In spite of my good intentions to not collect any more freecycled items… …and not 5 hours after the occasion of me firmly telling the Sea Capitaine that I would not, and I mean not, be collecting any freecycled furniture*… …I managed to collect an immaculate condition 50-60′s day bed with storage underneath. I know, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘freecycling’
Freecycling addiction
Posted in Something thrifty this way comes, tagged freecycling, furniture, Pretties on March 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Chairtastic
Posted in Something thrifty this way comes, The House, tagged bedroom, freecycling, furniture, her majesty on September 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Oddly I don’t seem to have mentioned in the same freecycling weekend that I found atomic planter #2 and retro mirror, that I also found another chair. Yes, another Parker era chair in need of restoration and TLC. The varnish and wood was water damaged (stained but not warped) and it needed new cushions and [...]
Taking over the world, one retro planter at a time
Posted in DIY, The House, tagged freecycling, garden, Progress, sir pouncealot on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Having sanded back and painted the retro planter I freecycled with Mr and Mrs Rule-Britannia (who have recently had a baby Rule-Britannia) as well as the atomic planter I freecycled with The Amazant Monsieur H word has got out that I like the retro/atomic concrete planters and that there is a standing welcome to most [...]
Dear Prudent
Posted in The House, tagged freecycling, garden on May 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
…that was the name of The Beatles song, wasn’t it? The one that Siouxsie covered? If only it was so, in which case I would swear they wrote it for me. It’s been a while since I last wrote at you, now that the madness of work / sister visit / life / etc has [...]
A quick freecycling conversion
Posted in Something thrifty this way comes, tagged freecycling, garden, Progress on April 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
During my period of work-life-sister-visit enforced absence from this blog, there has also been another bulk rubbish collection in ma hood…and several surrounding hoods. I think by now you know me too well to know that I would not pass up an opportunity to source free vintage / mid century / atomic items and anything [...]
The G-Plan Has Landed
Posted in DIY, The House, tagged freecycling, furniture, study on December 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I can finally close the book on the G-Plan sofa that started its time in my life as a roadside pick up that Mr and Mrs Rule-Britannia encouraged and assisted me to collect (all hail Mr Rule-Britannia’s trailer, for it is made of awesome), the atomic styled G-Plan sofa is now ensconced in my abode. [...]
Passing on the freecycling love
Posted in The House, tagged freecycling, Progress on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Although I have advertently or inadvertently freecycled many items of furniture in myfirst year of home ownership, I accept that casa moi may not be the final resting place for some of my goodies. Or that the goodies may need a longer term restoration plan…so they may sit in my garage for a indeterminate time, [...]
This sunday session is the…
Posted in The House, tagged freecycling, garden, random on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If we call something the bees knees, what would be the bee equivalent? For that matter, what would be the cat equivalent of the cats pyjamas? It appears that the worker bees in my hood have decided to have their very own Sunday session. Every day of the week. In my back garden: Whatever the [...]
We save the seeds…
Posted in Home-made Sunday, Something thrifty this way comes, The House, tagged freecycling, garden on November 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The seed saving experiment at casa moi has finally reached the zenith. (At the risk of over tarantino-esquing my post, one so rarely gets to use the word zenith in a sentence). I harvested oodles and oodles of pretty garlic chive flowers and dried them: The seeds (the teensy little black spots) needed a little [...]
You can’t stop the freecycling, nobody can stop the freecycling
Posted in DIY, Something thrifty this way comes, The House, tagged freecycling, plans, Progress on September 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Once it begins, you can’t stop the freecycling…but most of all…you can’t stop the music: Having had my second freecycling adventure and the first with experienced trailer-owning freecyclers Mr and Mrs R-B, I decided to venture out on my own. On my own. In my little Toyota Echo. A little Toyota Echo which, while it [...]
