maL6Atf0d3uwdb3skACSyElT-Lm8x-hMNsvUKshDO5w32b8-xPUDlp_MoXZsFLZNe8b3gd33At6jNuATvoBXqNgay6RK_dXGszh539mx8suTwD_N4vrlGt0iSCIGeXTyeioUuWkY7kARH6dK5UDc2Gi39G2jaZ7geClVLEQRnTeO9hIs4nAJlbVc/s5708/save%20money%20washing%20laundry.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="washing machine in laundry room" border="0" data-original-height="3805" data-original-width="5708" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7maL6Atf0d3uwdb3skACSyElT-Lm8x-hMNsvUKshDO5w32b8-xPUDlp_MoXZsFLZNe8b3gd33At6jNuATvoBXqNgay6RK_dXGszh539mx8suTwD_N4vrlGt0iSCIGeXTyeioUuWkY7kARH6dK5UDc2Gi39G2jaZ7geClVLEQRnTeO9hIs4nAJlbVc/w640-h426/save%20money%20washing%20laundry.jpg" title="energy saving clothes washing idea" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/@planetcare?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">PlanetCare</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/washing-machine?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I'm aware that's a no brainer but apparently it costs the same to</div><div style="text-align: center;">run three washes at 30 degrees as two washes at 40 degrees.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's a way bigger energy save than I thought, it's like every third wash is free!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Small things,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but as they take zero effort</div><div style="text-align: center;">whatever energy they save,</div><div style="text-align: center;">is energy you don't have to pay for and gentler on the environment</div><div style="text-align: center;">so small wins.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-56905240710714391662022-07-08T19:25:00.003+01:002023-07-04T14:25:59.313+01:00BRIIV THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUSTAINABLE AIR PURIFIER<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO1f2lCUGBgubziSFrPL2pjozbblLdJ3Lx4zl39SbWy5KTgFnVeBdh6GjJEg2q1ujOBtdRoFcfhFqY3wQq4G-GbdMC99zOi8hpOnzWwRhaamBSo938BnCXtxTcCd2vlF9zZnlyRgkMrMmyM9CA1nKd29E-hdNpQBAEgZ92wdnYoNaPhM85lg431BKE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Briiv air purifier" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="564" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO1f2lCUGBgubziSFrPL2pjozbblLdJ3Lx4zl39SbWy5KTgFnVeBdh6GjJEg2q1ujOBtdRoFcfhFqY3wQq4G-GbdMC99zOi8hpOnzWwRhaamBSo938BnCXtxTcCd2vlF9zZnlyRgkMrMmyM9CA1nKd29E-hdNpQBAEgZ92wdnYoNaPhM85lg431BKE=w640-h336" title="Briiv air purifier for the home" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.briiv.co.uk/?utm_source=thisishut&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=outreach">Briiv</a> the most beautiful air purifier!</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">Air purifiers seem to be having a bit of a moment, they are cropping up everywhere. Every shop seems to be stocking at least one... and I was completely taking no notice of them (despite where I live, as you will see later), as every one of them was hideous.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd be as likely to park one of those in my living room as I would install vertical blinds!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Until this one.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This one is totally different, it looks like a small forest under a glass dome... Now I'm interested.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbGnyW4xXvfqTorEFKMaSUjMdLEKg6krTVP9jrxbsZMlHQZWYzmgLlue92bKURlzAUU4C_6BZc2eTk75Bnkd1RRCkCiJVM8piYUxlCv43eHTu7nHqwaHpupZdMXZu-kCDDgUTHyEej-YEnQKgsoNfV3dAmq87s_dVgfvD2N7Orugvv-BXtfON0vXJM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Briiv in a forrest" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="564" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbGnyW4xXvfqTorEFKMaSUjMdLEKg6krTVP9jrxbsZMlHQZWYzmgLlue92bKURlzAUU4C_6BZc2eTk75Bnkd1RRCkCiJVM8piYUxlCv43eHTu7nHqwaHpupZdMXZu-kCDDgUTHyEej-YEnQKgsoNfV3dAmq87s_dVgfvD2N7Orugvv-BXtfON0vXJM=w640-h426" title="Briiv in nature with trees forrest" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's not only beautiful, it's as eco friendly as it's possible to be, completely playing into my <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/search?q=goop">Goop</a> lifestyle fantasy, but also what I particularly liked, it being this blog, it costs a mere £2 A YEAR to run!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even if by the time this post is published, the cost of electricity has doubled or even tripled, that is still astonishingly low.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's proper eco green too, not just green washed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The air is filtered through reindeer moss, coconut, carbon and silk all of which will naturally biodegrade when finished with as opposed to HEPA filters which are going to sit in landfill for centuries. The plastic is made from elephant grass and the glass is the easily recycled type, and for the 4% which wont easily melt back into the earth, trees are planted to off set this.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The all natural replacement filter pack costs around £35 and is good for one year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2xU40NJgS4CuBQgAsCCz0-Bay67jaOqyTWhFLygLUFfK3VU_ASb7ac9h4aYzTOcU63E9V_XoDraQPfDJP-MqidVft_N-KYMr_RlciDRHxGQkkPhDYer-zrZWLvoDuMtDCt2aACGJ29KoHS8DKHj6zh-DlHhKu86FzU9V0FqNvNimZKRpJgWRJgjnp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Briiv eco product parts" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2xU40NJgS4CuBQgAsCCz0-Bay67jaOqyTWhFLygLUFfK3VU_ASb7ac9h4aYzTOcU63E9V_XoDraQPfDJP-MqidVft_N-KYMr_RlciDRHxGQkkPhDYer-zrZWLvoDuMtDCt2aACGJ29KoHS8DKHj6zh-DlHhKu86FzU9V0FqNvNimZKRpJgWRJgjnp=s16000" title="Briiv eco product parts filters" /></a></div><br />So mine arrived, nice packaging!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaR6qTXeePPCXq5WDUimi78QW8AUt-VACVXlchMb5HC3isSqMHN3-_x6oW7a3HI9skgc6ZidqYhMds4Xd7Fcfe1H_rXE2Ir9Iywl4Uci33ZkALVHrlajmNjTLi_RCnxhydxP_DoXFRdv9KK2PkGY481GnQigRKsmnALSaVeHOFEx2Tf39ntuLfJsj/s4160/Briiv%20air%20purifier%20unboxing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Briiv packaging" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaR6qTXeePPCXq5WDUimi78QW8AUt-VACVXlchMb5HC3isSqMHN3-_x6oW7a3HI9skgc6ZidqYhMds4Xd7Fcfe1H_rXE2Ir9Iywl4Uci33ZkALVHrlajmNjTLi_RCnxhydxP_DoXFRdv9KK2PkGY481GnQigRKsmnALSaVeHOFEx2Tf39ntuLfJsj/w480-h640/Briiv%20air%20purifier%20unboxing.jpg" title="Briiv eco packaging" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">and, ooh</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2nUPXeRJBmGH9ygQc1wDCFBt4UXELM1txXwQfWP0NA-XdyFuveVe9sDCW2QgKCOonj0F86PKZ6GTRrjdPOAJQNzRj8DoypoT5WRe7RQe1CL9TUan9r7QsrXR5ZGFgdMkhOHh63HgmoJyMp6yCCAbzSy0qicIPa0N3v6RyNC01dKH_vifgKpHr4dm/s4160/Briiv%20unboxing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Air purifier eco packaging" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2nUPXeRJBmGH9ygQc1wDCFBt4UXELM1txXwQfWP0NA-XdyFuveVe9sDCW2QgKCOonj0F86PKZ6GTRrjdPOAJQNzRj8DoypoT5WRe7RQe1CL9TUan9r7QsrXR5ZGFgdMkhOHh63HgmoJyMp6yCCAbzSy0qicIPa0N3v6RyNC01dKH_vifgKpHr4dm/w640-h480/Briiv%20unboxing.jpg" title="Air purifier eco designer packaging" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Not emitting a radiant light, I managed to overexpose this picture!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Every part of it is beautifully and sustainably packaged.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love attention to detail.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFsWyYJGzDG23CD0bNGErDA5hzyrNfXu7It8tW1pVrQCLbV4tMHEbDvpWn4YhfVDQMFF-GY5HZ6U6potPQXgdln9mOY4KQ4m7dhztTsp2RIqGwIb75DaWMiTiKF-C6OdaHl55SdxspGBmVIlzAWMvSbtx3bPC4R4_1d7VGmw44KgUrzXHotkzRCTK/s4160/briiv%20air%20purifier.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Air purifier in modern living room" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFsWyYJGzDG23CD0bNGErDA5hzyrNfXu7It8tW1pVrQCLbV4tMHEbDvpWn4YhfVDQMFF-GY5HZ6U6potPQXgdln9mOY4KQ4m7dhztTsp2RIqGwIb75DaWMiTiKF-C6OdaHl55SdxspGBmVIlzAWMvSbtx3bPC4R4_1d7VGmw44KgUrzXHotkzRCTK/w640-h480/briiv%20air%20purifier.jpg" title="Air purifier modern home lamp plant art scented candle" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purifying the air and looking good in the <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2018/08/living-room-budget-makeover-reveal.html">living room</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's really simple to operate to.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You just wave your hand in front of it and the easy control lights come on to press.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or you can download an app and control it from your phone.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Does it work?</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Apart from it totally playing into my <a href="https://goop.com/">Goop</a> fantasy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I need to know if it actually works.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I live one metre from a main road, so close, the highways agency actually has a pollution sensor attached to next doors house, it always reads high but acceptable.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's my front door, one metre of pavement, metal fence, busy road.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The back though is the total opposite, greenery, parks and just 100 metres away, the Lake District National Park border, recently named a world heritage site.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So windows can only be opened at the back of the house, but I still worry exhaust fumes may be leeching in the front.</div><div style="text-align: center;">How was I going to test if the Briiv worked?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was wracking my brain and then I watched <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfLMqMgAEBU">this</a> video</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ97i2YKRBqYQXe6JBn8LcQP54-BC3mp1k-tAFoA7Dnjdw_zPoFqptb0RAdW7hNuv5p2qidjhuWEUcY-KsujxLi0QSLa6zAvNHJXzoPfr_vA78gR2zOx25a9gNVHDp63ol4OXsqfP8Hg9rw6vlz81QOZwOYN-W-OtneFo4S8W9GxJgcPWaX30cJPbw/s300/Briiv%20does%20it%20work.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Briiv smoke test" border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ97i2YKRBqYQXe6JBn8LcQP54-BC3mp1k-tAFoA7Dnjdw_zPoFqptb0RAdW7hNuv5p2qidjhuWEUcY-KsujxLi0QSLa6zAvNHJXzoPfr_vA78gR2zOx25a9gNVHDp63ol4OXsqfP8Hg9rw6vlz81QOZwOYN-W-OtneFo4S8W9GxJgcPWaX30cJPbw/w400-h224/Briiv%20does%20it%20work.jpg" title="Briiv clean air test" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Yep, that definitely works, and fast!</div><div style="text-align: center;">There's more videos and much more information on the <a href="https://www.briiv.co.uk/?utm_source=thisishut&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=outreach">Briiv</a> website,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I'm a convert. I love it, and I'm convinced it's removing the exhaust fumes I was worrying about and all for less than £40 a year for filters and energy!</div><div style="text-align: center;">To buy it, it's not the cheapest on the market, currently selling for £300 but it's expensive for a reason as it's head and shoulders above the others.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was kindly gifted mine but I wasn't obliged to sing it's praises, if I didn't like it or think it worked, it definitely wouldn't be featuring on this blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also watch out for it appearing in the background of a fab Awake Mind & Body yoga video (will link here very soon) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvyh98igBPYwmrjBgRYvNSZc7ItjaKfHhKzETD_o8e-e8sCsE2TJtZRzMHQUZ4SfFX_28OThqYKw_Q0DWwyGis9-bh9MLUVdOSFry_zglW3rcwYDUsVMGUxz0maCrJyDDTE-669ibVM4FFtha3I3IQEl2a2Nmso1iboo4M7q0fmWH82fozp4GeFyge" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Forrest nature green" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="564" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvyh98igBPYwmrjBgRYvNSZc7ItjaKfHhKzETD_o8e-e8sCsE2TJtZRzMHQUZ4SfFX_28OThqYKw_Q0DWwyGis9-bh9MLUVdOSFry_zglW3rcwYDUsVMGUxz0maCrJyDDTE-669ibVM4FFtha3I3IQEl2a2Nmso1iboo4M7q0fmWH82fozp4GeFyge=w320-h213" title="forrest nature green natural" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-63089038815957377262022-05-27T15:21:00.008+01:002023-07-04T14:30:10.610+01:00TURN STANDARD WOODEN CLOTHES HANGERS INTO TROUSER HANGERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSI7Sx_RQkiMeTANn4w_tyoReQDmzztrhiRgJ0IiTU2PQC-x4yD7BIMhTLu6zew7ZU81KjgseepoMWRfmIBOO30X0kK0mLQKfJavtSLZThf6gx8QIkwWAJHuNRmlxGcLhxceddcRSKBiBnymsJAO2HE2729ZucuTBew_J2cTcS8_KG8icsVbHu_Znn/s4160/how%20to%20hang%20trousers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="jean on a diy trouser hanger" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSI7Sx_RQkiMeTANn4w_tyoReQDmzztrhiRgJ0IiTU2PQC-x4yD7BIMhTLu6zew7ZU81KjgseepoMWRfmIBOO30X0kK0mLQKfJavtSLZThf6gx8QIkwWAJHuNRmlxGcLhxceddcRSKBiBnymsJAO2HE2729ZucuTBew_J2cTcS8_KG8icsVbHu_Znn/w480-h640/how%20to%20hang%20trousers.jpg" title="jeans natural hanger boho style hooks" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Storage solution.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jeans need to be seen!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><div>They need to be in clear sight, to spot at a glance,</div><div>the high waister, the cropped, skinny, un hemmed ankle grazer, boot cut...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hanging trousers over standard hangers drives me mad, I have to pull out about five different pairs of black jeans until I find the pair I am looking for (I know first world problems). And <a href="https://thisishut.blogspot.com/2019/02/marie-kondo-and-mrs-hinch-trend.html">Mari Kondo</a>'s idea of rolling them into a small ball and stuffing (mindfully placing) them in a drawer, unless you are living in a campervan or out of a <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2018/07/camping-and-best-festival-toilet.html">rucksack</a>, is insane!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have about a billion standard wooden hangers and this is the easy and as you'd expect, cheap way I found to turn them into trouser hangers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/43nv4Ox">Metal clothes pegs</a> and cable ties.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFhfgkJHj_zgKZNTsm8yLJsm-gnquaPpmU5ACI_fv8Kl-hSOdyKQBRHzf-KoiFpnuLOLv_o2vHcG6PNSdi-3nvDPsSCsAbEXjfb_kY_4aiEdf1Vgno6iBjT-ZgsdaIvsGiYV793xuOQpl5v06fAK_Kil19ABa0FP4-ndqQJK3CV6uH4rd8peaI20O/s4160/DIY%20home%20storage%20solution.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="wooden coat hanger metal clothes pegs" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFhfgkJHj_zgKZNTsm8yLJsm-gnquaPpmU5ACI_fv8Kl-hSOdyKQBRHzf-KoiFpnuLOLv_o2vHcG6PNSdi-3nvDPsSCsAbEXjfb_kY_4aiEdf1Vgno6iBjT-ZgsdaIvsGiYV793xuOQpl5v06fAK_Kil19ABa0FP4-ndqQJK3CV6uH4rd8peaI20O/w480-h640/DIY%20home%20storage%20solution.jpg" title="wooden clothes hanger metal clothes pegs black wall white table" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Just loop the cable tie through the top of the peg and around the bottom of the hanger and cut off the excess with scissors.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhIIEwov05XGiVqcKs4WOdyfco3vApGrMV8dq3TXuIlB_fbTerPoQihwbRowreHS47hVOAPQrZZ9QPBUntGOP2ke6Xs1wlTBqpBoKC3ArhphANVCVGCbwplg3Q4-emVWSmtaUen1iwbkogHRjW3wH8rcqzIuKpp9m8RkV2nQCyKZNRm6W9Q8NOVZc/s4160/how%20to%20store%20multi%20pares%20of%20jeans.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="clip on trouser hanger" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhIIEwov05XGiVqcKs4WOdyfco3vApGrMV8dq3TXuIlB_fbTerPoQihwbRowreHS47hVOAPQrZZ9QPBUntGOP2ke6Xs1wlTBqpBoKC3ArhphANVCVGCbwplg3Q4-emVWSmtaUen1iwbkogHRjW3wH8rcqzIuKpp9m8RkV2nQCyKZNRm6W9Q8NOVZc/w480-h640/how%20to%20store%20multi%20pares%20of%20jeans.jpg" title="easy cheap trouser storage idea" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">They work really well and hold even the heaviest of jeans.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYJM85buhvAMaqVd9BDk_Py030PgdOdM8FTksgEwizKWFI5x1IBjVtsAdZwxmAYYZhTcaFuYibWQpzlf9-ob7jYcNLwPJMsrqBHkcsuEW_WV1XGK-4G9yWywkIq9nmHiTQ2tvcuMhxzi7eGUZkj90zPtPg6l7OMIdCWbPEIx_d4HHM3DYepBKya2I/s4160/how%20to%20store%20jeans%20so%20you%20can%20see%20them.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="jeans in wardrobe" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYJM85buhvAMaqVd9BDk_Py030PgdOdM8FTksgEwizKWFI5x1IBjVtsAdZwxmAYYZhTcaFuYibWQpzlf9-ob7jYcNLwPJMsrqBHkcsuEW_WV1XGK-4G9yWywkIq9nmHiTQ2tvcuMhxzi7eGUZkj90zPtPg6l7OMIdCWbPEIx_d4HHM3DYepBKya2I/w480-h640/how%20to%20store%20jeans%20so%20you%20can%20see%20them.jpg" title="trousers jeans storage solution budget easy simple" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not the <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2017/11/budget-walk-in-wardrobe-makeover.html">wardrobe</a> of George Michael, I just seemed to have styled it that way for the photo!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I used cable ties I already had in from repairing a trampoline but you can pick up a pack of 100 white ones (probably less visible than black) for £2 at <a href="https://amzn.to/3Cb6cOi">Amazon.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I used <a href="https://amzn.to/43nv4Ox">metal pegs</a> I already had in, when I bought them they cost around 10p per peg which is a great price for something which could last a life time, buy less buy better is something I am definitely trying to do,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3A7Drzx35IOTq_bYOC3XXUjT79isDNPMAF8SKaoF6J079H0wN1dkRXiI8t-r5FbFzup9rKfPktEoeybCSY0vZOklpBT8Q7hC8jRTQccmqvBQ15CmXNJ9A7FVNZD4GkPvhNla94TIA-m7CuqJ3q50HQ6UBeTAiNRXHDgluyhn18B2KNSbvwcENTT6a/s4160/metal%20clothes%20pegs%20cheap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="metal clothes pegs" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3A7Drzx35IOTq_bYOC3XXUjT79isDNPMAF8SKaoF6J079H0wN1dkRXiI8t-r5FbFzup9rKfPktEoeybCSY0vZOklpBT8Q7hC8jRTQccmqvBQ15CmXNJ9A7FVNZD4GkPvhNla94TIA-m7CuqJ3q50HQ6UBeTAiNRXHDgluyhn18B2KNSbvwcENTT6a/w480-h640/metal%20clothes%20pegs%20cheap.jpg" title="metal clothes pegs, eco long lasting, frugal, classic design" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a deep love for every day items that are really well designed and also beautiful, and metal clothes pegs are all of that.