Wednesday 9 July 2014

Skip diving, birthdays and wallpaper...

Yes that's a random title but that's what's been going on around here.
First of all, I've managed to skip dive TWICE in a week and get some cool free stuff.

Ooh, a skip diving party! How fun!
The other day I spotted a skip with LOTS of bubble wrap and grabbed the lot. Yay me!
And today, I couldn't find my pollyfilla so I went to buy some more, passing a very exciting looking skip full of windows! Obviously I couldn't pass it up without stopping and investigating.
I knocked on the door of the house and the bemused gentleman said I could take his old windows. So I did.


I took five 1930's wooden windows in all. Look at the lovely old window furniture!



What will I do with them?
Perhaps more of this window art...


I think I'll put one of those catches on here.
Or I may use them to turn my raised beds into cold frames in the spring. This year I used three of our old secondary glazing panels but the frames are coming off and we broke one. These windows will be MUCH prettier.

We've also had a party for the last part of Connies First Holy Communion and  mine and Connies birthdays this week. I turned 44 and she turned 8. I think turning 8 is much more exciting. As you may know she's crazy about 'Littles Pet Shop' figures. We always look for them at boot sales and charity shops. Well on Sunday I found TONS of them and gave them to her on her birthday. She was THRILLED! A very lucky find indeed.

We thought we'd decorate her (shop bought) cake* with an LPS and we lit the candles and brought it into the room and started to sing. Connie started SCREAMING as she thought the LPS was going to burn. So that went well.



*I don't believe in baking. Plus we had my twin brothers birthday, my birthday (different day) First Holy Communion (part 3) cake and Connies birthday all in three days. I would have spent hours in the kitchen. And if I'm going to spend hours in the kitchen, I'd much rather be working on it than in it.

So leading quite neatly back to the kitchen, I have received my latest roll of wallpaper from Your4walls and I'm hoping to get on with that today. Obviously, I've been hindered by dashing out for pollyfilla, skip diving and blog writing.

As this one was too grey with the grey units...


I eventually went with this one...


...after a brief love affair with another one that didn't match the splash back at all. (Still working on that website.) This roll came super fast.

We've got one more party to go this weekend so the house has to stay relatively tidy for that, then all hell will break loose, chaos will rein once again and I can get stuck into some serious DIY. Bring it on.

And the party? We're remaking Pharells 'Happy' video on location locally with 12 little girls. Why not, if your daddy's a film maker? Wish us luck!

P.S. Apologies to anyone who watched The Auction house on my recommendation last week. It wasn't the slightest bit funny. What happened to it?


18 comments:

  1. O.M.G....Em.....the windows are GORGEOUS.....I'd turn green with envy if my body had any energy after 2 coats of paint on the ceilings today ( dazzling white of course!)

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    1. Green with dazzling white speckles? I hate doing ceilings, the paint flies everywhere. Well done you, I'm sure they look great. xx

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  2. Those windows are fabulous, look at the ironmongery. I bet the old chap was having them replaced with something hideous and UPVC - more fool him!
    Your brick wallpaper made me smile - a similar one was on the lounge wall of the first ever house I bought, everyone used to kill themselves laughing at it.
    Happy Birthday to you and Connie. Loving the OBD cake and yeah, why waste time doing something you loathe? Totally with you there! xxx

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    1. No ones allowed to laugh at my wallpaper! Unless I manage to hang it wonky. xxx

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  3. Great skip find and cool wallpaper! Happy birthday to you (and your twin!) and to Connie - there's been a lot of celebrating going on then. Claudia and Nina would think they had died and gone to heaven if they could dance in their own music video, that sounds fabulous! (Hope there's going to be a little cameo appearance by your good self, Emma Kate!) xxx

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    1. I seriously doubt it. There's footage of me somewhere trying to learn the dance moves to ''What does the Fox say?'' and it's not good...xxx

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  4. Those windows were a great find and I love the wall paper, it was my favourite right from the start.

    I'd happily make your Birthday cakes for you in exchange for a little decorating if you are ever in need ;-).

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    1. I remember you were all for that one! Ah, if you were closer it'd be a deal. xxx

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  5. Oooh ... I do love a bit of skip diving. Great window finds!
    Belated HaPpY BiRtHdAy!!
    My Mr has almost finished plastering our little man's room and then the paint lid will be off ... I can't wait ... and then it's the kitchen ... and then our bedroom ... !! M x

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    1. Ooh exciting! Don't forget to seal the new plaster before you paint! xx

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  6. Fabu-u-lous window find! Lovely window furniture as well, you just couldn't have left those behind.
    I watched Kirstie's new series last night, they were talking about skip diving. The people in these progs are so bloody irritating they don't deserve to have free, unique and eclectic stuff in their homes. Belated birthday wishes to you and Connie and I'm with you on the wallpaper choice.
    x

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    1. I did leave some behind. I said to my husband that everyone on my blog really likes the windows so shall I go back and get some more? He said no. Boo hoo. xx

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  7. I don't think I knew that your hubby makes films- how exciting! Sounds like your daughter had a lovely birthday, burning plastic horror aside. Happy birthday to you too! Xxx

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  8. Well, he's not exactly Steven Spielberg. Thanks Katie xxx

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  9. What wonderful windows, how lucky were you?! The right place at the right time, and there were you thinking you'd hit the jackpot with the bubble wrap! x

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    1. Yes I was! The last time I skip dived was about 4 years ago so twice in a week is most excellent! x

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  10. A belated happy birthday to you and Connie. My ' big girl' was 26 on Friday - it makes me feel so old! I love those windows! What a great find. We got windows out of a skip last month - they were of the double glazed, leaded kind, but one made a nice top for the cold frame, and the other will be put in to the front of the garage when J gets round to rebuilding it.

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    1. Thanks Scarlet. Yay for skip windows! I'd love to be able to rebuild our shoddy garage! One day...

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