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Who has been watching Kirstie Allsopp's fill your house for free? I've quite enjoyed watching it as it has reminded me that we should make do and mend more. Stupidly I used to be quite frivolous when it came to money but a while back when my partner was made redundant from his well paid job I had to come back down to reality with a thud. My partner then got a job working for a skip hire firm and things are the total opposite of how we used to live, he brings lots of things home that has been thrown out when they are still in good condition.
Anyway, waste not want not, he came home a few weeks ago with 4 tins of magnolia emulsion, none of my walls currently need/can be painted so at a loss as to what to do with the paint I came up with an idea. Instead of buying a new stair carpet (which we did need) I bought a few brown tester pots of paint and mixed them with the magnolia, I'm now in the process of painting the wooden stairs a lovely mocha colour at a total cost of £2.20. I did splash out £20 and buy some brown carpet treads which should make the stairs safer to walk on and complete the look. I've saved at least £100 minimum which makes me a happy bunny.
Anyway, waste not want not, he came home a few weeks ago with 4 tins of magnolia emulsion, none of my walls currently need/can be painted so at a loss as to what to do with the paint I came up with an idea. Instead of buying a new stair carpet (which we did need) I bought a few brown tester pots of paint and mixed them with the magnolia, I'm now in the process of painting the wooden stairs a lovely mocha colour at a total cost of £2.20. I did splash out £20 and buy some brown carpet treads which should make the stairs safer to walk on and complete the look. I've saved at least £100 minimum which makes me a happy bunny.
Good feather pillows are expensive new, and they last for ages - much longer than the synthetic ones.
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