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I realise I have hit peek interiors geek-ness with that comment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Next storage solution I'm looking for,</div><div style="text-align: center;">baskets that fit on standard 20cm wide shelves and aren't for a baguette!</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's what the google search brings up, who is buying those?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-23559489448691012162022-05-13T20:02:00.008+01:002023-05-09T09:53:51.910+01:00ART PRINTS, WALLPAPER & WALL MURAL DISCOUNT CODE<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWpRwGkWaiCYWsJ9jQJ2cZ6_8U4hMLb0xIWCQlleR2dYtlU_HTi1KBHPICqQ6gpVloRC8U_H9rHZpTkinnawXKhlqJtd-_yXTen5kxa1AVGFPNyMF10oxcwp4ZZ8lr0bJZfFH9gmGnopW67xfOKMN-HTBsV4Pe7AokR7gxyOch3VO9MdT1xvxecAdq" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1440" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWpRwGkWaiCYWsJ9jQJ2cZ6_8U4hMLb0xIWCQlleR2dYtlU_HTi1KBHPICqQ6gpVloRC8U_H9rHZpTkinnawXKhlqJtd-_yXTen5kxa1AVGFPNyMF10oxcwp4ZZ8lr0bJZfFH9gmGnopW67xfOKMN-HTBsV4Pe7AokR7gxyOch3VO9MdT1xvxecAdq=w640-h274" width="640" /></a></div><br />25% discount code PLUS free shipping</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">I'll give you this first in case you are already a fan of <a href="https://www.photowall.co.uk/">Photowall</a> and are just here to grab the code offer</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Discount code thisishut25 (sorry now expired)</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is valid for three months and I'll just add a few #s to help google find it #wallpaper #mural #interior #art</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> If you have been reading this blog for a while (thank you)...</div><div style="text-align: center;">you will have seen most of my 'art' is whatever I have been able to bodge together, and wallpaper is usually something <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2017/11/budget-walk-in-wardrobe-makeover.html">ferreted from B&M</a> in the hope it's a 'dupe'.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So when Photowall asked me to do a collab and would give me a voucher to spend on their site I was over joyed!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Prints, frames, canvases, really cool wallpaper and murals!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I really fancied a wall mural for my sons room but decided on some framed prints to go all around the house instead.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I love them, they arrived really quickly too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what I got!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll show you Photowalls proper pics first so you can see them as they look, not how I badly photograph them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyppMYcipIRbt5by05QyVBQwPJ3csuxmdd9Wz_ZsC_6AGvRUlKMKM5g6oIamyCAfQCWZZUfwGiC6vPFkWWNs337-45pz0uWiQQ4cKMnNRQ0B73g_f3burOtErEfY0KGz_FILf9ISqZ6djAVL8k62SkTN5HP6OgVbmgFDOlHA6_ZzgHIDV6NgjMz0bM" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1440" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyppMYcipIRbt5by05QyVBQwPJ3csuxmdd9Wz_ZsC_6AGvRUlKMKM5g6oIamyCAfQCWZZUfwGiC6vPFkWWNs337-45pz0uWiQQ4cKMnNRQ0B73g_f3burOtErEfY0KGz_FILf9ISqZ6djAVL8k62SkTN5HP6OgVbmgFDOlHA6_ZzgHIDV6NgjMz0bM=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.photowall.co.uk/search?q=prada+marfa&tab=wallpapers">Prada Marfa</a></td></tr></tbody></table>I love this.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you haven't seen it before, there is an art installation outside of Marfa in America, it's a fake Prada shop, it's been on the Simpsons and every celebrity seems to have been photographed in front of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the TV show Gossip Girl (I've never seen it), the props people created this design on a light box showing how many miles from New York to the installation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lot's of people loved it and it has been copied so many times.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I chose this to go in my <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2018/03/budget-hall-makeover-or-aiming-for.html">hall</a> as you walk out of the bathroom to replace the...</div><div style="text-align: center;">just did what I could to make it less bleak when I moved in, home printed on A4 Banksy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQdQlslXAlBTIWBrpCz8jiOQxNLsv_T_sm58mCTaaUxQaRsuG1B7_7EfaJCzQ6dYZmA4Xmne_ALssLOxDwZy-j3rt0WGjvpXLWzKuFq5VmDMlLQ1aJ_xbldZEY8p8xUbcK7bevU4x9qbxrG6U5Umqxk3lJNonVbWkKAMYY-sKMdTsS4_Efvp0GE_8/s3968/Printable%20Banksy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQdQlslXAlBTIWBrpCz8jiOQxNLsv_T_sm58mCTaaUxQaRsuG1B7_7EfaJCzQ6dYZmA4Xmne_ALssLOxDwZy-j3rt0WGjvpXLWzKuFq5VmDMlLQ1aJ_xbldZEY8p8xUbcK7bevU4x9qbxrG6U5Umqxk3lJNonVbWkKAMYY-sKMdTsS4_Efvp0GE_8/w480-h640/Printable%20Banksy.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFxcN2D_d_XLNSq9Lad2me1Nvfuao-QUhYHVzWHcH1BKBli8SGl-2th09EczPnZmfcnEi5_cA1Cy9OvW8AfpCa17kozQduSAusQjkT_kN9jguXIKIBrlovWtzWziVWkPGNewC6dMk_rZGEHbh6A8oyTZ1tq7K7KN8vsXBruHguuIv0zuTlZKFsmy_/s4160/Prada%20Marfa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFxcN2D_d_XLNSq9Lad2me1Nvfuao-QUhYHVzWHcH1BKBli8SGl-2th09EczPnZmfcnEi5_cA1Cy9OvW8AfpCa17kozQduSAusQjkT_kN9jguXIKIBrlovWtzWziVWkPGNewC6dMk_rZGEHbh6A8oyTZ1tq7K7KN8vsXBruHguuIv0zuTlZKFsmy_/w640-h480/Prada%20Marfa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Much better, sons pull up bars left in for realism, (forgot to move them).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnkMDMyqzwHzaPKyt-KEN3NmhciD-NQRMQzBJW0lvrKLqh3OOUEytIhe76KcyzUvSeWZXWe6hO-zVeFYG6wIYwFzRZcINajMepKuYTGeR6pivDz48J7d_v6l22Pj0Jv3cGg-t0KTW7l0UPenNWUnEznfDkn0Eh9FehRSdKeVk2kFiCpCiDibL19dUB" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1440" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnkMDMyqzwHzaPKyt-KEN3NmhciD-NQRMQzBJW0lvrKLqh3OOUEytIhe76KcyzUvSeWZXWe6hO-zVeFYG6wIYwFzRZcINajMepKuYTGeR6pivDz48J7d_v6l22Pj0Jv3cGg-t0KTW7l0UPenNWUnEznfDkn0Eh9FehRSdKeVk2kFiCpCiDibL19dUB=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.photowall.co.uk/hello-pink-poster">Hello Pink</a></td></tr></tbody></table>This one is actually my favourite and it's the one I was most unsure about.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted to add some colour to my black kitchen, replacing this black and white canvas below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsq277NCrZWSvPCfb_3FS2hF_A84heVp76I_M2w_RPJIfiU9YT5y_A_2mjrNqU0lLHM7PFg26PiiU-8XA0iyLD-phNTtATQEaUMcIido2JZ46LloaA0gorDXP7deYfJ7kVluxvMiZmNEAUtQwsEbweRtxHfCC3td4pZQIHHMcscNle8OM4MK49GdmH/s4160/kitchen%20before%20and%20after.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsq277NCrZWSvPCfb_3FS2hF_A84heVp76I_M2w_RPJIfiU9YT5y_A_2mjrNqU0lLHM7PFg26PiiU-8XA0iyLD-phNTtATQEaUMcIido2JZ46LloaA0gorDXP7deYfJ7kVluxvMiZmNEAUtQwsEbweRtxHfCC3td4pZQIHHMcscNle8OM4MK49GdmH/w640-h480/kitchen%20before%20and%20after.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I chose it with a white border and a black frame.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNuXegDCHz0qdGDdCxSzMsEBJeS2ERIPbDroWPBhSg86MhZHIKvpCzHQYdexqLxyy4De698TGB5K34qUSSo65dtzgcVxiUeDt9YFzPAficIyFvKxelctgG0oMM9Z7Pz1l4ddIKDQrq845Jzq6ppNicmBv2BJTnuilkNn5fG-21ekX75v4DWgQc-t6/s4160/art%20in%20kitchen%20flowers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNuXegDCHz0qdGDdCxSzMsEBJeS2ERIPbDroWPBhSg86MhZHIKvpCzHQYdexqLxyy4De698TGB5K34qUSSo65dtzgcVxiUeDt9YFzPAficIyFvKxelctgG0oMM9Z7Pz1l4ddIKDQrq845Jzq6ppNicmBv2BJTnuilkNn5fG-21ekX75v4DWgQc-t6/w640-h480/art%20in%20kitchen%20flowers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Love, love, love it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqUNNDgqeIs9_woPk925r2potrYcPzf7PzPo8FJ31hu6a1e5qSc5iA6jR3MKd6CZQ8DQ98zXEd5U0yKWxxTG8N5ddykzjHkGqDCBp0FF1OElVqNkREH8HElSpRa0nLrbRN0OSFvtZOYk6smVVz3DtAF_84XYpGxdAdqIDoX4K0RE9_MbgPmqTm2ct/s4160/pink%20art%20black%20kitchen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqUNNDgqeIs9_woPk925r2potrYcPzf7PzPo8FJ31hu6a1e5qSc5iA6jR3MKd6CZQ8DQ98zXEd5U0yKWxxTG8N5ddykzjHkGqDCBp0FF1OElVqNkREH8HElSpRa0nLrbRN0OSFvtZOYk6smVVz3DtAF_84XYpGxdAdqIDoX4K0RE9_MbgPmqTm2ct/w640-h480/pink%20art%20black%20kitchen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next one I love but I made a mistake and learnt a design lesson.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLwH7Vjfmfw8VK7T16j3MBx4Amn6RElqt-8GUEWbn6ru7-h7P4jPyu399dsSQ_6g4JX51EKPv9wWkHjv9N6GGyLRx8PDsqVBhaYCWsw2BXaiq0jzE_y0f0nKgOnVtYiPoPndhoRt7YBbk8xNH8V5QVjlRwjsRxhw3pFp6cV0_65RTgJWIyBQ3TOQEZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1440" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLwH7Vjfmfw8VK7T16j3MBx4Amn6RElqt-8GUEWbn6ru7-h7P4jPyu399dsSQ_6g4JX51EKPv9wWkHjv9N6GGyLRx8PDsqVBhaYCWsw2BXaiq0jzE_y0f0nKgOnVtYiPoPndhoRt7YBbk8xNH8V5QVjlRwjsRxhw3pFp6cV0_65RTgJWIyBQ3TOQEZ=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://www.photowall.co.uk/dancing-poster">Dancing.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the look of this old American road sign pointing to a dance venue (I'd hazard a guess the venue has a floor to ceiling pole). I thought I would put it pointing into my office/work room where there is zero likelihood of a pole.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I found if you are going to get a slightly jokey print, get a small one, not the biggest one you can lay your hands on. It just looked very wrong on a large scale pointing into my office.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The classic black frame I ordered with it is spot on though, and I reframed a 'piece' of my own 'art' with it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8uJ5Kywqrp_BGIDzCfzvBBr4tVW9riFqSKVxTxJZohTtutoz4iOlYeqf6wx9y-UkrjfzCOwKp-PuNVRBNmcu5xdm3PTW822W4l07Pi2Xbt_1nQD0YjTQ46jK3WW3ZrW9d3kCGTkhrxTl8Tk2mNNYke49-dm4skKax8WqQWLMsYuZ63y7jNPK0XcW/s4160/Hand%20made%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8uJ5Kywqrp_BGIDzCfzvBBr4tVW9riFqSKVxTxJZohTtutoz4iOlYeqf6wx9y-UkrjfzCOwKp-PuNVRBNmcu5xdm3PTW822W4l07Pi2Xbt_1nQD0YjTQ46jK3WW3ZrW9d3kCGTkhrxTl8Tk2mNNYke49-dm4skKax8WqQWLMsYuZ63y7jNPK0XcW/w480-h640/Hand%20made%20art.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Is that an actual Jo Malone candle beneath it?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes it is! Well the pot is, the dead candle has been removed and replaced with a £1.50 one from Asda.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fsavm3LDG_qOyy4eisq-nyN8rnJJHyDhGo6PFyM-Ibc7nYuOAvQ2ER8y4n9a3zelw8l_H0TOb7c7ZeaoYMZvOKFfogNaw5r9DjxFXA2yxseao0Y9OFF6M6v5xuPUNxdlI6m4u9tLZg_IJFRm0RqKTQInxNQniXIDmwcm3npk1NLA5OI-DSl6iSAT/s4160/Jo%20Malone%20candle%20dupe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fsavm3LDG_qOyy4eisq-nyN8rnJJHyDhGo6PFyM-Ibc7nYuOAvQ2ER8y4n9a3zelw8l_H0TOb7c7ZeaoYMZvOKFfogNaw5r9DjxFXA2yxseao0Y9OFF6M6v5xuPUNxdlI6m4u9tLZg_IJFRm0RqKTQInxNQniXIDmwcm3npk1NLA5OI-DSl6iSAT/w480-h640/Jo%20Malone%20candle%20dupe.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Fooling no one : )</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The next one, Oliver chose for his room.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I thank God they don't stock any of those rank super car posters.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWRxqi-A-K4vn4DrhQcy3pOQvD3IgTPgIL1l69aGqQKaQiEYQwLf1bJpKcAkiihycPfYNP2AleAhJ2Ytm7p4nmBHJ22xXMLnvKxtfv6zRqfw8dWjUNBlwRKhvwMqih1siy2wfBAqq_Z_EfDfiqmiE_d_w9TG-FeA2Ny-IHeuRVeeWIeK_5SccuuBxn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1440" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWRxqi-A-K4vn4DrhQcy3pOQvD3IgTPgIL1l69aGqQKaQiEYQwLf1bJpKcAkiihycPfYNP2AleAhJ2Ytm7p4nmBHJ22xXMLnvKxtfv6zRqfw8dWjUNBlwRKhvwMqih1siy2wfBAqq_Z_EfDfiqmiE_d_w9TG-FeA2Ny-IHeuRVeeWIeK_5SccuuBxn=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://www.photowall.co.uk/street-graffiti-wallpaper">Street Graffiti</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I say he chose it, what he actually did was spend ten minutes choosing loads he liked and when I asked him the next day to choose the one he wanted, I correctly assumed he would be too lazy to look again and was told "Any of them", good!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because I liked the street graffiti one best out of his selection and I added a poster hanger.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd never used a poster hanger before and these ones are so good.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Magnetized so you just put the poster between the wooden slats and it sits firmly in place.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also when I ordered the poster with the poster hanger, the poster arrived thicker and slightly rubbery so it hung better.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here it is hung in it's not final position.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSrFjalnu0Q1VbJJJqs80YQ-buzVyRJlfKjeOWcYWPqxmYFYCb_kShqabTin9C6U7sH3GeRFOkcJJYHqX6cpiqEk-m3hufN2mvtLkN3IdH0cwr5vB3mbD8hhqlorCdh6f6nvM0GiOdNVKjgXInJsQbzHfe9BryZ7l5pOheE-SD4ccXj0_OFjKkKKt/s4160/teenage%20graffiti%20print.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSrFjalnu0Q1VbJJJqs80YQ-buzVyRJlfKjeOWcYWPqxmYFYCb_kShqabTin9C6U7sH3GeRFOkcJJYHqX6cpiqEk-m3hufN2mvtLkN3IdH0cwr5vB3mbD8hhqlorCdh6f6nvM0GiOdNVKjgXInJsQbzHfe9BryZ7l5pOheE-SD4ccXj0_OFjKkKKt/w640-h480/teenage%20graffiti%20print.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It's to go on the wall above his bed but it's waiting to have textured wallpaper put up there first.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When you order from Photowall, it's really easy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can choose by design and format, poster, canvas, wallpaper etc.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The add to the cart button will stay black if it's not possible to print to the sizes you are choosing,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it changes to green for printable sizes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you find something really nice and at a great price with the discount code.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I'd say, even if you are looking for just art work,</div><div style="text-align: center;">take a look at their wallpaper and murals, they are amazing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also</div><div style="text-align: center;">#PhotowallSweden are an absolute dream to work with, that wining combination of completely laid back but 100% efficient. If you are a blogger etc and get the chance to work with them, don't hesitate!</div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-55439482665331732302022-04-15T16:18:00.010+01:002023-05-09T10:03:15.640+01:00BRASS AND GOLD TABLES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqoZv9v0fR5YgKuTzODh6wyOWUn-Qe8iq6f1-gDgYtNF1h-sM_ns9RDyz6_V0mGWJtCTTXp1ZGJAUB2MJ5mY-XsJUNpR_sn_0LY6NoQtV2kdS919SNOKSy2CcjEORktrKBaL9QgVqVKgRY6Q5dKSNS4gLziV9CQoZ97W3oBlWaVIllU5-2sr0k9Lw/s2240/brass%20table%20interiors%20blog%20uk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqoZv9v0fR5YgKuTzODh6wyOWUn-Qe8iq6f1-gDgYtNF1h-sM_ns9RDyz6_V0mGWJtCTTXp1ZGJAUB2MJ5mY-XsJUNpR_sn_0LY6NoQtV2kdS919SNOKSy2CcjEORktrKBaL9QgVqVKgRY6Q5dKSNS4gLziV9CQoZ97W3oBlWaVIllU5-2sr0k9Lw/w640-h360/brass%20table%20interiors%20blog%20uk.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"> Love a brass table.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They fit into any style, from ultra modern, to lux or boho. So adaptable, they look right almost anywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOMMVOuraLu3aYvpcKi0VpjoDUUXoCiSOCDmzvgecrllvDbHhBlj5B_VTzIzDLtgH0FlY2bgtq4GAFx-Lo0HSMG9lHXSvJcy0WCoJA2tc0XAbT0OE3UzC3_nV4T2xo-3wMm5MnRrA71lIPiE01XPIU7RSsB1kcIjKeRgm6tysM6VNDxA-iED3NuGO/s4160/Lux%20brass%20table%20plant.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOMMVOuraLu3aYvpcKi0VpjoDUUXoCiSOCDmzvgecrllvDbHhBlj5B_VTzIzDLtgH0FlY2bgtq4GAFx-Lo0HSMG9lHXSvJcy0WCoJA2tc0XAbT0OE3UzC3_nV4T2xo-3wMm5MnRrA71lIPiE01XPIU7RSsB1kcIjKeRgm6tysM6VNDxA-iED3NuGO/w480-h640/Lux%20brass%20table%20plant.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you recognise where this brass table is situated, you have stayed in some very nice places!<br />(I was just passing through working).</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">For most items I would usually try and hunt down a vintage or second hand one,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but with brass tables, I'd say don't bother.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The vintage ones I have come across are always either ultra shiny or just a bit weird and not in a good way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2020/03/budget-gardenyard-before.html">A few years ago</a>, I really wanted a brass, low, <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2020/04/lock-down-house-and-garden-diy.html">garden</a> table Sainsburys were selling, it had a brass tray top and black metal legs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I'd get a vintage, traditional middle eastern brass tray table instead, as these type of things usually out last new cheap furniture.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Found one on eBay not too pricey and when it arrived, the brass tray had a massive Nefertiti head embossed on it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Absolutely hideous! And straight back on to re-sell.