Forum: Home Improvements
31-08-2009, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 32,141
the pale green hoose
Maybe i should call the cottege that!
Nope Mickey, you are right, i didnt envisage this wishy washy. Yes, i was thrilled but more and more feel it needs punch.
my polish helper says the same, they...
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Forum: Home Improvements
31-08-2009, 12:48 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 32,141
painted 'hoose' has been uploaded
hi there well here really, the place received the licking and the door still only has undercoat.
look forward to opinion of the results. i am thrilled.
xminnie pal
thanks to eveyne for pointing me...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
30-08-2009, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,718
done the reverse
Hi have done the reverse and think i have two shelves from my small wine rack, i know i have one.
if you pm me the dimensions i will see if they are any good to you.
I made the wine rack into a small...
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Forum: Home Improvements
27-08-2009, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 32,141
Tis painted!!!!
my hoose is painted 'nearly sage' it looked darker on the swatch. I am a bit disappointed, as it just has a 'blush' of sage, tis very pale.
would a second coat make a difference do you thinK?
it is...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
25-08-2009, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,131
climbers
hi i went to lidl today and all they had were creepers!!! no climbers!
I thought that very funny, werent many there either and they were sad, oh so sad!
I will have to find aldi donno where the...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-08-2009, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,131
delicate climbers now died down id please?
yes, i am clearing my raised bed below a very high wall.
Now considering all the climbers, i have an idea of ivy but also honeysuckle, clematis and jasmine.
Can i intermix the these with...
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Forum: Home Improvements
23-08-2009, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,729
removing tiles from wall/grey flip bin use?
I have only one line of tiles here in new place all around bath and in the kitchen and behind sink.
any EASY way to remove or is this genuinely a hacking job.
I dont need this anymore, a big grey...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-08-2009, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,623
yes tis a heat stain
thanks for that, i will try this gingerly and NOT place it on the table but just above for a few SECs at a time and see how we go, thanks for tip.
xminnie pal
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-08-2009, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,205
cutting willow screening
can you actually cut this stuff.
Anyone seen this being sold now at a really good price?
I have bare divide walls and thought i would trim the willow screen in half and place it against the walls.
I...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
22-08-2009, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,623
photo hopefully
going to try and attach my pics, computer closed down repeatedly, very little memory left on it now.
xminnie pal
here goes
FAILED! have asked admin to upload, i reduced the size accordingly as told...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
22-08-2009, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,623
nope!
I think this calls for a photo of mine so we can all sort the puzzle.
so off i go now to get the camera and hope i can download an image, the admin used to do it, so i donno if i can myself.
i will...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
22-08-2009, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,623
Exciting!
Very exciting to hear that, i have been trying to find it on the net but no luck so far, do you have a web address?
I will take pic tomorrow and try and post.
What ever, I absolutely adore it, if...
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Forum: Home Improvements
22-08-2009, 01:00 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,505
vinyl tile flooring
I do have a small enough place and was thinking of vinyl tiling from B&Q. Is this hard to put down, can you cut it with a stanley knife, what way do you stick these down?
i will be doing it myself...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
22-08-2009, 12:55 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,623
stain on lovely dark wood
bought a beautiful tiny kidney shaped retro side table with tapering legs today for six euro in charity shop, i love it. Dark wood, maybe mahogony, but it does have a stain on it, maybe someone put...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
22-08-2009, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,024
car scrap yard
behind the fancy sewage huts on the harbour front in dunlaoghaire there is a scrap yard for cars, i believe people go there if they have cracked or broken a side light for example. Its an amazing...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
22-08-2009, 12:37 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,410
ideas
You are not gonna believe me but i have a left over kitchen press door and was going to dump it until i saw the ideas here.
I have already covered a bar stool seat with some fluffy pink material got...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
19-08-2009, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,963
Zen garden -- any tips?
Hi, I'm looking for tips on organising a Zen garden or can anyone point me in the direction of a few websites. Thanks!
xminnie pal
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
13-08-2009, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,231
Hack job
Just got onto the raised bed and - Pulled - pulled, the creeper.
I really dont know what i was pulling, i googled mile a minute but I am not sure whether it is, i think it is virginia creeper. I...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-08-2009, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,736
Skill Swap sites
I am looking for a handyman mega urgent. Anyone know of sites where one person swaps their skills for some skill the other person has.
Eg person paints a wee hoose for three hours, in exchange for...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-08-2009, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,109
thanks
Hi thanks for your veggie ideas here. I am beginning to really 'look' at exactly the shape, where the sun hits and doesnt and some features i would like etc.
Also i feel veggies will give me...
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Forum: Home Improvements
11-08-2009, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,017
thanks
i logged on and spent a few hours designing, not that easy but great fun and gave me some ideas of what its all about.
thanks for telling me about that one
xxminnie pal
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Forum: Support Forum
10-08-2009, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 480
Views: 353,375
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
10-08-2009, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,221
Yep very good!
Hi, you have another 'nicker' here!!
these look great.
xminnie pal
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Forum: Home Improvements
07-08-2009, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 32,141
guess which wins!
Hi everyone, the paint is b ought!!!!
Its sage, I could not find an already mixed sage so had it made up in a reputable shop. It looks kinda pale, but the guy told me how to paint it, very thin...
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Forum: Home Improvements
07-08-2009, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 10,132
where can i find?
Tasmin,
would you be able to tell me where I would get glass type dividers?
I was also thinnking of muslin. its light and airy but i like the idea of glass somehow.
x for now,
minnie pal.
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