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Posted: 11-12-2008 , 08:42 PM #47 |
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Kiara - I've just had a lovely idea for making some decoupaged furniture or storage boxes for your daughters' room - why not use pictures that she's drawn? This would be lovely with old pages from school copybooks etc. too but she's probably a bit young for that!
This is the closest thing I could find when I googled 'homework decoupage', but you get the idea... http://fashionminute.blogspot.com/20...-homework.html (edit:) Found another example using childrens' drawings - http://www.flickr.com/photos/2066961...7603821975182/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669612@N02/2008583670/ |
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Posted: 12-12-2008 , 10:36 AM #48 | |
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Shop is a four letter word. Wooden poles, steel poles, mop handles even vacuum cleaner pipes (cant remember if they even have a name) all make excellent clothes rails, towel rails etc. And they are regularly discarded so easily come by in JT, skips, recycle centres. In fact they are often much better then the flimsy rails you buy in hardware stores that are prone to bending when you hang too many clothes on them in a wide wardrobe. All you need is a hack saw to cut it to correct length. You dont even need fittings. 2 short lengths of wood with a v-notch cut in the centre of each and screwed to the wall will give a much stronger support for a wardrobe/clothes rail than almost any fitting you can buy. |
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Posted: 13-12-2008 , 08:51 PM #49 |
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thanks again magiceight, you should start a thread of these, I'm sure plenty jtowners would try some of these out, I'm gonna have to leave crafts until after we have the house ready and furnished (basically livable) but then I'm getting started on some of these, I was shocked at what could be made using stuff that goes in our bins everyday! Kiara x
PS; I found a shop in Ennis where I can buy wine boxes cheaply and they will make gorgeous shelves! |
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Posted: 13-12-2008 , 11:28 PM #50 |
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Just wanted to show you all what we're working with! It's not a pretty sight at the moment but we WILL get there!
1; bathroom 2; boxroom (will be nursery) 3; alcove in box room 4; alcove in what will be my daughters room 5; our room 6; stairs... after I'd scrubbed and scraped off an awful border :) 7; sitting room 8; sitting room floor 9; hall |
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Posted: 13-12-2008 , 11:38 PM #51 |
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I love the blue and purple that you've picked :)
Hey, looking at those alcoves - for a temporary wardrobe solution, you could buy lots of those little hooks with the sticky backing, and hang one hanger on each one? I did this years ago with all my bags, scarves & necklaces... the hooks might be strong enough to hold little clothes :) You could put a hanging curtain of paper flower garlands or beads n' stuff across the front. |
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Posted: 13-12-2008 , 11:44 PM #52 | |
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ha ha no thats what we're painting over! The bathroom will be a kind of sand colour and my daughters room will be the 'groovy chick purple' and bubble gum pink! I took these when all we'd painted was a few ceilings! But honestly if you actually saw the walls they are awful we had to scrub them and use plenty filler before we could even think of painting! Kiara x |
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Posted: 13-12-2008 , 11:51 PM #53 |
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i think lighter colours will make the rooms look bigger maby she might like a few balloons painted in her favourite colours lol you could use those sample boxes and save a few euro or put pictures up in those colours
my daughter has a pink and lilac girl Ellie but in the end we had to repaint her room as it was closterfobic with the colours she choose now she has bedding and pictures with her colours and the room looks so much bigger |
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Posted: 13-12-2008 , 11:53 PM #54 |
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LMAO Kiara.... I thought they were freshly painted! Still nice colours though :)
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Posted: 13-12-2008 , 11:57 PM #55 | |
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I actually had this thought myself but even though she's only 3 Zara is a very opinionated little girl but in fairness to her she really has her head screwed on! I let her pick her own colours as I know our 2nd baby is going to make her feel a bit weird for a while, with such big changes all at once for her I want her room to be one thing she has complete control over, Kiara x |
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Posted: 14-12-2008 , 12:00 AM #56 |
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Aw bless her :)
Oh God I'm so broody... LOL :P |
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Posted: 14-12-2008 , 12:09 AM #57 | |
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Yes she's really cute (if you tell her this she just says yeah i know!) But she can be very bossy! I don't mind though if she's happy so am I! As you can see from the pics all we can do until the flooring is done is paint so hopefully that will be sorted soon, waiting on a grant for it though, hopefully it won't take too long! I forgot to take pics of kitchen, I'll do that and the garden tomorrow! kiara x |
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Posted: 15-12-2008 , 04:05 PM #58 | |
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That was all the scrubbing, it was funny actually when people called and saw we were cleaning they were gone fairly quick! Why does nobody mind painting but everyone hates washing walls? I've been politely thrown out anyway apparently I shouldn't be doing things like that 'in my condition!' I never realised pregnancy made me redundant! |
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Posted: 15-12-2008 , 04:17 PM #59 |
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Make the most of it while it lasts kiara, you'll be back working hard soon enough once you have 2 kiddies running about! I wish you the very best of luck with your project, but once the painting and flooring is done everything will seem to fall into place after that, believe me I've been there.
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Posted: 15-12-2008 , 04:23 PM #60 |
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Not redundant by any means!!
Hiya Kiara, I think the problem is you shouldn't be overstretching. I did that when I was pregnant with my first. I was living at home & mam was so good to me I decided to decorate her sitting room for her. Stripped the wallpaper & started washing the walls. I felt like my stomach was being ripped out of me literally and was told by the doctor afterwards that I was very lucky that I hadn't damaged or lost the baby (who's now a healthy 17 year old!!!). Thank God it didn't happen but it taught me a lesson - don't be a martyr.
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