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's probably still circulating on eBay to this day, being cunningly photographed to screen out the tat for tourist Nefertiti design.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are the new! Decently priced brass tables I have found.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">First mine (and my favourite) from <a href=" https://www.bgastore.uk/textiles/new-products/">BGA Stores</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeH2ZngwlU_yP4JwxcNl1OjxauLUvKAjqsYneNt-HUCn5XLh3fW2HrvxmdWthSbCkaA8UcCQlZJDBuZv1AeOGRqpw6Dmf0VqDfXhuT-JPEAuS2G9n6DELFFKR8_KxwJ2Gf5J4A5WEDZw5uNnDutftObtlPykyyZkLQ5JR89yDMPSA4lwR8f8mI5fc/s4160/brass%20table.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeH2ZngwlU_yP4JwxcNl1OjxauLUvKAjqsYneNt-HUCn5XLh3fW2HrvxmdWthSbCkaA8UcCQlZJDBuZv1AeOGRqpw6Dmf0VqDfXhuT-JPEAuS2G9n6DELFFKR8_KxwJ2Gf5J4A5WEDZw5uNnDutftObtlPykyyZkLQ5JR89yDMPSA4lwR8f8mI5fc/w480-h640/brass%20table.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't it a beauty, £60 and currently on offer for £53, <a href="https://www.bgastore.uk/soffbord-venezia-48x48-cm-massing">here</a> for that link.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the style I keep seeing cropping up in very designery places, Michelle Ogundehins office for one, spied on Interior Design Masters.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This one's really good quality with a muted brass finish and a brass coloured mirror top.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love it, they also have a larger, lower coffee table sized one for £106.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.oliverbonas.com/furniture/decorative-etched-metal-side-table-316730?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping%20UK&utm_term=1401653&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgMqSBhDCARIsAIIVN1V9e1LEEe2-6_opxENuSE3Q1ViJV2-pzbsJ2Ckwqafl-iP8KlsAuEYaAivCEALw_wcB">Oliver Bonas</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHqVoB6j9VFQdkU0TubS8W8rrTGet23goAbgFQf_Y_WJlDtz5Eu39bz78NysZ5vbJgyANTB8ZQMv6yHadn4hbwQa4HiFGkuDd_3B-RqcNdHZsy0StiR13sQgs4MS9UcZjEbYEleq4GPCYNdsK3dxK2FzE6JV3GcBWFdkB8V9eHP1xDLdf0AJ5iTZa/s641/Oliver%20Bonas%20brass%20table.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="513" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHqVoB6j9VFQdkU0TubS8W8rrTGet23goAbgFQf_Y_WJlDtz5Eu39bz78NysZ5vbJgyANTB8ZQMv6yHadn4hbwQa4HiFGkuDd_3B-RqcNdHZsy0StiR13sQgs4MS9UcZjEbYEleq4GPCYNdsK3dxK2FzE6JV3GcBWFdkB8V9eHP1xDLdf0AJ5iTZa/w512-h640/Oliver%20Bonas%20brass%20table.webp" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At £85 for a side table, this is possibly heading into the slightly pricier range but I think these brass tables will be around for a while and if they dip out of fashion, it wont be long until they swing back in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also just look at that Oliver Bonas easy styling, it's just tin foil! Watch out for me 100% stealing that idea soon for product photography.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't expect to find a brass table from <a href="https://abigailahern.com/products/basel-side-table-small?variant=32901977309280&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&utm_source=&matchtype=&device=c&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgMqSBhDCARIsAIIVN1U1DJ-H_Q0LeVKwKJ1OnBE1cz1gTWycQUcXj0r_WE3kfqjiPAz-S7IaAlWTEALw_wcB">Abigail Ahern</a> for under £100,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but look at this beauty, £90.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0G6WqoqKqZXUGbB5lQ_NXW29o7A_7Dmt629lrPG5ssJ0hV-uE8mlmAAmuHwlp58pYp9JLibfg4FeFr1dpwvA9dEbQtHoijpy1jWiAOagGBINHPALJ8Eez_9OF1pzIc9tXZk_c5RWvOe22dTVhwhfnHnYJ-mtT2R0czjusQMKLAAuCj6TVEuMjrPB/s236/abigail%20ahern%20brass%20table.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="236" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0G6WqoqKqZXUGbB5lQ_NXW29o7A_7Dmt629lrPG5ssJ0hV-uE8mlmAAmuHwlp58pYp9JLibfg4FeFr1dpwvA9dEbQtHoijpy1jWiAOagGBINHPALJ8Eez_9OF1pzIc9tXZk_c5RWvOe22dTVhwhfnHnYJ-mtT2R0czjusQMKLAAuCj6TVEuMjrPB/w400-h400/abigail%20ahern%20brass%20table.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can turn the top up or down so it can hold things like plants or display things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I suspect this might sell out fast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brass drum tables!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love, love, love them, however often a bit pricey or if they descend to the under £300 mark can be a bit blingy and glossy. But not this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPoSSHGlfyltPwHJShMjhx37ERLR27pXwBfa5lB6vyObndpAejk-sNA0TtT3JIwBtLMR4PSPcdW25eUm99ZfuTKgD8YvdKBRMDm0tR__jitf19r9od0HuyKuCMejm6eSZOc-BYblxHeOItUvqFcMS95d2mEKv3Uu2ncHI534-aj7GzgK8Z3VhtKfI/s707/Brass%20drum%20table%20cheap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="707" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPoSSHGlfyltPwHJShMjhx37ERLR27pXwBfa5lB6vyObndpAejk-sNA0TtT3JIwBtLMR4PSPcdW25eUm99ZfuTKgD8YvdKBRMDm0tR__jitf19r9od0HuyKuCMejm6eSZOc-BYblxHeOItUvqFcMS95d2mEKv3Uu2ncHI534-aj7GzgK8Z3VhtKfI/w640-h640/Brass%20drum%20table%20cheap.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look at that! Beautiful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one is sold in a few stores, but the lowest price I can find it for is from <a href="https://olivias.com/products/ashta-coffee-table?variant=31641617694773&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=shopping&utm_content=bau&fo_c=3345&fo_k=42cff4fcb5e3eff57b9376a6ace4664c&fo_s=gplauk&g_network=u&g_productchannel=online&g_adid=591027506568&g_locinterest=&g_keyword=&g_campaign=account&g_adtype=&g_keywordid=pla-1649310324617&g_acctid=648-681-1925&g_ifcreative=&g_locphysical=1006894&g_adgroupid=133854259343&g_productid=31641617694773&g_source={sourceid}&g_merchantid=117528804&g_placement=&g_partition=1649310324617&g_campaignid=16766399757&g_ifproduct=product&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgMqSBhDCARIsAIIVN1XFa3SKVHwEcwEiHFiSURo_o7bSl2E-Vm5_cxx0UdDzZgS1Uf569cwaAkEmEALw_wcB">Olivia's</a> for £202</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've never heard of or used this company but they have it at the lowest price.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At £202, it's not the cheapest coffee table in the world but it looks like a way more expensive piece of furniture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also check for discount codes for Olivia's, they often have them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href=" https://www.bgastore.uk/Textiles/Bedsheets">BGA stores</a> kindly sent me a voucher to spend in their store and look what I got!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpLBG7MNWVBo_yZr6PUzhK_fYm0UXJhoR7sAsYnc7gvstX1qpd9cDgZAy2buMYTPIa92P6otwL2KZqDHVv81zzVBZhHWh04slLxky5kTIPdXrD5_mRcSW8W4QrzOEQZ_BIuNEgA1JX5L1uSO2HSmT5WneamrRDOOQLh6npxfgqbhCDTzW5Llz3W87/s4160/quality%20interiors%20bargain%20prices.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpLBG7MNWVBo_yZr6PUzhK_fYm0UXJhoR7sAsYnc7gvstX1qpd9cDgZAy2buMYTPIa92P6otwL2KZqDHVv81zzVBZhHWh04slLxky5kTIPdXrD5_mRcSW8W4QrzOEQZ_BIuNEgA1JX5L1uSO2HSmT5WneamrRDOOQLh6npxfgqbhCDTzW5Llz3W87/w640-h480/quality%20interiors%20bargain%20prices.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As well as the gorgeous table, that I had been coveting for a while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got... ever practical, a mattress protector, I needed one and this is a quality boofy one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An art print that will be appearing soon in a 'refresh'. BGA Stores sell loads of art prints and frames in all different sizes, in fact it's one of their main things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Had a photograph printed of the near by beach in mid winter with my dog in the distance, so happy to be running on the beach he's actually airborne.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That will be appearing in yet another 'refresh'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will definitely be using them again for printing, the quality is brilliant (more than can be said for a lot of printing companies) and they can print in loads of different sizes and good prices to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To do this it's in their section <a href="https://www.bgastore.uk/Enlargement/Development-Standard">enlargements</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They can also print your art prints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The outside house painting is still a next on the agenda item, it desperately needs doing, just waiting... and waiting for the highways department to get back to me about blocking a pavement for a day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fingers crossed it will be a yes you can, and the permit you need, oh no worries that's free : )</div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-33996255905471520672022-04-01T11:33:00.008+01:002023-05-09T10:14:07.131+01:00FAKING IT FOR UNDER £10 ~ SASH WINDOWS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3h7Q1Az05X2w7Pd3fJaTj1tchBFPdds1o82csmpttfUIaBPlJeW-ax3Vq9mb-Fufe6IVVH99_-vtmi4Fe4fMUTEPbsocJS7fJv0rKq0n9_w6y_Hkw_NKTlIadinzIMxDVqof8Djp5FCHbhli_tXrmqOhQNLzdWbsXgaGhK0Au4-0ySHgrdTpHaBTL/s2240/Faking%20sash%20windows.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3h7Q1Az05X2w7Pd3fJaTj1tchBFPdds1o82csmpttfUIaBPlJeW-ax3Vq9mb-Fufe6IVVH99_-vtmi4Fe4fMUTEPbsocJS7fJv0rKq0n9_w6y_Hkw_NKTlIadinzIMxDVqof8Djp5FCHbhli_tXrmqOhQNLzdWbsXgaGhK0Au4-0ySHgrdTpHaBTL/w640-h360/Faking%20sash%20windows.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">On my extensive house want list is,</div><div style="text-align: center;">solid wood sash windows!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've already had the top floor window replaced back to the original Victorian four pane design as it was single glazed, with rotting wood and a crappy secondary glazed sliding aluminium screen behind it, nice!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What to do with the lower bog standard uPVC windows until I can replace them?</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see from the pictures, the painting of the outside of the house is definitely a higher priority</div><div style="text-align: center;">and at the same time removing the ugly Sky dish</div><div style="text-align: center;">as I've found a very easy, cheap way to <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2021/05/how-to-turn-old-tv-into-smart-tv-or-how.html">watch TV without an aerial or dish</a> so thankfully that can now be removed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The before.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQic6dcodygSrHpTAmskFF5P5PI5q5tOD3w85XlCcrXnmqvpRqfTefNwkLifWOPyFfpnrcBHYqXmek6JWIT2p_Qr084QJS43QG0w1LU1J-f1IZVv0COEPj-dtum__z7e2xtuDo1IsUR9hbXFKUlEWkdLY5dH2ABbAQ46gmbsNsxvN7BoG8z2yPu-dQ/s2888/cheap%20fake%20sash%20windows%20before.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="1943" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQic6dcodygSrHpTAmskFF5P5PI5q5tOD3w85XlCcrXnmqvpRqfTefNwkLifWOPyFfpnrcBHYqXmek6JWIT2p_Qr084QJS43QG0w1LU1J-f1IZVv0COEPj-dtum__z7e2xtuDo1IsUR9hbXFKUlEWkdLY5dH2ABbAQ46gmbsNsxvN7BoG8z2yPu-dQ/w430-h640/cheap%20fake%20sash%20windows%20before.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, I am slap bang on a busy main road at the front,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the back is straight onto allotments, then a beautiful park and then the Lake District National Park,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so the house is a goodie, it just doesn't look that way from the pics.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hell at the front, heaven at the back.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Also the window cleaners were due, they aren't permanently that grimy).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had one piece of left over cable trunking from fitting the <a href="https://thisishut.blogspot.com/2021/05/how-to-turn-old-tv-into-smart-tv-or-how.html">TV to the wall</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and bought another 2m piece from <a href="https://www.screwfix.com/p/tower-upvc-white-self-adhesive-mini-trunking-25mm-x-16mm-x-2m/64026">Screwfix</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(love that store).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhtgomU-bUCfnwhdYdCKmfqi3-3JhFGsanrLs4-RHE9P6UKyQ4E22iMSy_9TLUONkASa3nyAesf1T6_SFVuhnyU5vpv1Ggtb0u5p0xFp1XDAOJUq6etLjh_GDsmVViDRjpGsQ9CmItoiq0Yw5smVrYbD4OrX9dGcF0axer3e8eUN4TiNTxxUqETuLf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="330" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhtgomU-bUCfnwhdYdCKmfqi3-3JhFGsanrLs4-RHE9P6UKyQ4E22iMSy_9TLUONkASa3nyAesf1T6_SFVuhnyU5vpv1Ggtb0u5p0xFp1XDAOJUq6etLjh_GDsmVViDRjpGsQ9CmItoiq0Yw5smVrYbD4OrX9dGcF0axer3e8eUN4TiNTxxUqETuLf=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Self stick mini trunking just £3.38 for a 2m piece.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cut them to size, trying to angle the cuts so they fitted flush with the existing uPVC,</div><div style="text-align: center;">peeled off the backing and stuck them on.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj12J3WZHepUVEfjYr0Qau-zRO6ngrvupuYgF2MGtQxQinLwilYOGEr7ZdXuEmhHD-qUjt_dUDwH1OS2f527r--xTPWRDiA9BYNDfU73cCrtf94fdmr28sXaRsda4PqfDpUhWDJqbb8wSlzdYGdMMlWA086wbjOv8qBCYlyWaplg7WBKL2FX54jE3H/s2978/faux%20sash%20windows%20after.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2978" data-original-width="1945" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj12J3WZHepUVEfjYr0Qau-zRO6ngrvupuYgF2MGtQxQinLwilYOGEr7ZdXuEmhHD-qUjt_dUDwH1OS2f527r--xTPWRDiA9BYNDfU73cCrtf94fdmr28sXaRsda4PqfDpUhWDJqbb8wSlzdYGdMMlWA086wbjOv8qBCYlyWaplg7WBKL2FX54jE3H/w418-h640/faux%20sash%20windows%20after.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not the sash windows of dreams (yet) but definitely makes the windows look less mismatched.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMILT3rd8GpKgFBiBoscqT3_Fr4ydjfNqoiMxsMkVJ9wkRNwpQzhElaWZ2nyCaj3p4m482CZErdHtdjqo6OUszWmkuLeUGnN3cDBn04RkbiIOYKStb6JHSxTvW_nVcGOc2RpXfQnyffbgFIQyxxOWKJrCq5585hk9tE_qSDyW47poBY09YPtGniMfF/s4160/traditional%20sash%20windows%20cheap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMILT3rd8GpKgFBiBoscqT3_Fr4ydjfNqoiMxsMkVJ9wkRNwpQzhElaWZ2nyCaj3p4m482CZErdHtdjqo6OUszWmkuLeUGnN3cDBn04RkbiIOYKStb6JHSxTvW_nVcGOc2RpXfQnyffbgFIQyxxOWKJrCq5585hk9tE_qSDyW47poBY09YPtGniMfF/w480-h640/traditional%20sash%20windows%20cheap.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Next job, contact the council to see if I can block the pavement with a scissor lift for a day and to find a painter brave enough to go up in it, fingers crossed.</div><span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-50000896082345415902022-02-20T20:58:00.008+00:002023-05-11T08:45:15.475+01:00I WAS SENT FREEBIES! REALLY NICE ONES!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgG0PupwBJmG387xPAgKWvUSQrOZHsA3hkmZJfKb1BFpuE3Tq3vFoh2X0yN9I947xCaIVeyxmrCBfDLVFZHjwlGV-T13iDPZA1Q8QbTd_1Ub8Br05GOIuYK_B7k8QkQ5bnnnyvCCf7i4Zjh5yLSJhFQ9Ib627whgjGwkN7O2cSV7bZ126ftsWzOUBrB=s4160" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgG0PupwBJmG387xPAgKWvUSQrOZHsA3hkmZJfKb1BFpuE3Tq3vFoh2X0yN9I947xCaIVeyxmrCBfDLVFZHjwlGV-T13iDPZA1Q8QbTd_1Ub8Br05GOIuYK_B7k8QkQ5bnnnyvCCf7i4Zjh5yLSJhFQ9Ib627whgjGwkN7O2cSV7bZ126ftsWzOUBrB=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice!</td></tr></tbody></table><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">I am always amazed when someone asks me this kind of thing...</div><div style="text-align: center;">If we send you this for free, will you review it?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well yes if it fits in with the blog</div><div style="text-align: center;">but mostly 100% yes if it's something I really want : )</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So first the selfie bag from the <a href="https://cottonbagco.co.uk/the-selfie-bag-from-cotton-bag-co/">Cotton Bag Company</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;">As the worlds worst photographer and the last person on earth likely to take a selfie,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but with a greedy eye on the spoils, I alerted them to these downfalls but said I'd try and see if it aided my truly awful product photography...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here it is,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg14vODe2f-LouOBrIIbQU4oLk-CV6e-GE6cQNm5jBQUhX4AQiw3goTldoAF0f0jXRU7GIwkCM6-IVSl7IcLH3JkIFdf0mw59yrAl0owGVpTDU6eGDeuse7pdaovFy-aaxxa1X0y0B-Dxnsm5uuWHco8gl_T2qfYbl_DQVpzg1Jb0vaNmMp-Ptftl_e=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg14vODe2f-LouOBrIIbQU4oLk-CV6e-GE6cQNm5jBQUhX4AQiw3goTldoAF0f0jXRU7GIwkCM6-IVSl7IcLH3JkIFdf0mw59yrAl0owGVpTDU6eGDeuse7pdaovFy-aaxxa1X0y0B-Dxnsm5uuWHco8gl_T2qfYbl_DQVpzg1Jb0vaNmMp-Ptftl_e=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Ooh very nice!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I absolutely love the design on this bag! (The main thing I had my eye on to be honest).</div><div style="text-align: center;">And it has a purse,</div><div style="text-align: center;">tripod selfie stick,</div><div style="text-align: center;">phone ring light,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and pop out light reflector</div><div style="text-align: center;">All for £28 with free p&p, that's a pretty decent price!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_Banm1k28GUD9Zb1wek2WWnhMBUN07mgEM4T0nUS5BX0vca5GbxKoF3JPqdo5oahiQr6YwWJkUnTR0dFLUowbx5YfY0-eoCS0xcCu3PW3ooIW-PAXYVNrTmUQ_qriuHMjjw0xoGB3bNOuSq-F2lFegpj66cp5F6LYmOhIOsOEVZazLkjpklykFAZq=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_Banm1k28GUD9Zb1wek2WWnhMBUN07mgEM4T0nUS5BX0vca5GbxKoF3JPqdo5oahiQr6YwWJkUnTR0dFLUowbx5YfY0-eoCS0xcCu3PW3ooIW-PAXYVNrTmUQ_qriuHMjjw0xoGB3bNOuSq-F2lFegpj66cp5F6LYmOhIOsOEVZazLkjpklykFAZq=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a look at the quality,</div><div style="text-align: center;">not just your standard canvas tote.