Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
14-02-2013, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 24,647
china cabinet.
wow. what a transformation. Just brings the unit back to life and into the 21st century. Well done. Thanks for sharing.
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
14-05-2012, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 34,162
polytunnel
love the idea....have the raised beds already so now thats a new project for the hubby to do for me....
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Forum: Home Improvements
17-10-2011, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 6
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new house problems
Hope your sister got her problem sorted out....just read your post a few mins ago for the first time...ironic since today all those people had to leave their appt block because of the builder doing...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
30-09-2011, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,937
barter system
I think the idea of bartering is terrific and have always had that opinion. I often do some typing say for a girl and in return she will give me nice free range eggs. Also you could do some painting...
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Forum: Home Improvements
30-09-2011, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 0
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16" Fire grate
Could anyone give me advise please? Would really appreciate it. Have been buying 16" firegrates every year or sometimes twice a year since we moved into our most recent house 5 years ago in...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
10-08-2011, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 119
Views: 163,217
your wedding
loved your ideas and your wedding photos too...thanks for sharing them with us on jumbletown....just goes to show...where there is Love...anything is possible..have a wonderful life together....good...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
01-08-2011, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,986
old computer
Just wondering what other people have done with computers which are very old and they have no more use for ? The computer in question is not the tower type hard drive but one which is more like a...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
09-07-2011, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,411
Thanks for your message. That information is...
Thanks for your message. That information is great. I actually did the chairs the other day actually. I used the nitromors on most of them and then sanded them down. I used Satinwood finish in a kind...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
05-07-2011, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 106,057
Pine dresser
What a wonderful job you did on that dresser. You have given me inspiration to do up an old unit which has been in my husbands family for many years and which has been "sent " to the garage a few...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
05-07-2011, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,411
old chair
love the chair. Got 2 chairs recently from a jumbletowner and wanted to paint them too....Just wondering , did you sand the original down or did you use nitromors to take the old varnish off first.?...
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Forum: Support Forum
22-06-2011, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 40,396
addiction to Jumbletown
See there has not been any posts since 2010 so heres my tuppence worth...I have to admit it ....I am also addicted to Jumbletown....It is truly a community and I have also met such lovely people...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
02-04-2011, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 15,196
Sideboard
You did an excellent job on that sideboard. A credit to you. Keep up the good work ! You are an inspiration to all us jumbletowners...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
13-03-2011, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 119
Views: 163,217
budget wedding tips
Saw a programme recently where they used old china tea cups and teapots. Filled them with soil/compost and put lovely bulbs into it a few weeks before the wedding to be ready in time for centre...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
09-02-2011, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,876
Recycling old worn and torn clothes
Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. Have checked out Leitrim County Councils bring centres and there are two for textiles within a few miles of me so thats great. Will also check with local...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
09-02-2011, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,876
recycling old worn and torn clothes
I am in the middle of some springcleaning at the moment. Sorting out hotpress etc...have found a lot of clothes which are certainly not good enough to give to charity shop but they would be good...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
01-02-2011, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,274
empty sweet tins
When my children were younger they got so much entertainment from the upturned old biscuit/sweet tin and a wooden spoon !!! Would bang away making their " music" for hours on end....( Hint - make...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
01-02-2011, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 33,209
reducing waste
some great ideas there for reducing waste. What about the really strong cardboard which comes in the box when you buy some electrical product like i did recently. ( A new scanner for the printer)?...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
31-01-2011, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 12,304
hard bread
bread and butter pudding a great way to use up hard bread. Butter bread and layer it in the dish with sultanas and even some mixed peel and some caster sugar. Mix milk about half a pint or so with an...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
21-01-2011, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 18,926
Old Teapot
Love your idea for your teapot. Saw a programme recently with Franc who is the wedding planner from cork. He says that the " In" thing at the moment for weddings is to use old Teapots, old china cups...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
18-11-2010, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 23,600
bike
great idea. nice project for the next nice day of sunshine...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
17-11-2010, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 17,393
bedside lockers
what a difference a new paint job can make to an old item of furniture. You are inspiring a lot of people including me to take up that old paint brush and start doing up furniture that has need of a...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
16-11-2010, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,709
well done
now I know what I will give our son to do when he says he is bored during the summer hols next year......this site is giving me some great ideas....A trailer like that one would cost you about 700 -...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
15-11-2010, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 30,056
chest of drawers
Went painting mad during the summer and by looking at your photos i think I have got the bug again....Think I will chance painting my kitchen chairs and table legs....they are looking...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
09-11-2010, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 97
Views: 141,420
Refurbishing an old cottage
Have really enjoyed reading your thread which I only hit on in the past hour or so....you are an inspiration to so many people, especially in these recessional times....Things can get done with a lot...
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