Pretty much the same but no .blogspot. Same but BET-TER.
Remember the scavenged pot?
On the left is Day 1, on the right, Day 14. I have parsley sprouts!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sprout
Oh Hai. We have moved to www.pigeonhq.com
Pretty much the same but no .blogspot. Same but BET-TER.
Remember the scavenged pot?
On the left is Day 1, on the right, Day 14. I have parsley sprouts!
Pretty much the same but no .blogspot. Same but BET-TER.
Remember the scavenged pot?
On the left is Day 1, on the right, Day 14. I have parsley sprouts!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Leichhardt in Lights
Oh Hai. We have moved to www.pigeonhq.com
Pretty much the same but no .blogspot. Same but BET-TER.
Found this bargain on eBay. I won this lamp for just $31. I was considering a retro wooden floor lamp that I could spray paint a new colour and revamping the shade with some quirky material, however when I saw this lamp for sale from an eBayer just one suburb away, I thought it was worth changing my mind. The only work it needed was a clean. The base was fine, but the shade was really dusty. You can imaging how much dust collects in those folds. I removed the shade and washed it in the shower with some dishwashing liquid. The shade is made of thick plastic so it dried in no time.
A few other goodies, this decanter was from an op-shop down in the Illawarra, just $3. Made in France. I dont think it ever had any booze in it. It had a "Sherry" bling necklace around the lid which I gave back to the op-shop. You never know, maybe some lucky gal called Sherry will visit them soon. It's empty at the moment, but anytime dad wants to "donate" a new liqueur , this is where it will go. Today I found a nice white frame with glass for $4. It needed a clean with some some windex. It didn't quite fit my King Mini print (too big) but this will do for now. I want to pick up a matt-board with a pattern, cut to size so I can finally frame this for good.
Ceramic vase: $2
Original retro pair of juice glasses: $3 each.
Both in mint condition, the vase still has its sticker attached (soon to be removed). Now to raid the neighborhood gardens for some small floral pickings...with permission of course.
Pretty much the same but no .blogspot. Same but BET-TER.
Found this bargain on eBay. I won this lamp for just $31. I was considering a retro wooden floor lamp that I could spray paint a new colour and revamping the shade with some quirky material, however when I saw this lamp for sale from an eBayer just one suburb away, I thought it was worth changing my mind. The only work it needed was a clean. The base was fine, but the shade was really dusty. You can imaging how much dust collects in those folds. I removed the shade and washed it in the shower with some dishwashing liquid. The shade is made of thick plastic so it dried in no time.
A few other goodies, this decanter was from an op-shop down in the Illawarra, just $3. Made in France. I dont think it ever had any booze in it. It had a "Sherry" bling necklace around the lid which I gave back to the op-shop. You never know, maybe some lucky gal called Sherry will visit them soon. It's empty at the moment, but anytime dad wants to "donate" a new liqueur , this is where it will go. Today I found a nice white frame with glass for $4. It needed a clean with some some windex. It didn't quite fit my King Mini print (too big) but this will do for now. I want to pick up a matt-board with a pattern, cut to size so I can finally frame this for good.
Ceramic vase: $2
Original retro pair of juice glasses: $3 each.
Both in mint condition, the vase still has its sticker attached (soon to be removed). Now to raid the neighborhood gardens for some small floral pickings...with permission of course.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Free to Good Home
Oh Hai. We have moved to www.pigeonhq.com
Pretty much the same but no .blogspot. Same but BET-TER.
Pete and I were driving home and on the way discovered a whole world of trash in Engadine. Council Collection was due in the area and it was late afternoon, residents were putting out their trash for collection that night. As the sun was setting, we scooped a couple of awesome treasures amongst the trash.
Here's an offcut I have trimmed of Astro Turf. We are using this as our new door mat (even though we are on the second floor and don't have a porch).
We scavenged a plastic terracotta look pot that I cleaned all the dirty dirt off and refilled it with some clean dirt. Planted some parsley seeds so hopefully we will be able to harvest in a few weeks time. Note the bunny proof fence around the balcony. This was our very first renovation project when we moved in.