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Carabiner to attach the purse, two inner pocket and a full strong zip at the top.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are there any sunny beach lands we can go to without hoopla at the moment?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The gizmos that come with it a pretty good too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The little ring light that attaches to your phone is brilliant, totally makes a difference without the usual hassle of dragging photography lights over.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And for a selfie, it makes a remarkable transformation, I'll spare you that though.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The tripod selfie stick has a detachable remote control so you can take selfies from a distance away,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll pass that on to another more in front of the camera blogger who will make good use of that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Over all, I'm highly impressed with it,</div><div style="text-align: center;">especially the quality of the bag.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So thank you very much <a href="https://cottonbagco.co.uk/">Cotton Bag Co</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Cotton Bag Co also stock a wide range of other </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cottonbagco.co.uk/products/plain-wholesale-bags/wholesale-canvas-bags/&source=gmail&ust=1645475967562000&usg=AOvVaw2bZdSMA9-B1rW2FYXHxY50" href="https://cottonbagco.co.uk/products/plain-wholesale-bags/wholesale-canvas-bags/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;" target="_blank">Canvas bags</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">They also bespoke print bags too and looking at the quality, they would definitely be worth a look if you you are in the market for this.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also came home to find a box on my doorstep a while ago,</div><div style="text-align: center;">no idea what it was, inside were these...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2O_yNoxcJa1syf9FrmruEh9hlMoWONfRXaMxGDlKEkMsrdEo8Fjk51vTeVbTRHysMSBUDPm4L9xJNnV3CcYn9PhWZNooEhGbH2lu5_GzVB9Pw0k-ua7xhMsTuI52SrmWhsPgKIvNgIUg9XFMAR5QoaOqikTR5zeuyZ1iCQeV1jrmYM-UT8uNE50jL=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2O_yNoxcJa1syf9FrmruEh9hlMoWONfRXaMxGDlKEkMsrdEo8Fjk51vTeVbTRHysMSBUDPm4L9xJNnV3CcYn9PhWZNooEhGbH2lu5_GzVB9Pw0k-ua7xhMsTuI52SrmWhsPgKIvNgIUg9XFMAR5QoaOqikTR5zeuyZ1iCQeV1jrmYM-UT8uNE50jL=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">What! These are gorgeous!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.royaldoulton.com/en-gb/collections/a-to-z/coffee-studio?showAll=true#aq=@categories%20==%20(%221815%20coffee%20studio%22)&numberOfResults=1000">Royal Doulton</a> Coffee Studio cups.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1FjBp49n5szhSsZ7uey6N5rP7NEoX-E_Pf2D0fheKXeqfkHpFEEb8MVdq1-xVk2qxFeS2iOb-k2i4QlqGRa9VzRF8-3wooK4Rbg4jkIJIIBgwmRZMLGJ6RiYKwC526o2etysP5iKWkywm4Uy4sqZb8v1C_43Cc5Mv6Q70npRvQYCCGolgqdMsJHqy=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1FjBp49n5szhSsZ7uey6N5rP7NEoX-E_Pf2D0fheKXeqfkHpFEEb8MVdq1-xVk2qxFeS2iOb-k2i4QlqGRa9VzRF8-3wooK4Rbg4jkIJIIBgwmRZMLGJ6RiYKwC526o2etysP5iKWkywm4Uy4sqZb8v1C_43Cc5Mv6Q70npRvQYCCGolgqdMsJHqy=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Absolute beauts, slightly chunky and rustic</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the perfect coffee cup size and love the colours.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Royal Doulton Coffee Studio design, usually £45 for the 4 but sent to me as a gift for being a runner up in the <a href="https://www.amara.com/?ranMID=38935&ranEAID=3095669&ranSiteID=dquE8U2QoAw-ff6cFvYTKB3mGBr_24.r6w&utm_source=LinkShare&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=Duomai&utm_content=10&utm_term=UKNetwork&mid=38935&siteID=dquE8U2QoAw-ff6cFvYTKB3mGBr_24.r6w">Amara</a> awards as they were my categories sponsor.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So thank you very, very much <a href="https://www.royaldoulton.com/en-gb">Royal Doulton</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I absolutely love them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGpt7J6waaKYZQbpt5YW_shfZeg_SD9pduj9RWzlMboPkKOXRGBT3L4-ExSb4h5Gy9Jujqyi3QJ1sdlkQQh_98kmdmM35Ejk7eIhVgrfWfMr06h-utlfOuBBDBIY-GBe_SHON5b9qrqqlehf2DLd0h2L4X9oOsnhrTTsMZ1b05sH99T7HkB96Tbh49=s644" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="644" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGpt7J6waaKYZQbpt5YW_shfZeg_SD9pduj9RWzlMboPkKOXRGBT3L4-ExSb4h5Gy9Jujqyi3QJ1sdlkQQh_98kmdmM35Ejk7eIhVgrfWfMr06h-utlfOuBBDBIY-GBe_SHON5b9qrqqlehf2DLd0h2L4X9oOsnhrTTsMZ1b05sH99T7HkB96Tbh49=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /> Properly photographed and styled above,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and now raising the tone in my cupboard.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju_mCKQvr57hcMk5WKWAAU1KeCA9TV0VSQwFuErJRJvusor_YeJUu8AzA2IgxHOQauIYNl4bSXz-eKD_aJUoKS0kG9ebznSBSZFsmQ81tSJcCGqqJXfZpv9TxD96pu62cmqWkJP_FesOIxasDgyxEOUf14a5tsZOtTM42JqAnrAnwpJsWIYwdV2mRO=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju_mCKQvr57hcMk5WKWAAU1KeCA9TV0VSQwFuErJRJvusor_YeJUu8AzA2IgxHOQauIYNl4bSXz-eKD_aJUoKS0kG9ebznSBSZFsmQ81tSJcCGqqJXfZpv9TxD96pu62cmqWkJP_FesOIxasDgyxEOUf14a5tsZOtTM42JqAnrAnwpJsWIYwdV2mRO=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I'm also doing some work with an amazing company Photowall <b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.photowall.com/int&source=gmail&ust=1651326286754000&usg=AOvVaw1on9oE7U-rg0prMZULSlbR" href="https://www.photowall.com/int" style="color: #317ae2;" target="_blank"><i>https://www.photowall.<wbr></wbr>com/int</i></a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">who do huge wall murals and prints.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2022/05/art-prints-wallpaper-wall-mural.html">blog post</a> about that coming soon with a good discount code to use. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-11618717723031864932022-02-08T12:02:00.047+00:002023-07-04T14:32:14.939+01:00HOW TO TURN ORIGINAL DOORS INTO FIRE DOORS, EASY & CHEAP<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht39XvKUVuzeeFLmTBli23HY7Q_bWmIdr8yypct9mHC1aMgnFKRnQgFxpxwFDatKYoSowWTE6evOvghaOIIXBD7v1Do9YFTpWMhCjmaBvd4OzR8xSmgxeMKeEcWkfxtQ8qaXFIVBpXCMvXeFzai_o1FICANLWIRr0TnTxkhSkFaJsmARr5mJ4s7xzj/s5048/traditional reclaimed door.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="traditional old interior doors" border="0" data-original-height="3366" data-original-width="5048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht39XvKUVuzeeFLmTBli23HY7Q_bWmIdr8yypct9mHC1aMgnFKRnQgFxpxwFDatKYoSowWTE6evOvghaOIIXBD7v1Do9YFTpWMhCjmaBvd4OzR8xSmgxeMKeEcWkfxtQ8qaXFIVBpXCMvXeFzai_o1FICANLWIRr0TnTxkhSkFaJsmARr5mJ4s7xzj/w320-h213/traditional%20reclaimed%20door.jpg" title="traditional old interiors wooden doors white" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@lukecaddy?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Luke Caddy</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/room-door?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">When building regulations say you need fire doors,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you don't have to replace your original doors!</div><span></span><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">Instead of changing your traditional doors, you can varnish or paint your current doors using fire retardant paints or varnishes,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and these even come in a matt finish.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No need to remove the beautiful traditional features that are Edwardian, Georgian or Victorian period doors. You can just paint or varnish them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It works out around £40 per door.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>The cheapest I have found, and who give you the most info, including a help line is </div><div><a href="https://envirograf.com/product/intumescent-paint-and-varnishes-for-wood-etc/">Envirograf</a> varnish or paint kits from <a href="https://www.fireproofpaint.co.uk/shop/fire-door-protection/intumescent-paint-card/intumescent-coating-door-upgrade-kit/">Fire Retardant Paint</a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC_gzpSy2-WkWctrkfL-wl6bsK4PG0v9oCIherSqaRTKtOygb9zpg4axZQsyeuPPsYWxVvKFi0AeT1JGsVL-zC-BRk5VYgGlsC-VTANzuPmglKYeoySO3W0IcP2CQaUH58KPx4ayw0CibAUmFQdWh4F4M8NM9g_75MBbd1sYx3E15fUAmMi3FaX8ac=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="paint cans" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC_gzpSy2-WkWctrkfL-wl6bsK4PG0v9oCIherSqaRTKtOygb9zpg4axZQsyeuPPsYWxVvKFi0AeT1JGsVL-zC-BRk5VYgGlsC-VTANzuPmglKYeoySO3W0IcP2CQaUH58KPx4ayw0CibAUmFQdWh4F4M8NM9g_75MBbd1sYx3E15fUAmMi3FaX8ac=w640-h480" title="fire proof paint" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can also treat exposed beams.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Check with your building regulations person as each build is different</div><div style="text-align: center;">but when my sister had her loft converted, she managed to treat the original doors and beams this way and building regs passed it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was her amazing, highly skilled craftsman of a builder who advised her to do this so she could keep her beautiful original doors and have her large old beams exposed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicp9qwu2W1RtZQ4UYXgubkBfp2mPGKnZuuTa48uPj60SdjSiwRebEM9Mc8e1TKWXeBqJnVqoQ28FShA2bJCXtY1TLQxgzE7a1C6hsBmpZoWZvdnELUz0K6ZGEwmFVxKCjkS6LeFyh5IbafBeVPNBhUGePzsq_pY4512NwySHNGQHR1mMdzTKchFNvr/s7059/stripped victorian door.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="beautiful old wooden doors" border="0" data-original-height="7059" data-original-width="5177" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicp9qwu2W1RtZQ4UYXgubkBfp2mPGKnZuuTa48uPj60SdjSiwRebEM9Mc8e1TKWXeBqJnVqoQ28FShA2bJCXtY1TLQxgzE7a1C6hsBmpZoWZvdnELUz0K6ZGEwmFVxKCjkS6LeFyh5IbafBeVPNBhUGePzsq_pY4512NwySHNGQHR1mMdzTKchFNvr/w294-h400/stripped%20victorian%20door.jpg" title="beautiful old wooden doors" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Annie Spratt</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/wooden?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I have seen so many beautiful wooden doors removed and replaced with awful cheap (in looks only) standard fire doors,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>I was amazed you could do this.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you have any brass door furniture that needs stripping of it's varnish for a more in keeping period finish, I've an easy <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2019/06/easy-cheap-way-to-remove-varnishlacquer.html">guide</a> showing how to do that without any toxic chemicals</div></div><br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-42533451785415679662022-01-17T15:37:00.008+00:002023-07-05T14:37:01.358+01:00HOW TO MAKE SMUDGE STICKS, CHEAP.<div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDRmdaiA5_y5uNCZwxE1kTAc0yNN3HX5clP3YOoFUZZ-2oxxOSehwHedbnZyMTwOOzqsL0X-YGO30a5F3-4H4cx4jsL-wNqVZ8N-1LiMN2cqaxYRvwDzYP9kjbBHkNcNwj21KU_PuezDmDPggPL26nSsrZ1KtVzhT1YqO3LL2nUBXDwIhz_CUhXpe6=s3540" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="smudge sticks" border="0" data-original-height="2419" data-original-width="3540" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDRmdaiA5_y5uNCZwxE1kTAc0yNN3HX5clP3YOoFUZZ-2oxxOSehwHedbnZyMTwOOzqsL0X-YGO30a5F3-4H4cx4jsL-wNqVZ8N-1LiMN2cqaxYRvwDzYP9kjbBHkNcNwj21KU_PuezDmDPggPL26nSsrZ1KtVzhT1YqO3LL2nUBXDwIhz_CUhXpe6=w640-h438" title="how to make smudge sticks, smudging easy home DIY for a wellness lifestyle, enhance your home by smudging with these dried herbs." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/@edznorton?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Edz Norton</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/smudge-stick?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I'm not exactly sure about the science of these things,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but as they have been used for thousands of years,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm going to give it a go!</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A smudge stick is a tightly bound bundle of herbs, often sage.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You open your windows, light the smudge stick and let it go out, like a joss stick, and waft the smoke around the rooms of your house, 'smudging'.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Apparently the smoke from the burning herbs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">destroys harmful bacteria in the air but also removes negative energy and many other whoo claims.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I checked with <a href="https://goop.com/">Goop</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Queens of this <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2019/08/lifestyle-style-on-budget-or-gwynith.html">kind</a> of thing and </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxSRAuLc4RZ-0TnnCHHsRzwmqEpXaKElUPoBMrhMDIMHalCoHRvDkpiBILMXw-kMyOtT6Y6e7NSF2KUCwplpGYQP6tHHmT8mBdwTHGsYYY8CNt3hyrBJ4vLSxpJBCR7aC6qH-RLLx59k/"><img alt="cleanse and purify smudging kit" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxSRAuLc4RZ-0TnnCHHsRzwmqEpXaKElUPoBMrhMDIMHalCoHRvDkpiBILMXw-kMyOtT6Y6e7NSF2KUCwplpGYQP6tHHmT8mBdwTHGsYYY8CNt3hyrBJ4vLSxpJBCR7aC6qH-RLLx59k/w640-h640/image.png" title="cleanse and purify home smudging stick kit" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They of course sell them with claims of can stop stuck energy and purifying a space!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They usually cost around £10 a stick but it's a bundle of herbs, how hard can they be to make?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what I had to hand to make one and the smudging claims I found on google.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpgNHpO7_x9XT8Kcl5-0rp2Zwle6xFSdOQ8yFb4DAW57tZuKy2dX-NmtgmrYdxiHYQ9j5DUGvCVGIWyGJlTo-g2YIPXDrAs7v8kwT89ydoPD4XmWib_-uRilhhMEpD0r3lj_b3NlsoZIyOu1FLMghnEPuF1oNU41BoyfZT2AS6uwgrCf4bVf7x8r8T=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="rosemary, lavender and string" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpgNHpO7_x9XT8Kcl5-0rp2Zwle6xFSdOQ8yFb4DAW57tZuKy2dX-NmtgmrYdxiHYQ9j5DUGvCVGIWyGJlTo-g2YIPXDrAs7v8kwT89ydoPD4XmWib_-uRilhhMEpD0r3lj_b3NlsoZIyOu1FLMghnEPuF1oNU41BoyfZT2AS6uwgrCf4bVf7x8r8T=w640-h480" title="home grown rosemary and lavender herbs and cotton string to diy make smudge sticks, wellness lifestyle on a budget" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Rosemary (from my <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2020/03/budget-gardenyard-before.html">yard</a>) - gives a healing and cleaning energy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lavender (from my <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2020/04/lock-down-house-and-garden-diy.html">yard</a>) - for mental clarity.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bay leaf (from the kitchen herb and spice basket) - relieves anxiety.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thyme (reduced to 31p in Booths) - Dispels melancholy, hopelessness and any negative vibrations.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Left over cotton string.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq8GnNzJ0JHPS_jyIFCEebxRYcZ33sE_mXT8KN4U9yfr-XjrQzLq-vlkKqr6Si0ttta3uRhS8ls9qIa3sflAGIzYM-6aG-Nm5-6y1dNr_txfPMvwUknQ7bypMM4Q1i4P0xBmkL0pzv7nAy2HPhr-K7TfeZvGwtqx2LTGsXxIAPLlRTOcZM1lagcA4r=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="herbs, dried thyme and oregano to make smudge sticks" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq8GnNzJ0JHPS_jyIFCEebxRYcZ33sE_mXT8KN4U9yfr-XjrQzLq-vlkKqr6Si0ttta3uRhS8ls9qIa3sflAGIzYM-6aG-Nm5-6y1dNr_txfPMvwUknQ7bypMM4Q1i4P0xBmkL0pzv7nAy2HPhr-K7TfeZvGwtqx2LTGsXxIAPLlRTOcZM1lagcA4r=w640-h480" title="dried thyme and discounted oregano to make smudge sticks at home" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I left the herbs to dry a bit for a couple of days but next time, I would just tie them up, then leave to dry for ease of handling.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6Id7aDGjVJGF0KyV2Kc1Vxt6AjSFQcztr3pfV1AD3SGUCxjNT7iE2BiKERokqs6xYlrwGuITqnpoUfLxqKyhgE4oEi3MCfSKfhcST_96lgJTKy7eIFHwrk9akXgaV6JKbyRw-Ra6vTvZ1cd_5lGFV1fkHfFwIdEYaYKXVygGwrVrTo_5m5aSOSxhb=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="tying up dried herbs to make smudge sticks" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6Id7aDGjVJGF0KyV2Kc1Vxt6AjSFQcztr3pfV1AD3SGUCxjNT7iE2BiKERokqs6xYlrwGuITqnpoUfLxqKyhgE4oEi3MCfSKfhcST_96lgJTKy7eIFHwrk9akXgaV6JKbyRw-Ra6vTvZ1cd_5lGFV1fkHfFwIdEYaYKXVygGwrVrTo_5m5aSOSxhb=w640-h480" title="how to tie dried herbs to make smudging sticks at home" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tied them tightly by winding the string all over.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPDwjSL2rnkQO9CuN4-IeDtD3PHln-e_l7cnXt6Q5JJ9L1Om5Kq_3F4ZWGMUBbLyY_CoqYgit3887fC-TOYn5lXxJ139TYotDRxRa8xa14R2PiedMIL2p29znwuo-B3ycack2QXqpVeALlL2rLWGRjYGjmUWtftQCRP0ePkR-xhu0-u379Chtwdedz=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="the result home made smudge sticks" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPDwjSL2rnkQO9CuN4-IeDtD3PHln-e_l7cnXt6Q5JJ9L1Om5Kq_3F4ZWGMUBbLyY_CoqYgit3887fC-TOYn5lXxJ139TYotDRxRa8xa14R2PiedMIL2p29znwuo-B3ycack2QXqpVeALlL2rLWGRjYGjmUWtftQCRP0ePkR-xhu0-u379Chtwdedz=w480-h640" title="the results home made smudge stick with homegrown and discounted dried herbs" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Set one alight in the garden first in case it just turned into a flaming torch!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it caught light and then went out and smoked!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It smokes for around 30 seconds to a minute then goes out so I had to relight but I was delighted it worked.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To put them out, it seems to be recommended you stub them out in a shell</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I am taking no chances.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I dragged a jug full of water around with me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Slightly paranoid a lit bit of herb would fall off and and start smouldering...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe some people smudge their houses muttering intentions and being very mindful.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I smudged my house with the same energy as an on call fire warden.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You have to be practical.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqKhrMFX3DlRfMHl5p8HrYmoTKuW3YMxjj4geIdfEgbp4rTWIYcI2YrtwyX2nd7pISuwTwiasO7YQMlz59W5jlg2n59lfMmwAANhLCdT8vPZcEd1xopcMR209KT0mMt1ygsXGovLycTGwWxvFIIf1FHkCsMB3j6OKAeLon3AQeviXBNAfwOJpccKrg=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="smudging around my house, in the bathroom" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqKhrMFX3DlRfMHl5p8HrYmoTKuW3YMxjj4geIdfEgbp4rTWIYcI2YrtwyX2nd7pISuwTwiasO7YQMlz59W5jlg2n59lfMmwAANhLCdT8vPZcEd1xopcMR209KT0mMt1ygsXGovLycTGwWxvFIIf1FHkCsMB3j6OKAeLon3AQeviXBNAfwOJpccKrg=w480-h640" title="smudging around the house, in the bathroom" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div>The bathroom getting a good air purifying smudge.</div></div>If you want to see how that splash back was made from a skipped sample tile, I've a <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2020/10/how-to-remove-sample-tiles-from-mdf.html">how to guide</a> for that.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglKgvYP2XbE03b4lbsKIkjBlUPzMM62IzMB8CgWh6i4NYzYY1A-Iq0VbIF0gbCtnjqTTJAEWN6G4IU1HRlwRXKhjNMWI_wCzxgWTY8SQc1L-R-nvARcRE5RnCixeM-tGRiDaTkYCq_Lg-smoALCRVfIFTDJp9abl6K_MP2_zcXGyklSQFE0Ve1ndYK=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="smudging the guest bedroom" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglKgvYP2XbE03b4lbsKIkjBlUPzMM62IzMB8CgWh6i4NYzYY1A-Iq0VbIF0gbCtnjqTTJAEWN6G4IU1HRlwRXKhjNMWI_wCzxgWTY8SQc1L-R-nvARcRE5RnCixeM-tGRiDaTkYCq_Lg-smoALCRVfIFTDJp9abl6K_MP2_zcXGyklSQFE0Ve1ndYK=w480-h640" title="smudging around the house, in the re-vamped guest bedroom" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> 90s faux leather mirror <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2017/08/upcycling-noughties-leather-mirrors-for.html">upcycled</a> to look like bog oak.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2019/04/guest-bedroom-budget-makeover.html">guest bedroom</a> getting a smudge,</div><div style="text-align: center;">feeling like a wafty, yoga loving, on top of their game person.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But the mirror never lies,</div><div style="text-align: center;">actually in my scruff including Berks and socks from inserting a dog flap in the back door</div><div style="text-align: center;">turned out to be the most complicated DIY job ever, and Oscar is refusing to use it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So the house has been smudged and I do feel more energized, but that may be from being on full red alert to potential fire hazards.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd say less is more also,</div><div style="text-align: center;">smelled lovely until I smudged a bit too much in a room and then it edged into a hint of bonfire.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll see if the wonderous claims come true with further smudging,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(after the last couple of years, I'm happy to try anything).</div><div style="text-align: center;">It only used a couple of centimetres to smudge the entire house so one stick should last about a year!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And if you are interested in wellbeing in the home,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Juan Sandiego has a brilliant blog all about this, click this link below for a look.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://happyhome.clinic/">Happy Home Clinic</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="close up of the home made smudge stick" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSmYQs8f46Unlz58dt2Ikv27n6I07s4fFrDNAtcT-nOeeI0N_U_odA3Y5aHpSVoC_sEWS9_qCECbZo_lT6nonfSo3GUzNOHJxij1IxcnvLE03I6ikDPcOpbk8HCnDlG2XkmAAOFdiGt2VhREz683rYJ0p1zMsGpfHoUpXGIHMU0wqZSRkP63coDQ37=w480-h640" title="smudge sticks, diy, homemade for smudging around the house" width="480" /></div></div></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com1United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-77026119437895163692022-01-11T14:20:00.001+00:002023-05-10T11:15:01.627+01:00HOW TO MAKE A WALL CALENDAR FOR FREE<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEish0AYnRWKxIgMtLcD_qaZnhDXaiv56ouMM6ZVviSuopJoE4Kvn9ygMQ45W1_fpwDaN2y0E0An2ZYJd0KdvnzjAzOXeib3zarYGuXIEX2bBcSc7aEjYe56Ag7HrrYEVCYxD2Mvs3eiTZkQAFEe0PmgeUhmnI7bc_SSS2A1Cg3LU-SZIRLk3oDziuj8=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEish0AYnRWKxIgMtLcD_qaZnhDXaiv56ouMM6ZVviSuopJoE4Kvn9ygMQ45W1_fpwDaN2y0E0An2ZYJd0KdvnzjAzOXeib3zarYGuXIEX2bBcSc7aEjYe56Ag7HrrYEVCYxD2Mvs3eiTZkQAFEe0PmgeUhmnI7bc_SSS2A1Cg3LU-SZIRLk3oDziuj8=w426-h640" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Late with this I know,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but where have all the wall calendars gone?</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">Usually I rely on <a href="https://www.poundland.co.uk/">Poundland</a> to come up with the goods,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but they had zero this year, was it just my store?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not a single shop I went into was selling them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know we are all supposed to be just using a diary app but everyone with a house knows,</div><div style="text-align: center;">if it's not on the kitchen wall calendar,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's not happening!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So to make (so simple I'm not sure if make is the right word) I found a free printable <a href="https://simpleasthatblog.com/free-printable-2022-calendar/">here</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">very easy, just print off, no sign up here first annoyingness.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She has lot's of free printables for all kinds, so will use again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://simpleasthatblog.com/free-printables/">Simple As That Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMuYAZhaasaA6lXB-grHCpqeFKHrAcy9fV0mq5_WPvsm6qekaFrg7H1kVPrNkTTlpQa27vCtw8yAIPeF3vmh3DHnmLUvpwRQI91dj_72Z0uAwIB3oZNkbBCimwAIw93amxyQYafq7qnkDHb48mSyq_I2SnV_rrw8OVj6ap3MSX6RSYV0bvRxuKgg6j=s2066" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="2066" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMuYAZhaasaA6lXB-grHCpqeFKHrAcy9fV0mq5_WPvsm6qekaFrg7H1kVPrNkTTlpQa27vCtw8yAIPeF3vmh3DHnmLUvpwRQI91dj_72Z0uAwIB3oZNkbBCimwAIw93amxyQYafq7qnkDHb48mSyq_I2SnV_rrw8OVj6ap3MSX6RSYV0bvRxuKgg6j=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some jute string left over from Christmas packaging,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I am a pack rat for reusable bits).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVfAxWInUVu4pFNZeR1ffY7hNTXuuR4bnrJSMfvRzzwASDRryHLw7WrPADP5uCzTG8j6B1YJV-mamClNVpCloX8x9B1ynqVrjTMzl642aekKtAYA038mgaJ4aQ1AbJO2C1Oh6wr5c9Z53TPkBjJk3Bf6saxUX5vWqPoQOhU5Cj-rTXnrIblzoTBNaO=s3520" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2640" data-original-width="3520" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVfAxWInUVu4pFNZeR1ffY7hNTXuuR4bnrJSMfvRzzwASDRryHLw7WrPADP5uCzTG8j6B1YJV-mamClNVpCloX8x9B1ynqVrjTMzl642aekKtAYA038mgaJ4aQ1AbJO2C1Oh6wr5c9Z53TPkBjJk3Bf6saxUX5vWqPoQOhU5Cj-rTXnrIblzoTBNaO=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div>A couple of metal clothes pegs I already had,</div><div>I think they were just £2 for a bag from <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2021/07/primark-home-lifestyle-finds.html">Primark</a>.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVIiGZfCN6f1xegbrGZ-KOtDK9S3py33NwFiK_buhaiK7DNOz6h1P_kkocuUjsxvQxUJBMJdkeNs9psE-pzZ5c3Vz_4xw0OcJz3RstXLJz7RKBj9Uwh9H-8YoLQekKDT5AGUmonA5190ZKTBQf9pUk7BGRhyFH2nQ2sRMvLXFlm4j455Mx7b6TXaAJ=s4160" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVIiGZfCN6f1xegbrGZ-KOtDK9S3py33NwFiK_buhaiK7DNOz6h1P_kkocuUjsxvQxUJBMJdkeNs9psE-pzZ5c3Vz_4xw0OcJz3RstXLJz7RKBj9Uwh9H-8YoLQekKDT5AGUmonA5190ZKTBQf9pUk7BGRhyFH2nQ2sRMvLXFlm4j455Mx7b6TXaAJ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love metal clothes pegs!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>A bit of old thin card to keep it rigid,</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I used the back of last years calendar.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There it is</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiflM2MMYt0K65fduLTnRh6ral25E8JxmYC8ElFj9YUrs5VAla2jDc588g3jj1sjDJtYw1dYjU-uOSLVTZcD9Dn8eJbWPK-OryBU-xGjr71OfP5NfP1nvKvamnfHAk2MPaxoNPSpSEYiBnEZhxk7fTr9bCjFSCdad-C1jGh1ScIQ4ShWOEky4lwVdnS=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiflM2MMYt0K65fduLTnRh6ral25E8JxmYC8ElFj9YUrs5VAla2jDc588g3jj1sjDJtYw1dYjU-uOSLVTZcD9Dn8eJbWPK-OryBU-xGjr71OfP5NfP1nvKvamnfHAk2MPaxoNPSpSEYiBnEZhxk7fTr9bCjFSCdad-C1jGh1ScIQ4ShWOEky4lwVdnS=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">totally free and zero waste,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a good start to the year (all be it slightly late).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKigrE6--XE3Ku5zhIRuYl7kw2N6ezdSyCTsRdiz79oniM031lyNoxDOWlRW1-_6bijlPFF-YLiLKd9Gdz3Epx6djM7JgUWhI5wTnMzOddGbe1pNt2FvjsNuXmGTCKn93DxBgcBkWtc_Q25YKsTtRVfjoGpDicyav5rTFIVMg718TYhZfWDxabgusu=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKigrE6--XE3Ku5zhIRuYl7kw2N6ezdSyCTsRdiz79oniM031lyNoxDOWlRW1-_6bijlPFF-YLiLKd9Gdz3Epx6djM7JgUWhI5wTnMzOddGbe1pNt2FvjsNuXmGTCKn93DxBgcBkWtc_Q25YKsTtRVfjoGpDicyav5rTFIVMg718TYhZfWDxabgusu=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Now hung in the kitchen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(On the <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2021/07/turning-old-wardrobe-into-cleaning.html">upcycled to a cupboard</a>, wardrobe)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-35600525837605610602021-07-16T16:17:00.007+01:002021-10-18T22:07:26.909+01:00TURNING AN OLD WARDROBE INTO A CLEANING CUPBOARD FOR £19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfDrT1s5scKKXnLOYHgu_jsRcHTqkhGdKdyYc29aA-2yj4bSBkD2PpONEOovGQ70COmLTgU1D63PqonNZ3b6Ev2zqIfQavxiDz_OBZ6PdoyRX00FJJAt_V7Bll8AbmOBrNsJLlQ90kZg/s2048/Cleaning+cupboard+budget+makeover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfDrT1s5scKKXnLOYHgu_jsRcHTqkhGdKdyYc29aA-2yj4bSBkD2PpONEOovGQ70COmLTgU1D63PqonNZ3b6Ev2zqIfQavxiDz_OBZ6PdoyRX00FJJAt_V7Bll8AbmOBrNsJLlQ90kZg/w640-h360/Cleaning+cupboard+budget+makeover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"> When I bought this house, there wasn't a cupboard tall enough to put mops and brooms etc in,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(why don't these things have hinges so they can fold in half?)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I found on <a href="http://freecycle.org">Freecycle</a>, an old 1950s, utilitarian, pink painted, single wardrobe.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I painted it with the same emulsion as I used on the walls.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And piled it high with the Henry, brushes and dog paraphernalia.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's stayed that way for four years, not too offensive on the eye,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but quite annoying with tall brushes etc toppling over,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(first world problems).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_fn2JXfIsgZkOwYfvg5eWejJibZm94zi7NrZ3p-EWTblBBs5UARZhEzbWX8wFlD8jJZ74ecs9VoX1wRTzYmWVG53PtRs6o7mn1U-hAV8ZHAP7Ee648zEe01S6p7yL-nmFG9Rbv-qiyM/s2048/UK+budget+interiors+blog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_fn2JXfIsgZkOwYfvg5eWejJibZm94zi7NrZ3p-EWTblBBs5UARZhEzbWX8wFlD8jJZ74ecs9VoX1wRTzYmWVG53PtRs6o7mn1U-hAV8ZHAP7Ee648zEe01S6p7yL-nmFG9Rbv-qiyM/w480-h640/UK+budget+interiors+blog.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brace yourself!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjD1k1b5M1jWVi9Ez8pBrw0ly0QYQggkOHuZTe3BhyOu6QJCEiX60pQbfeXWeBdwNM3_yoQ6o1fiGqQOdEUgoY8OC-jjP3WBj-s5odSQJpCziGhJ0j5yfMw9kn4UaRGVsOjAA2u-J4iY/s2048/UK+interiors+blog+messy+cleaning+cupboard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjD1k1b5M1jWVi9Ez8pBrw0ly0QYQggkOHuZTe3BhyOu6QJCEiX60pQbfeXWeBdwNM3_yoQ6o1fiGqQOdEUgoY8OC-jjP3WBj-s5odSQJpCziGhJ0j5yfMw9kn4UaRGVsOjAA2u-J4iY/w480-h640/UK+interiors+blog+messy+cleaning+cupboard.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thisishut.blogspot.com/2019/02/marie-kondo-and-mrs-hinch-trend.html">Mrs Hinch</a> would be shocked, nay disgusted.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>TO TRY AND FIX IT</b>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I removed the utilitarian handle and filled the holes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cut an old shelf down to size,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and rested it on the batons which were already there, keeping the wardrobe rigid.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Drilled a small hole in the side to poke the <a href="https://thisishut.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-cordless-rechargeable-vacuum-for-40.html">cordless vac</a> charger wire through.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I painted the inside and outside with two coats of this paint,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78vo85qHiekcXbueUHu9oOeDijXmixtZVPnX8YT4f317R5Z-IRcJuv7grP4fqSjR2OhWI4-NjeItULafV1vPhV04KJv1CVySwbtzLSvg4MHt3SQfaAtPr0f2RGc7C-5iVgODNNrnwtX0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="190" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78vo85qHiekcXbueUHu9oOeDijXmixtZVPnX8YT4f317R5Z-IRcJuv7grP4fqSjR2OhWI4-NjeItULafV1vPhV04KJv1CVySwbtzLSvg4MHt3SQfaAtPr0f2RGc7C-5iVgODNNrnwtX0/" width="240" /></a></div><br />I really didn't want a shiny black gloss and would have preferred something less matt but this was the best option with what was available, £11 for 2.5 lt from <a href="https://www.bmstores.co.uk/">B&M</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Buffed over it with two coats of finishing wax I already had in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT0fpGIxrydduZpn3IiLppSJEk-fbEzSNIs8rUFQd2m3Wq3NsKgA-ylkh-L06wcKYpcuA1v9HsbUbWy41A4Iat7KKfmWzK1PwITij7F9hwQkDKz7I-Z1-9jz2yYgCJKSCQwCFo7BU-Aw/s2048/UK+blog+black+gold+cupboard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT0fpGIxrydduZpn3IiLppSJEk-fbEzSNIs8rUFQd2m3Wq3NsKgA-ylkh-L06wcKYpcuA1v9HsbUbWy41A4Iat7KKfmWzK1PwITij7F9hwQkDKz7I-Z1-9jz2yYgCJKSCQwCFo7BU-Aw/w480-h640/UK+blog+black+gold+cupboard.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Very hard to photograph a matt black cupboard next to a bright window.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Screwed in an old brass hook in the side,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and added two of these mop and broom hooks to the door,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH30wYoyujn664Ot5aJSWSAS0j9gynEv6sRol6EjvO2bLHxv7K0NGLCRwwVL-czQiQJUqFC793nYuA6E-5ozvEq4FPUG9xiTuC9YOi4SZRo6X8STrN_bdLwk98WrnS2l0-3TQo-TI9hH0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="575" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH30wYoyujn664Ot5aJSWSAS0j9gynEv6sRol6EjvO2bLHxv7K0NGLCRwwVL-czQiQJUqFC793nYuA6E-5ozvEq4FPUG9xiTuC9YOi4SZRo6X8STrN_bdLwk98WrnS2l0-3TQo-TI9hH0/w400-h400/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">£3 for the pair from <a href="https://www.bmstores.co.uk/">B&M</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They claim to self stick to very smooth surfaces,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had no chance with a painted surface but looking at the stickiness,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think they would struggle anywhere!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I put a small screw through the plastic back plates and screwed them to the inside of the door.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP_uEPKyH0o7WGgJ2db12h0a-ETgWyU5AjLQhxv9WHp1c4zPTERwwKu9PAvkrRghszK7oXbBnX28lM4sMX8O0BeAqI52H0WUYDPnnikBt2FamX82MHII00TxqZbh4S1Yrlbbw5eTUs2M/s2048/UK+blog+mop+and+broom+holders.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP_uEPKyH0o7WGgJ2db12h0a-ETgWyU5AjLQhxv9WHp1c4zPTERwwKu9PAvkrRghszK7oXbBnX28lM4sMX8O0BeAqI52H0WUYDPnnikBt2FamX82MHII00TxqZbh4S1Yrlbbw5eTUs2M/w480-h640/UK+blog+mop+and+broom+holders.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thisishut.blogspot.com/2017/09/ikea-homeware-haul-and-mid-life-crisis.html">Oscar's Ikea lead</a> hook back in place, much to his relief.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All he holds dear is in that cupboard, treats, lead etc and all he kept hearing all day was the cupboard being opened and closed and the treats and lead weren't there!