The stand is an old IKEA stool that had a broken leg. The wood had split and was repaired but broke again so I guess the old owners tossed it before trying to mend a second time. My workmate found this for me in her neighborhood and bought it in for me because she knew I was looking for something like this to stop Toto from reaching my plants. Petes fixed it and its sturdy as ever.
The makeshift plastic Kartell style fruit bowl is actually a pendant light fitting and even though we've sorted our lights out now, I just loved the amber colour so I have kept it as a (temporary?) fruit bowl.
Pretty much the same but no .blogspot. Same but BET-TER.
Pete and I were driving home and on the way discovered a whole world of trash in Engadine. Council Collection was due in the area and it was late afternoon, residents were putting out their trash for collection that night. As the sun was setting, we scooped a couple of awesome treasures amongst the trash.
Here's an offcut I have trimmed of Astro Turf. We are using this as our new door mat (even though we are on the second floor and don't have a porch).
We scavenged a plastic terracotta look pot that I cleaned all the dirty dirt off and refilled it with some clean dirt. Planted some parsley seeds so hopefully we will be able to harvest in a few weeks time. Note the bunny proof fence around the balcony. This was our very first renovation project when we moved in.
The stand is an old IKEA stool that had a broken leg. The wood had split and was repaired but broke again so I guess the old owners tossed it before trying to mend a second time. My workmate found this for me in her neighborhood and bought it in for me because she knew I was looking for something like this to stop Toto from reaching my plants. Petes fixed it and its sturdy as ever.
The makeshift plastic Kartell style fruit bowl is actually a pendant light fitting and even though we've sorted our lights out now, I just loved the amber colour so I have kept it as a (temporary?) fruit bowl.
The Rolls Royce of Skirting
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Pretty much the same but no .blogspot. Same but BET-TER.
Got a bargain on skirting board on eBay. I think because it was listed at "Architraves" (which of course is correct) there were less people watching. We won the bid at 99c a piece and we only needed 7 pieces seeing as they were 5.4 meter lengths. When Pete went to pick them up, the guy had a mansion on the north shore with a Merc. in the garage. He said he was a builder and was fixing up his own house and didn't need the leftover skirting. Claimed he didn't know how to place an ad on eBay and charged us double, we accepted seeing it was only going to cost us $14 for the lot. Guess that Mercades needed the cash to cover the rising cost of petrol...
Cost us more on Tolls to get over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and back!
Pretty happy with this plain profile. We just wanted something simple (easy to keep clean too, could you imaging the dust that gets stuck in those ornate profiles!). Pete had to sand back some bits as they had some drops of paint stuck to them, to our delight however as we discovered that they are solid wood rather than cheaper MDF which is mostly used for architraves.
Here's a shot of the doorstop that Pete installed the same day we installed the floor. Unfortunately the door has such a large gap at the bottom, it misses the door stop. Oh well, door replacement is further down the line on the list of future projects.
Pretty much the same but no .blogspot. Same but BET-TER.
Got a bargain on skirting board on eBay. I think because it was listed at "Architraves" (which of course is correct) there were less people watching. We won the bid at 99c a piece and we only needed 7 pieces seeing as they were 5.4 meter lengths. When Pete went to pick them up, the guy had a mansion on the north shore with a Merc. in the garage. He said he was a builder and was fixing up his own house and didn't need the leftover skirting. Claimed he didn't know how to place an ad on eBay and charged us double, we accepted seeing it was only going to cost us $14 for the lot. Guess that Mercades needed the cash to cover the rising cost of petrol...
Cost us more on Tolls to get over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and back!
Pretty happy with this plain profile. We just wanted something simple (easy to keep clean too, could you imaging the dust that gets stuck in those ornate profiles!). Pete had to sand back some bits as they had some drops of paint stuck to them, to our delight however as we discovered that they are solid wood rather than cheaper MDF which is mostly used for architraves.
Here's a shot of the doorstop that Pete installed the same day we installed the floor. Unfortunately the door has such a large gap at the bottom, it misses the door stop. Oh well, door replacement is further down the line on the list of future projects.
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