</div><div style="text-align: center;">He had to take himself upstairs to bed!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted a long gold door handle but not a single shop I went into stocked them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154397380648?hash=item23f2cd1028:g:DH4AAOSwHBdgZQXn">eBay</a> as always didn't fail.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This gold beauty was only £5.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" class="placeholder" id="ca53c5374d599" src="https://www.blogger.com/img/transparent.gif" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; background-image: url('https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/i/materialiconsextended/insert_photo/v6/grey600-24dp/1x/baseline_insert_photo_grey600_24dp.png'); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; opacity: 0.6;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qMIJlLLblVyHgkNCacL22m-upyTm1VlvHM5eFeSoaRucCGHALVwaMdrEv0HlMG8nsUjXcgY9tLI6L8UTE00wfaR739porebGdHOIZtsHPRssmeZC_OQ1Ktbe1uHP1HICxDZbAq6LhZM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1600" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qMIJlLLblVyHgkNCacL22m-upyTm1VlvHM5eFeSoaRucCGHALVwaMdrEv0HlMG8nsUjXcgY9tLI6L8UTE00wfaR739porebGdHOIZtsHPRssmeZC_OQ1Ktbe1uHP1HICxDZbAq6LhZM/w640-h374/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />If you too are in the market for one, the search that brings them up is knurled T bar handle.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I put a picture of <a href="https://thisishut.blogspot.com/2019/06/easy-cheap-way-to-remove-varnishlacquer.html">this</a> similar one on a stripping brass post, I had looaads of questions asking where it was from.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So here it is in all it's (not quite) <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrshinchhome/?hl=en">Hinch</a> worthy, <a href="https://www.antheaturner.com/">Anthea Turner</a>, glory.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PZAvGkk5Fpas4Xz2Jpj7-hzaFHL8tnQVva7ctxm0SKNOWLVRypDcxTxvGqDv0Wiu31LSvs7hRISRT935QxH8880meOjmM_SmP5Lz7DLvXkL7orpGFvRfg09wXk2WaDyeHJRtsTuIP2U/s2048/UK+blog+organised+cleaning+cupboard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PZAvGkk5Fpas4Xz2Jpj7-hzaFHL8tnQVva7ctxm0SKNOWLVRypDcxTxvGqDv0Wiu31LSvs7hRISRT935QxH8880meOjmM_SmP5Lz7DLvXkL7orpGFvRfg09wXk2WaDyeHJRtsTuIP2U/w480-h640/UK+blog+organised+cleaning+cupboard.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No longer an avalanche waiting to fall!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKxUDbPFE5YyrLndychPVqp_7uKhwKzrqZJDjqkO2v7CEoN2T_M5meKmaMJXIKy8nLh-FGV5imd_qFkbg9RKnAq6YKpWGpT8g6hEEec_vtJYpy6_gdvv-YWlHz9vOjO9EZ4d5gGimjHE/s2048/UK+blog+organised+storage+budget.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKxUDbPFE5YyrLndychPVqp_7uKhwKzrqZJDjqkO2v7CEoN2T_M5meKmaMJXIKy8nLh-FGV5imd_qFkbg9RKnAq6YKpWGpT8g6hEEec_vtJYpy6_gdvv-YWlHz9vOjO9EZ4d5gGimjHE/w480-h640/UK+blog+organised+storage+budget.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Cordless vac in it's 'docking station'.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvobmHOgyxZp0sLk_SUVJ_HpH_I8Tc62PdloqraC8LciFJLyMmLfSr_BF5EBTwcfcjSp5Vrij5-XEwfZe1qjc1491JBkiGfvXKmkOfbkXtjqHzSADNy1og35i44NkIoX_e9wbbSCh4N8/s2048/UK+blog+cleaning+organising.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvobmHOgyxZp0sLk_SUVJ_HpH_I8Tc62PdloqraC8LciFJLyMmLfSr_BF5EBTwcfcjSp5Vrij5-XEwfZe1qjc1491JBkiGfvXKmkOfbkXtjqHzSADNy1og35i44NkIoX_e9wbbSCh4N8/w480-h640/UK+blog+cleaning+organising.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A bit better looking and less of a disaster zone!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And then, my niece gave Oscar a treat tin, the treats now looking more organised.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Manifestation in action!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGzklsO4lcYPhsOBH8gqqLRaNZDWp3iowOZ3m18kpru-Bq54-5c7ly2qMIhIs9oCm6Q_pQTLLJR9XIOlzq2yQoP0KBlg-GhjHNltsuxQS0bMAgpWi92KCJGvpVGA138atnpBIfhns3dw/s2048/UK+blog+organised+cleaning+cupboard+dogs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGzklsO4lcYPhsOBH8gqqLRaNZDWp3iowOZ3m18kpru-Bq54-5c7ly2qMIhIs9oCm6Q_pQTLLJR9XIOlzq2yQoP0KBlg-GhjHNltsuxQS0bMAgpWi92KCJGvpVGA138atnpBIfhns3dw/w480-h640/UK+blog+organised+cleaning+cupboard+dogs.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And surprising how much more appealing getting the vac out is,</div><div style="text-align: center;">when you don't have to wrestle it out! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com1United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-21851197539572576602021-07-07T15:42:00.004+01:002023-05-11T08:51:37.861+01:00PRIMARK HOME - LIFESTYLE FINDS<div style="text-align: center;">Scanning <a href="https://www.primark.com/en/all-products/homeware/c/homeware">Primark Home</a> for some non obvious Primark items,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and there's a few new lifestyley bits,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqazSHwFKOwesbxJ_KLVcSZuer2V_BzV6Ja3MvqyMa9pEHXsiTUyhnSvpJFb6-xlEGvk6M8I09pxjiNA0ikF08PsNz3Tni6H42f22Tgp36HpfRiGpgYC_hl0YcvQuziBdtkvsWr2otgg/s355/Primark+home.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="355" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqazSHwFKOwesbxJ_KLVcSZuer2V_BzV6Ja3MvqyMa9pEHXsiTUyhnSvpJFb6-xlEGvk6M8I09pxjiNA0ikF08PsNz3Tni6H42f22Tgp36HpfRiGpgYC_hl0YcvQuziBdtkvsWr2otgg/w400-h160/Primark+home.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">and as you would expect of Primark,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with rock bottom prices!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eschewing the Harry Potter/Friends/unicorn stuff,</div><div style="text-align: center;">as not being 14, first this beaut of a cleaning caddy</div><div style="text-align: center;">(never thought those words would leave my mouth).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgQgY2G75iukhYZx4PlgzoH4w8nVrdP0DIY4AfeHt7XB53pZpy-81uSH0vVJUpAsMAkyxCgNlDveAVP9fwLq2OUVb04FdTyYtbOxhExaDCpp81r_Y8NJeqkmfQ78xoqykSSXlA2khmeg/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgQgY2G75iukhYZx4PlgzoH4w8nVrdP0DIY4AfeHt7XB53pZpy-81uSH0vVJUpAsMAkyxCgNlDveAVP9fwLq2OUVb04FdTyYtbOxhExaDCpp81r_Y8NJeqkmfQ78xoqykSSXlA2khmeg/w400-h400/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blackwood caddy £8<br />Perfect for storing all the amber bottles filled with homemade, fragrant, eco cleaning products...<br />I have yet to make. <br />Only one made so far, <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2021/06/how-to-make-easiest-cheapest-eco-glass.html">glass cleaner.</a>.<br /><br />On that gist.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhX8UfEXR231yi6Bh2fioIVNeSiismWmDj_tdIFjtDSr-U1_94pXczMJ3t0qUK_4lCUbUeDwPV1LFL-6u0lRXJIrf_8TCNOWbw8zUCVroil8LEXjb_9cH76mpDsVm3dM3B5J5MiFbRweM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhX8UfEXR231yi6Bh2fioIVNeSiismWmDj_tdIFjtDSr-U1_94pXczMJ3t0qUK_4lCUbUeDwPV1LFL-6u0lRXJIrf_8TCNOWbw8zUCVroil8LEXjb_9cH76mpDsVm3dM3B5J5MiFbRweM/w400-h400/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Wooden dustpan and brush just £3<br />Again, that's a good looking set.<br />What have I become? But why shouldn't the most mundane items be beautiful,<br />in fact they should be the most beautiful as we use them so often.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ39bgnPip5W54usC2wMFcew9eRzwYvNlqwx25XL_LjIsvkRpGIfs3yW0qwjXDRxQyTyT5SQPUpcxr-ZsoY0lQNQIZOlOoQV6hby-z11rmKzK9PgDTsIsUh8w4rJ5epZ8KxYDwDpJlOG4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ39bgnPip5W54usC2wMFcew9eRzwYvNlqwx25XL_LjIsvkRpGIfs3yW0qwjXDRxQyTyT5SQPUpcxr-ZsoY0lQNQIZOlOoQV6hby-z11rmKzK9PgDTsIsUh8w4rJ5epZ8KxYDwDpJlOG4/w400-h400/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I'm becoming tedious I know, but that is a wood, bristle and metal scrubbing brush for £1.50</div><div style="text-align: center;">and you can replace the head!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Primark you are practically a hardware store! (love hardware stores).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The scrubber part alone is $15 at <a href="https://barebonesliving.com/pages/collections">BareBones</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this US store, sadly not over here in the UK.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Incense sticks,</div><div style="text-align: center;">go in and out of fashion and are currently, in!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I like the usual over the top, bright Indian designs muted on to cardboard of most joss sticks,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I love the simple design and lifestyle look of these.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYQIh04aNNUqZv02BhLNRafRnl0ym6Jv1sTQ-WCQ2GWn-Gu0m26ymGosBwLJlWwMsB_MRwn9v4wYoQMLbo50OZx0c9qz3MMCyUlbbwIw0Bajy6xxx00Zu2HN6n5ibrDZMb5hcJRhrgP4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYQIh04aNNUqZv02BhLNRafRnl0ym6Jv1sTQ-WCQ2GWn-Gu0m26ymGosBwLJlWwMsB_MRwn9v4wYoQMLbo50OZx0c9qz3MMCyUlbbwIw0Bajy6xxx00Zu2HN6n5ibrDZMb5hcJRhrgP4/w400-h400/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just £1 for 20 sticks! These are cedar wood but lots of other fragrances available.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And if you are looking for that rare beast,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a simple incense stick holder...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmup2dks4Lkr4oCgoaREgIeukZmWfoQTc3c3bAdiYdbPFKvxYt74oftCUq_z9-dyw-jns6tQVFJ9QB2l9L7g4Jq3M2w6s8cEknBhd6vGY2DiMgRIjKLEBBWyYvtiN4_Y9x3JpRPMSgj4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmup2dks4Lkr4oCgoaREgIeukZmWfoQTc3c3bAdiYdbPFKvxYt74oftCUq_z9-dyw-jns6tQVFJ9QB2l9L7g4Jq3M2w6s8cEknBhd6vGY2DiMgRIjKLEBBWyYvtiN4_Y9x3JpRPMSgj4/w400-h400/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Just £2.50 with a few incense sticks included.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thisishut.blogspot.com/2020/09/blogging-about-small-stuff-kaizen.html">Here</a> for a look at my favourite 1 euro make holder.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bergamot reed diffuser.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpPGNy3kmcjBKkFf1uirWQ5nE1yRYm0AoLc17YETyQzEEV46plkCH2xr5Z6z_wHMvU76dTA9CLyz-7LG7DFLdafhcG6yLmgoMEf_2WodIjmd52uJM9aspCRPYkSrBadWzd4Nmy5TOpnI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpPGNy3kmcjBKkFf1uirWQ5nE1yRYm0AoLc17YETyQzEEV46plkCH2xr5Z6z_wHMvU76dTA9CLyz-7LG7DFLdafhcG6yLmgoMEf_2WodIjmd52uJM9aspCRPYkSrBadWzd4Nmy5TOpnI/w258-h400/image.png" width="258" /></a></div><br />£2.50</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love bergamot,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a kind of orangey spicy fragrance that always smells expensive to me,</div><div style="text-align: center;">now it's in Primark, fill you're boots.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let your home smell of gentlemen's outfitters, luxe spa's</div><div style="text-align: center;">and (nearly) <a href="https://www.jomalone.co.uk/">Jo Malone</a> shops for a couple of £. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6OD7SUTeSzIidjpVFCOSQg">Luke Catleugh</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">had bought these, and now I have to have some.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZodNDzwL7DtPn4FO_VnOdM6OgGdsN6vi3ea8X5PkH_0b-Y1kwNusiZ93RvrZO5twJqDoKWCxfp-ayyuZ8rcugbQiLsuJgH63XECohKKlBd2eVosog4bzlQ0RxZv_-VwrTYcEEJs5J50o/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZodNDzwL7DtPn4FO_VnOdM6OgGdsN6vi3ea8X5PkH_0b-Y1kwNusiZ93RvrZO5twJqDoKWCxfp-ayyuZ8rcugbQiLsuJgH63XECohKKlBd2eVosog4bzlQ0RxZv_-VwrTYcEEJs5J50o/w400-h400/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How good looking is that for a spatula!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And just £1.50.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Again, shouldn't the things we use every day be the most beautiful?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This last one is a thinking ahead,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYQoHHR-OBY1d1_6JWb3PiJEv1VLCnpzzW5ACgfixWdDwzDLC1oknWuO47EVYHNNHA_Zg72jZwtiAP_ZgRDXwBJBBDd4sIEMOu2_pc-iHkl2pArISToxewoVrEt6LjUWoTpBtDtfTgJk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYQoHHR-OBY1d1_6JWb3PiJEv1VLCnpzzW5ACgfixWdDwzDLC1oknWuO47EVYHNNHA_Zg72jZwtiAP_ZgRDXwBJBBDd4sIEMOu2_pc-iHkl2pArISToxewoVrEt6LjUWoTpBtDtfTgJk/w640-h640/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Simple faux eucalyptus wreath just £6.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know people are hanging wreathes all year round now which I love.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But every Christmas,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pinterest etc are full of this style wreath and there is never one to be bought anywhere!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And non of these items are plastic throw away tat,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or things which rapidly date,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so it all should stay around for years.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also the reed diffuser can be recycled or refilled with this <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2017/09/a-fragrant-home-on-cheap-and-with.html">eco and budget friendly idea</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-6841205025403440562021-06-25T21:49:00.008+01:002023-07-05T14:41:01.907+01:00HOW TO MAKE THE EASIEST CHEAPEST ECO GLASS CLEANING SPRAY<div style="text-align: center;">This is the best glass cleaner I have ever used,</div><div style="text-align: center;">also the easiest to make.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3gaOGrgwAXro2m2J_0d4Djdw9L07q5j3NfCcFrcXif_Qp-PgNf-UvUsrNKHS8H5wZEbt6eUXANLlkGevP6cEfKDdTxi953oQYcnj0Y8j3iR_l39erHPR9ZHSRc1ybKGOII0CN1OzUqU/s2048/Easy+homemade+cleaning+products+UK.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="kitchen with home made glass cleaner brown glass bottle" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3gaOGrgwAXro2m2J_0d4Djdw9L07q5j3NfCcFrcXif_Qp-PgNf-UvUsrNKHS8H5wZEbt6eUXANLlkGevP6cEfKDdTxi953oQYcnj0Y8j3iR_l39erHPR9ZHSRc1ybKGOII0CN1OzUqU/w426-h640/Easy+homemade+cleaning+products+UK.jpg" title="home made DIY chemical all natural glass cleaner" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/@goodsoulshop?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Good Soul Shop</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/ecological-cleaning?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">Take an empty spray bottle, this is a 200ml size,</div><div style="text-align: center;">add a squirt of washing up liquid,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a squirt of lemon juice</div><div style="text-align: center;">and top up with water.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So simple it's barely a how to.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1CwE3xAcDK10YCIN7MC5YCVIqWshgHyid-lvAGus2LYtXUh2QUpLoBA1wJP1hrfwRV6RpXBe2HvUjfQhYADawOaukhZcsfQotoO-P7tr9T_IQKqzpN4csxNCLPR14JNLqw0FSFYrU4Y/s2048/Homemade+glass+cleaner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="brown glass cleaning spray bottle, wooden tray and a lemon" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1CwE3xAcDK10YCIN7MC5YCVIqWshgHyid-lvAGus2LYtXUh2QUpLoBA1wJP1hrfwRV6RpXBe2HvUjfQhYADawOaukhZcsfQotoO-P7tr9T_IQKqzpN4csxNCLPR14JNLqw0FSFYrU4Y/w480-h640/Homemade+glass+cleaner.jpg" title="homemade cheap budget friendly all natural glass cleaner lemon" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Use like a regular shop bought glass cleaner, spray on and buff off.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's the only one I've ever used which doesn't leave smears.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To make it fully environmentally friendly,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I used eco, refill washing up liquid <a href="https://www.cutthewrap.co.uk/product/miniml-washing-up-liquid/120?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=true">Miniml</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyml796oJpSj8Tx3dNSc3e1GdKAOr7qAAh8GjGbdNkbc7MN4NGJbM989QX7dsV-a8zss_NURd1cen2_U1NFVJzLDLUwr8a8Fa-chF7xNdtqxFLDrH_ngrimSsiOOXs4ZdISWzEOUI-n7I/s2048/eco+washing+up+liquid+miniml.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="eco washing up liquid in the kitchen" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyml796oJpSj8Tx3dNSc3e1GdKAOr7qAAh8GjGbdNkbc7MN4NGJbM989QX7dsV-a8zss_NURd1cen2_U1NFVJzLDLUwr8a8Fa-chF7xNdtqxFLDrH_ngrimSsiOOXs4ZdISWzEOUI-n7I/w640-h640/eco+washing+up+liquid+miniml.jpeg" title="eco washing up liquid in a kitchen" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I buy it from a local zero waste shop about £1 for 500ml</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dirt cheap glass cleaner with no toxic chemicals,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't believe I've ever bought ready made.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also works really well on high gloss kitchen cupboard doors, Ikea desks etc.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Disclaimer,</div><div style="text-align: center;">me not being Unilever...</div><div style="text-align: center;">have only tested this in my own home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm going to attempt making other spray cleaners next,</div><div style="text-align: center;">avoiding the usually hailed, but evil smelling, </div><div style="text-align: center;">vinegar (only smells good on chips)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and lavender (beaut as a plant, a crime every where else).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Small things,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but every pound saved,</div><div style="text-align: center;">single use plastic avoided,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2019/08/lifestyle-style-on-budget-or-gwynith.html">toxic chemical out of your home</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">is a small triumph.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kaizen</div><div style="text-align: center;">(<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.1px;">Japanese philosophy of small continuous improvements which together make big results).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1fsZzl7ijEEVE8SAdqrvsRTb-YVRt6mZA5FQLiScaITU9AekD8VpBVRclMbKFvltDMENSZbEFjeDH_l3UHEtSjf75tjqA1v1Bi8Ipna_JqBosqH2KN4Gie4V1TV-ce0Xxszi_p0NOzo/s2048/home+made+cheap+eco+cleaning+products.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="home made cleaning products in brown glass bottles" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1fsZzl7ijEEVE8SAdqrvsRTb-YVRt6mZA5FQLiScaITU9AekD8VpBVRclMbKFvltDMENSZbEFjeDH_l3UHEtSjf75tjqA1v1Bi8Ipna_JqBosqH2KN4Gie4V1TV-ce0Xxszi_p0NOzo/w426-h640/home+made+cheap+eco+cleaning+products.jpg" title="homemade cleaning products in brown glass spray bottles, easy and cheap chemical free, how to guide" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;">Photo by </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/@daiga_ellaby?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Daiga Ellaby</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/cleaning-spray?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; white-space: nowrap;">Unsplash</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-50543988673091928562021-06-13T14:37:00.012+01:002023-05-12T09:30:30.096+01:00CAN'T FIND A HOMEWARE ITEM TRY FAVI<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/?gclid=CjwKCAjw2ZaGBhBoEiwA8pfP_i6xh2ENAbli9njE3R-1b5-DjYE-piuXPFByCRIjtXdiytC1H6DbExoCJG4QAvD_BwE">FAVI</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The furniture and homeware search engine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fantastic online, and bricks-and-mortar stores, all in one place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSjQcm1aF8c0QoDEgHe-mnsSl1W2JzbZmY8pNwCBJk9EIWtzkuB25faOa7el8YN5Wdbt-uj7ftJGpmrW79ZgHF-fmNKZQ7tRrw1M0KPON6y-zptQ3v4wSKUwtxk9TjtTS94kb0y37Gr0/s345/Favi+bathroom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSjQcm1aF8c0QoDEgHe-mnsSl1W2JzbZmY8pNwCBJk9EIWtzkuB25faOa7el8YN5Wdbt-uj7ftJGpmrW79ZgHF-fmNKZQ7tRrw1M0KPON6y-zptQ3v4wSKUwtxk9TjtTS94kb0y37Gr0/s16000/Favi+bathroom.jpg" /></a></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">Looking for a jute rug?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Easy, put jute rug into the search box and several different style jute rugs from different stores show up.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4Rc8KI-kwjSJc0q_l4OIQ5P5H0GCOKoxecnIPGzd6vo8Ra_gEDTpQFCu-WrnPIJlQq4QMVznehoASi3DvlpNUmDlKwzgzeTgtFeDAo4yKgR22kcDNlZeLX-Syx_T90KDnV-qk7bEv3c/s300/Jute+rug.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4Rc8KI-kwjSJc0q_l4OIQ5P5H0GCOKoxecnIPGzd6vo8Ra_gEDTpQFCu-WrnPIJlQq4QMVznehoASi3DvlpNUmDlKwzgzeTgtFeDAo4yKgR22kcDNlZeLX-Syx_T90KDnV-qk7bEv3c/s16000/Jute+rug.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/products/p/vidaxl-handmade-rug-jute-black-and-natural-90-cm?v=27675">Black and natural jute rug £36.99</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All great</div><div style="text-align: center;">BUT</div><div style="text-align: center;">there is one thing this site excels at...</div><div style="text-align: center;">it has LOADS of the things that are a struggle to find.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Such as wheelie bin storage!</b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7I7PW2xwl3PHGHFFgtxMXFzbgZhHscBqIda30zd6IN_K121xJlVr6mjs8Y_pwaztQJhj2Viw_pv7AcXzj5w0R6mp8kWzoBMQICZ1RTIMpn_IQWuyxzowN5q8JObZvpTjx9bQeZObeYJc/s300/wheelie+bin+storage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7I7PW2xwl3PHGHFFgtxMXFzbgZhHscBqIda30zd6IN_K121xJlVr6mjs8Y_pwaztQJhj2Viw_pv7AcXzj5w0R6mp8kWzoBMQICZ1RTIMpn_IQWuyxzowN5q8JObZvpTjx9bQeZObeYJc/s16000/wheelie+bin+storage.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/products/p/vidaxl-double-wheelie-bin-shed-poly-rattan-black-148x80x111-cm?v=51370">Black rattan effect wheelie bin store £163.99</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Wheelie bin storage is never cheap but at least here you get a style choice, and that's a pretty good looking bin store.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cow hide rugs</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Usually a tricky search as they are either hundreds of pounds or what turns out to be a cunningly photographed faux fur bath mat.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOaxS6L5ObVdbRXewC3ycM7HFJvZSIU_7mD0j-TfTzvPQVVC34HKkIxYBA4VXF6DSPk3GRXELZHAbvuzzOQZqbombrbXooqVoOKs9LWON_p_Bq_5UAoNNCYXjKYdjCKXfVB9P-lUzFog/s300/cow+hide+rug.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOaxS6L5ObVdbRXewC3ycM7HFJvZSIU_7mD0j-TfTzvPQVVC34HKkIxYBA4VXF6DSPk3GRXELZHAbvuzzOQZqbombrbXooqVoOKs9LWON_p_Bq_5UAoNNCYXjKYdjCKXfVB9P-lUzFog/s16000/cow+hide+rug.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/products/p/vidaxl-real-cow-hide-rug-black-and-white-150x170-cm?v=29722">Large 150cm x 170cm cow hide rug £132.99</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/">Favi</a> has 4 shops selling the sort after genuine large ones for around £130</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Room dividers</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not an every day want, but I was looking for one for someone last month and the choice was frankly sh**.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But here Favi have 100s of them,</div><div style="text-align: center;">all different.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unlike Amazon and eBay where you have 100s of the exact same thing to narkily scroll through.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSghcOgcXoIMwgeFRIM3xZJ1WmgEwiR0mCRoHepk7UHxqt00_TE7BaKq8mwp_j6MTewI-i2Zp-7n54uggXHN_64xS2uH8310HJCwn77qCJyo5POHljIyfCwNpB456KoMHWUY4_5J0T7o/s300/room+divider+screen+mango+wood.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSghcOgcXoIMwgeFRIM3xZJ1WmgEwiR0mCRoHepk7UHxqt00_TE7BaKq8mwp_j6MTewI-i2Zp-7n54uggXHN_64xS2uH8310HJCwn77qCJyo5POHljIyfCwNpB456KoMHWUY4_5J0T7o/s16000/room+divider+screen+mango+wood.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/products/p/vidaxl-hand-carved-3-panel-room-divider-brown-120x165-cm-solid-mango-w?v=40581">Hand carved mango wood screen £135.99, that is a lot of carved mango wood for the price!</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Need a letter drop box?</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">47 of them.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gHSBRYLq7trIORSNaQ4NpLBtoJTwzK54yFXIcNm3dzw-tklfE9qFcOd8xu690wGa81hPMmMXfm-Css6mIK3AiHFj1b_PetFkaeOkb4y_1BTEg_ZIwzZR2iCH_bm1dLily5pYTo6T4RY/s300/cheap+mail+box.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gHSBRYLq7trIORSNaQ4NpLBtoJTwzK54yFXIcNm3dzw-tklfE9qFcOd8xu690wGa81hPMmMXfm-Css6mIK3AiHFj1b_PetFkaeOkb4y_1BTEg_ZIwzZR2iCH_bm1dLily5pYTo6T4RY/w400-h400/cheap+mail+box.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/products/p/perel-mailbox-ibiza-black-bg40002?v=44869">Ibiza black mailbox £36.32</a><br /><br />Or if your really grand and need one for the end of your drive...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwovkQ6tQca4WLF3N7qLARqmx5lbE2zWCdTTxJstMIOYgzhVoCbxaiopWrjzY87G_bp2_4mnrRIgUDJQ1Nyyuz43XYyVhKILZ-nk2fNAcW_oYJT0pufGNqw9Ku3wtKdWWoTdBtR6IwVk/s300/posh+letter+box.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwovkQ6tQca4WLF3N7qLARqmx5lbE2zWCdTTxJstMIOYgzhVoCbxaiopWrjzY87G_bp2_4mnrRIgUDJQ1Nyyuz43XYyVhKILZ-nk2fNAcW_oYJT0pufGNqw9Ku3wtKdWWoTdBtR6IwVk/s0/posh+letter+box.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/products/p/vidaxl-pillar-letterbox-aluminium-vintage-style-rustproof-green?v=51373">Stately home style letter box £206.99</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Garden storage boxes</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">69 of them all different</div><div style="text-align: center;">(B&Q has 12)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cEVPkb-AC7gM7Nb2n0jT7jpUTnyZ0QChvTFaS0WVSSdAMosevMUVAfOHHf0MRKLB0jbapk6oOtDA3tnrYZ3FVbOT3F1UhmWLsh9fcX80FxwfyB7C3gxvhhLZjzXjJVc8oDEcqOceA0s/s300/garden+storage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cEVPkb-AC7gM7Nb2n0jT7jpUTnyZ0QChvTFaS0WVSSdAMosevMUVAfOHHf0MRKLB0jbapk6oOtDA3tnrYZ3FVbOT3F1UhmWLsh9fcX80FxwfyB7C3gxvhhLZjzXjJVc8oDEcqOceA0s/s0/garden+storage.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/products/p/vidaxl-pillar-letterbox-aluminium-vintage-style-rustproof-green?v=51373">This handsome number is 1p short of £100.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And struggling to find outdoor cushions for your lounger or bench?</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYOM_Ngqc_FS_cjdPl0tQu_BS6yFTLpdI24Jl_wHfU0T2kF4lyha9ROuUEvLNXruT-L1z9JsBVyMbAqjO7OeMla35vKazIg2QgXRJxiEnl4L_8RdYWcIjuOePWKtAK_0QzGgFyuh5nv4/s300/sunlounger+cushions+cheap.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYOM_Ngqc_FS_cjdPl0tQu_BS6yFTLpdI24Jl_wHfU0T2kF4lyha9ROuUEvLNXruT-L1z9JsBVyMbAqjO7OeMla35vKazIg2QgXRJxiEnl4L_8RdYWcIjuOePWKtAK_0QzGgFyuh5nv4/s0/sunlounger+cushions+cheap.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/products/p/garden-recliner-cushion-malaysia-niedrig-5-cm-h030-05pb-patio?v=196091">Sun lounger cushion £12</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Pages of them for every conceivable seat,</div><div style="text-align: center;">even a broad section of cushions for upcycled pallet seating!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Loving the rattan trend, put rattan in the search box and every conceivable type of rattan item appears. Mango wood? Leather? It brings them all up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(an absolute boon for interior bloggers).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Goat skin chairs?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fill your boots</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAUpZKoSYBcvnlBV7czV63XMhDxAOW5EbBr6Ki18wx6C8e79NKc6gQb7x-dnqCcodzIww1Qby-NvGVfOGBycOKpcAq27hrdBqld6EAxf290PPtLQq2DipPub2ScpGZv3-zDM1yvtoSZM/s400/goat+skin+chairs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAUpZKoSYBcvnlBV7czV63XMhDxAOW5EbBr6Ki18wx6C8e79NKc6gQb7x-dnqCcodzIww1Qby-NvGVfOGBycOKpcAq27hrdBqld6EAxf290PPtLQq2DipPub2ScpGZv3-zDM1yvtoSZM/s320/goat+skin+chairs.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.vidaxl.co.uk/e/vidaxl-dining-chair-4-pcs-genuine-goat-leather/8718475624325.html?utm_source=favi&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=favi-dining-chairs&utm_term=e67c5088-933a-4d30-9952-4cf77a48e8f7">£368.99 for the set of 4 genuine goat skin dinning chairs</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So if you are looking for something and struggling to find it,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://favi.co.uk/">FAVI</a> is worth a look.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Making things easy for small businesses, <a href="https://www.airbnb.co.uk/">Airbnb</a> owners, interior designers, boutique hotels & bloggers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also the website is really well designed and easy to used, always a bonus.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And yes I got paid for this post!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you believe it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I was asked to do a post,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I'll just find the best bargains,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it does actually filter items really well by low to high.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> But it was the locating of the normally pain in the ar** things to find,</div><div style="text-align: center;">that impressed me the most.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I really loved it just shows one of each design,</div><div style="text-align: center;">not page after tedious pages of the same design.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And after all the browsing, I now want a mango wood screen without a notion of where to put it : /</div><div style="text-align: center;">Latest hunt, a giant <a href="https://favi.co.uk/products?q=large+jute+rug">jute rug</a> for my <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2018/01/interiors-envy-pearl-lowes-home.html">kitchen</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please share this post far and wide,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it would be very much appreciated if you could.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-81899402754493557952021-05-22T21:27:00.007+01:002023-07-07T19:01:41.026+01:00HOW TO TURN AN OLD TV INTO A SMART TV... OR HOW TO WATCH TV WITHOUT AN AERIAL<div style="text-align: center;">This £30 streaming media player from <a href="https://amzn.to/3MKrjfa">Roku</a> plugs into your TV</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWsonay1xahFmw8-PXA29BE02O5CM6e8mjgvRKflcjDYYiAM-mLGfs7oZvm-WhBKwJFshVXCLUwrIUILieBcC5VJuhNh-P3Q7hVWJsgKx0PTgSBc8RkabCea5wZCdidM-iEkY2aqkKWA/s1500/Cheap+media+streaming+TV.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1500" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWsonay1xahFmw8-PXA29BE02O5CM6e8mjgvRKflcjDYYiAM-mLGfs7oZvm-WhBKwJFshVXCLUwrIUILieBcC5VJuhNh-P3Q7hVWJsgKx0PTgSBc8RkabCea5wZCdidM-iEkY2aqkKWA/w400-h235/Cheap+media+streaming+TV.webp" width="400" /></a></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and turns your normal, standard television into a smart TV.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This means you can watch all the usual terrestrial channels live and on catch up,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but also YouTube, a host of extra free channels and any subscriptions you have such as Netflix or Prime, you can even link anything you are watching on your phone to it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Plug it into the HDMI port on your TV and an electrical socket.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It connects wirelessly to your wifi so you don't need to have an outdoor aerial or Sky box.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It has a proper remote control.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To connect your phone to the TV,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I tap on the mirror share icon and it finds the TV and connects, so whatever you are looking at on your phone screen can be seen on the TV.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you want to keep your aerial or Sky box, you can, it can run in conjunction with it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkistAdDkWaEJtqEfA5PlBEgxu7hMcKTq6frUXo0TvjEGeZNj7Q4s010vRAAfDRBWgw2wWjDBZyaslTB73o1ZB5WAn4CcaCVG53Q11GNANyNmDl_8nNBIItAyjOOmJVNA03Zg96CysaUY/s2048/Cheap+easy+smart+TV.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkistAdDkWaEJtqEfA5PlBEgxu7hMcKTq6frUXo0TvjEGeZNj7Q4s010vRAAfDRBWgw2wWjDBZyaslTB73o1ZB5WAn4CcaCVG53Q11GNANyNmDl_8nNBIItAyjOOmJVNA03Zg96CysaUY/w536-h402/Cheap+easy+smart+TV.jpg" width="536" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: center;">The longer detailed explanation.</h4><div style="text-align: center;">I'm an idiot with these things,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was looking to upgrade my small television to a larger smart TV and I had no idea where to start.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Any info seemed to be aimed at people who are really into tech and I couldn't give a stuff about tech.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted a TV that I could watch YouTube and Netflix on, regular terrestrial TV channels as they are broadcast and the catch ups like iPlayer and my5.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I wanted a proper remote control, I didn't want to only be able to control the TV from my phone.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And could this all be done just through your wifi?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A friend on a group chat asked if anyone wanted a TV for free from a moving neighbour, another friend piped up and said wasn't I looking for one, when I replied it was just a smart television I was after.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The error of my ways was pointed out (and saved me at least £200).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UEDrVemXj8hu9XY69zlbIQVMTeCLm3y5UrW1LMgvNtPSVSZORbs2YkdbLCxEjZPvi7jawvdxKaS8W7aQDlJFsc3jfET1F1ptKMCUNPO6dURQ1hPYhL7hhUPqrInb3mREiBG5dm6zOpk/s2048/Watch+TV+without+an+aerial+cheap.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UEDrVemXj8hu9XY69zlbIQVMTeCLm3y5UrW1LMgvNtPSVSZORbs2YkdbLCxEjZPvi7jawvdxKaS8W7aQDlJFsc3jfET1F1ptKMCUNPO6dURQ1hPYhL7hhUPqrInb3mREiBG5dm6zOpk/w400-h300/Watch+TV+without+an+aerial+cheap.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ArvinOlano">Arvin Olano</a>'s interiors YouTube channel. I hold him responsible for large gold mirror and blossom branch obsessive hunt.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So I got the larger free television, (thank you friends neighbour) bought the Roku streaming stick as above.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plugged it in,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and gave up on aerial TV for good.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Sky box has been put in a cupboard,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the aerial to the dish, wound up and hidden in a basket.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can get all the channels you want,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and non of the ones you don't.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You just look for the channel you want in the search bar and click install (that simple).</div><div style="text-align: center;">And any channel you don't want,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can click to uninstall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And radio and Spotify etc are all played through it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So if you have a TV and it's not a smart television, don't buy a new one, buy a <a href="https://amzn.to/3MKrjfa">Roku</a> £30!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(If you are wondering about the untidy pile of old DVD's under the TV, I attached the wall bracket myself and I don't entirely trust my skills, they are there for added support 😅 I have photo's of that bodge for another blog post).</div><div style="text-align: center;">Contains affiliated links.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also if you are looking to put a TV where there isn't an electrical socket I have written a blog post about that - <a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2023/07/how-put-tv-where-there-is-no-power-or.html">How to put a TV where there is no power.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>More money saving posts</b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2023/05/three-ideas-frugal-energy-saves.html">Three frugal energy saving ideas.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2022/05/turn-standard-wooden-clothes-hangers.html">How to turn wooden coat hangers into trouser hangers.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2022/02/how-to-turn-original-doors-into-fire.html">How to turn traditional doors into fire doors cheaply.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2021/06/how-to-make-easiest-cheapest-eco-glass.html">How to make glass cleaner at home.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thisishut.com/2020/02/the-best-ex-display-furniture-store-ever.html">The best ex display furniture store, bricks and mortar and online shop.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-50837288958945207532021-04-15T22:48:00.012+01:002021-04-16T19:11:59.888+01:00SHOPPING - DIRT CHEAP INTERIOR BARGAINS<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6J86ReLnK-THWoROVe2BSn3758k0YvD1Y-rD0bf28m9w18tZHt9fY79kkLVOc0hoTCUU7M24ZW-uhj2Lx0Jf9uT6CLOVrmN75Ct-p6IAQ57qzsJO99H-u18qRjWmIpChNphxa3u02wg/s2048/Hut+interiors+bargains.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6J86ReLnK-THWoROVe2BSn3758k0YvD1Y-rD0bf28m9w18tZHt9fY79kkLVOc0hoTCUU7M24ZW-uhj2Lx0Jf9uT6CLOVrmN75Ct-p6IAQ57qzsJO99H-u18qRjWmIpChNphxa3u02wg/w640-h480/Hut+interiors+bargains.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Picked up few, absolute bargains if you want a look.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Probably, my best buy so far this year.</p><div style="text-align: center;">Beautiful genuine muted brass hanging planter with raw jute string,</div><div style="text-align: center;">£20, £30 from <a href="https://www.rockettstgeorge.co.uk/">Rockett St George</a>, <a href="https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/?utm_content=Store%20-%20Location&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_source=google&utm_term=anthropologie%20uk&utm_kxconfid=vx65edeg7&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpdqDBhCSARIsAEUJ0hNsyfLYDGxZH-UzoWrPjtP1Hu0XgUdkoNKtKPDNK2XKvRsaQGTiCyYaAsv8EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds">Anthropologie</a>?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZo-X2w3pA1GjeIEeHJrkWQbyzCVF2mY0KPXnZXnNKe17gXyvsha63UuLx7BYNzahFlKl1Anp0p0ispD0r4iVYkGuckh1KCYvlJI1B_NfMOHTVesf7B5W1lyJlO_IO6deOpOP2cVxN4k/s2048/Hut+brass+rope+planter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZo-X2w3pA1GjeIEeHJrkWQbyzCVF2mY0KPXnZXnNKe17gXyvsha63UuLx7BYNzahFlKl1Anp0p0ispD0r4iVYkGuckh1KCYvlJI1B_NfMOHTVesf7B5W1lyJlO_IO6deOpOP2cVxN4k/w480-h640/Hut+brass+rope+planter.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>No, £1.50 from <a href="https://www.poundland.co.uk/">Poundland</a>!</div><div>Poundland always have gems, but occasionally they come up with something, which is so good, the <a href="https://www.homesense.com/home">Homesense</a> buyers must be cursing them.</div><div>The concrete Buddhas <a href="https://thisishut.blogspot.com/2017/10/poundland-homeware-haul.html">here</a>?</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7SacJtirwc9sFcPFwgb3Oxd01e_6TqiZU8z0sbA9QcdWEzjVfb0lZopvOvYEprrns8hnwrI1LLaOUSBWMYuiBBr1AfZ79CbOe6h_zt2TVu84s8LJVfxXD2bWxEPZV8Y9Yo7nO24cQ78/s2048/Hut+Poundland+hanging+planter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7SacJtirwc9sFcPFwgb3Oxd01e_6TqiZU8z0sbA9QcdWEzjVfb0lZopvOvYEprrns8hnwrI1LLaOUSBWMYuiBBr1AfZ79CbOe6h_zt2TVu84s8LJVfxXD2bWxEPZV8Y9Yo7nO24cQ78/w640-h480/Hut+Poundland+hanging+planter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>Suspect they will be springing up all over Instagram etc soon, looking more professionally photographed and styled than... mine, in situ by the workroom/office window.</div><div>Containing a rescued, coming back to life M&S plant.</div><div>A bit of a damaged beaut with weirdly pink striped leaves.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdMe7OP7B_1UOFWM2Bheo6w-qMvcVGs7vUiX_ragO64u6D8b5Tnoo-4C4JEYLt_OwvuxzeIR9XOrW17pP0HC4EFYEfx0Y-DfC9dsWg_-Bucctlimc6Mm5QQk0Xr3u5TpfbYywOClPb6g/s2048/Hut+hanging+brass+planter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdMe7OP7B_1UOFWM2Bheo6w-qMvcVGs7vUiX_ragO64u6D8b5Tnoo-4C4JEYLt_OwvuxzeIR9XOrW17pP0HC4EFYEfx0Y-DfC9dsWg_-Bucctlimc6Mm5QQk0Xr3u5TpfbYywOClPb6g/w480-h640/Hut+hanging+brass+planter.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since been back and bought another, not sure for where, the bathroom?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cushions... again!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNuIp2ky14zP9EmwRSILMjg1o07cv4XLiWx619qD19YigPm6kwtf5UCPJE-80_4YsUbQZxOoa0Rqz_Ioifv_WjumW1w8JM2nht4lNwyzlFZ2EnLuAI8YA2tnenWHMCyEUF66zTdrUpY0/s2048/Hut+Cheap+cushions+uk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNuIp2ky14zP9EmwRSILMjg1o07cv4XLiWx619qD19YigPm6kwtf5UCPJE-80_4YsUbQZxOoa0Rqz_Ioifv_WjumW1w8JM2nht4lNwyzlFZ2EnLuAI8YA2tnenWHMCyEUF66zTdrUpY0/w640-h480/Hut+Cheap+cushions+uk.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These cushion covers, in grey and teal are 100% cotton but have that linen look about them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where still a bargain at £1.50 per cover,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but now reduced to 25p each!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Put a feather filled inner pad in them and you have that expensive slouchy linen look for 25p!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found this small, lone random faux plant on the Poundland shelves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I think sometimes the stuff looks better, separated from the pack?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QPtRpiFXDgxFCxK3cC8SIXVFt5V82ZijFn3KrU1Z7GEsfy9b5j4t_Jewtu7aw3ChYHCMczeCIQYV20PUFWIbVNnBGv6DdBaXOiTGw4EBZxTL981uR51jbLLTvYY9CfD1cZFZXxhOSxM/s2048/Hut+Poundland+faux+plants.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QPtRpiFXDgxFCxK3cC8SIXVFt5V82ZijFn3KrU1Z7GEsfy9b5j4t_Jewtu7aw3ChYHCMczeCIQYV20PUFWIbVNnBGv6DdBaXOiTGw4EBZxTL981uR51jbLLTvYY9CfD1cZFZXxhOSxM/w480-h640/Hut+Poundland+faux+plants.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Must have been the last in stock as reduced to 75p.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here it is, again appallingly photographed in the guest room.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhL006CzbyxzzdVP-Ayf0ck1UKLniOPp07U-zyOKQeIf9xgLAMG_DFSSYc63fw12lQu7pPtZDWyKQ5e2ukXoiS6BInrpUPtBRxsApnouRGeZyxHEdwA4LuUiUwFIwPsu6MKAP3z2Udpf0/s2048/Hut+cheap+faux+plant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhL006CzbyxzzdVP-Ayf0ck1UKLniOPp07U-zyOKQeIf9xgLAMG_DFSSYc63fw12lQu7pPtZDWyKQ5e2ukXoiS6BInrpUPtBRxsApnouRGeZyxHEdwA4LuUiUwFIwPsu6MKAP3z2Udpf0/w640-h480/Hut+cheap+faux+plant.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last week, it was my sisters birthday,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and having a very narrow selection of shops to go at (still lockdown),</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I trawled Asda,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and just picked up things which didn't look too sh**e.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I first found a brilliant ceramic planter,</div><div style="text-align: center;">which had a hole in the bottom and a rubber bung, so good for indoors or outdoors,</div><div style="text-align: center;">just £3!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I bought the back, darker blue one (which looks a lot better in real life)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjojuUSj0wzlFh3NlnBlm2JOHk7cdFLLduLE_NeJyraw9Yb4lgESM6RjIu0FDmuniglRQMNwlYJFreq7n5SKOSTvyxHYl-sw7hOE5muA0Wp6_HZuQ9YsGTphsYh19WUqzQavCB2bF6yQ/s662/geometric+planter.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="662" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjojuUSj0wzlFh3NlnBlm2JOHk7cdFLLduLE_NeJyraw9Yb4lgESM6RjIu0FDmuniglRQMNwlYJFreq7n5SKOSTvyxHYl-sw7hOE5muA0Wp6_HZuQ9YsGTphsYh19WUqzQavCB2bF6yQ/s16000/geometric+planter.webp" /></a></div><br /> And a couple of scented finds to make it up into a little gift.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Currently loving anything</div><div style="text-align: center;">housed in a brown bottle with white writing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82T6Ty52lNvJinRAw50rqpl4KGZLOJoSF57HvbJHh_S2AJJx027AQDqhpu_N77nVZIQ8b_M2yMQGmA3A9LNP9sdvgkDNptR40fYOUGIbyyBITYVO1GdIzzt_hgsqBuZZfumDUc3Dp7oM/s225/cheap+room+spray.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82T6Ty52lNvJinRAw50rqpl4KGZLOJoSF57HvbJHh_S2AJJx027AQDqhpu_N77nVZIQ8b_M2yMQGmA3A9LNP9sdvgkDNptR40fYOUGIbyyBITYVO1GdIzzt_hgsqBuZZfumDUc3Dp7oM/s0/cheap+room+spray.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This white mint and eucalyptus scented room spray,</div><div style="text-align: center;">smells lovely and,</div><div style="text-align: center;">even though plastic, </div><div style="text-align: center;">looks stylish enough to leave out on display,</div><div style="text-align: center;">because who wants to leave a massive can of Oust by the toilet!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just £3 </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And in the same collection, but this time the bottle is glass,</div><div style="text-align: center;">reed diffuser £4,</div><div style="text-align: center;">looks and smells gorgeous, not over perfumed as some of the cheaper ones are.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyJ8DBLxle41XyZmnZHqK_PIwq6VJFbcp1eVvKDw-09Nq5l1a8pCr8mRufAkxzzw-tyhY6MLKte-M7Tnys83LqxSnXUCXuFIZOs52yAg9el_3z5i4BdzDLJcFbIEHNIKPGOmwnXxLdk4/s156/cool+reed+diffuser.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyJ8DBLxle41XyZmnZHqK_PIwq6VJFbcp1eVvKDw-09Nq5l1a8pCr8mRufAkxzzw-tyhY6MLKte-M7Tnys83LqxSnXUCXuFIZOs52yAg9el_3z5i4BdzDLJcFbIEHNIKPGOmwnXxLdk4/s0/cool+reed+diffuser.jpg" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">I picked up a room spray bottle for my self as well.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;">It smells fab and when it runs out, I'll re-fill it with essential oils, oud and bergamot (my favourites) and water. Obviously not extreme thrift! To save the environment : )</p></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com2United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428872821318931.post-85825403839038474852020-10-04T21:06:00.003+01:002021-04-18T22:16:10.477+01:00HOW TO REMOVE SAMPLE TILES FROM MDF DISPLAY BOARDS... OR MAKE A SINK BASIN SPLASHBACK FOR FREE<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuhCVCNGTTOqcdz0OwGW9lTsPaxmFWSn1mJrrWR3B_7apv7HUq7Px-IlkioZ1yZGO-7sNT98NbA1z_LlYTmCToKL8LGOSNkVkwr0BlePSu0_uXAQmH-XtbXVOBjdh59YUwDQkYPgqtNg/s2048/how+to+remove+a+sample+tile+from+a+display+board.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuhCVCNGTTOqcdz0OwGW9lTsPaxmFWSn1mJrrWR3B_7apv7HUq7Px-IlkioZ1yZGO-7sNT98NbA1z_LlYTmCToKL8LGOSNkVkwr0BlePSu0_uXAQmH-XtbXVOBjdh59YUwDQkYPgqtNg/w480-h640/how+to+remove+a+sample+tile+from+a+display+board.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here's the HOW TO first and a bit of waffle about it after.</div><p style="text-align: center;"> Hack a few holes into the edges of the display board, I did this by sawing at the edges with a bread knife.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Soak the display boards over night in water.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance the display board with tile side up on a brick or similar, I used a rounded stone.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Put one foot on one side of the board and your other foot on the other side,</p><p style="text-align: center;">and the board should tear away from the tile leaving only the paper covering attached to the glue dots.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-lkwdtuL-XSdFv0zRIQcaLM2FtFKVx4f_d_a5KmVyFdYOXr1donwVVI6FBrJK-4cLDb95yqLPRPV7U_F21SMxoN87rEG5T0sHJDXBr9pLKMwQAaK1PCDt-z-wLHwRnaeWcoVzoEgnbQ/w480-h640/diy+remove+tiles+from+mdf+display+boards+upcycle+recycle.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="480" /></p><div style="text-align: center;">Here's mine free from the board and ready to be used...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After a disastrous attempt at tiling behind my bathroom sink with vintage American tin tiles,</div><div style="text-align: center;">who would have thought 100+ year old tin tiles ripped from a roof would not give the slickest of splashbacks.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I needed a proper splashback panel or tiles.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Walking past a skip and trying to act like I wasn't eyeballing the contents...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I spied about 10 tile display boards inside.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I dragged out a large 60cm x 34cm tile one, that's about the correct size for a splash back isn't it?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dragged it off the board as above and</div><div style="text-align: center;">as my walls are old and wonky and it was just one stand alone tile,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just whacked big blobs of mastic on to the the back of the tile where it actually touched the wall,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and poly fillered in and painted the gaps at the edge,</div><div style="text-align: center;">put a line of Poundland squeezy tube mastic or caulk whatever you call it along the bottom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So here is the splashback, far slicker (professional tilers avert your gaze) and hygienic looking than the tin tiles,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I didn't take a pic of them, the shame was too great). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQE7v9iJh04Xq7vgCZVFMBx3JimLi5nyeVfczGfCsW5GWD_KqbSwOGY-ySvhnNkEPgC0pjNfOz4AnHwr85Lj-naiYkJ9scgI4x8SmzjyvE5q0b4x9HvZSNUQ_uesA0sYfEyH1ktnBDFo/s2048/remove+a+ceramic+tile+sample+from+mdf+display+board.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQE7v9iJh04Xq7vgCZVFMBx3JimLi5nyeVfczGfCsW5GWD_KqbSwOGY-ySvhnNkEPgC0pjNfOz4AnHwr85Lj-naiYkJ9scgI4x8SmzjyvE5q0b4x9HvZSNUQ_uesA0sYfEyH1ktnBDFo/w480-h640/remove+a+ceramic+tile+sample+from+mdf+display+board.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sink and tap were another earlier bargain, Facebook market place, £45 new and still boxed from a property developer. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLnjT4EdCrUGIgMOLJdTtO3Ea0tfLt-Xlu-d3IOsnT6s8rKFBpvwsE1QRyayyAxVl3qt6w3XI2jE-yd7L0ZaM1CIAZmJGye1RhjYDmxk-Kl2DCShlxL1i9TJaf8AaKIG6oX7hec09QW0/s2048/how+to+remove+a+tile+sample+from+display+board.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLnjT4EdCrUGIgMOLJdTtO3Ea0tfLt-Xlu-d3IOsnT6s8rKFBpvwsE1QRyayyAxVl3qt6w3XI2jE-yd7L0ZaM1CIAZmJGye1RhjYDmxk-Kl2DCShlxL1i9TJaf8AaKIG6oX7hec09QW0/w480-h640/how+to+remove+a+tile+sample+from+display+board.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And with the mirror and everything back in place, <a href="https://thisishut.blogspot.com/2017/08/upcycling-noughties-leather-mirrors-for.html">here</a> if you want to see how to turn a 90s faux leather mirror into that style for £1.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I know the mirror is off centre but it hangs on two sturdy hooks that used to hold a wall cabinet in place and I hate putting proper fixings in walls so I'd rather have an off centre mirror than tackle that.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And <a href="https://thisishut.blogspot.com/2020/03/easiest-cheapest-hanging-planter-diy.html">here</a> if you want to see the easy how to make the macramé plant hanger </div><div style="text-align: center;">(I am hunting down a good faux hanging plant to go in it, I am aware that pot of faux grass looks ridiculous)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So it looks a LOT better,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the £50 I would have spent can be diverted towards something else</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a tiny bit less has gone into landfill,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(the tin tiles are going to be re-purposed as 'art').</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYplUbJPVEbiY239HzqcxSPYwzg4kYbPxvgyMxbG3drg_S0CZPaTU-LvLQyvZKsCj_nznwvWleP458JrVf5is4wk6OhHMSDlrNLNcGYywq-mIGRtvwMy6WJOGG9otHGaRY5wNOGAR0xU/w150-h200/how+to+remove+a+sample+tile+from+a+display+board.jpg" width="150" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and here's the first pic again! If anyone knows how the hell to remove a pic from the new updated Blogger let me know 😅</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801585248811010180noreply@blogger.com3United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597327.067817163821154 -38.592223 83.688284836178838 31.720277