Wednesday 27 February 2013

When You Least Expect It...

not the best picture taken with my IPhone... but at least some natural light!
I have for a long time been looking for a sideboard to go with our dining room furniture, but never found the right size. I wanted one with only two doors, a couple of drawers, not too big and not expensive.
I had more or less given up, but when I went to browse at Homesense on the weekend, there it was! Good sturdy, solid oak. Homsense (or TKMax is another one of these stores) is a great place to browse for unusual items. I believe they buy up leftovers from other stores and sell at heavily reduced prices. Some times I find a lot I could like and some times nothing. But, as it is here today and gone tomorrow and often just a few items of each, you have to buy it when you see it most likely won't be there next time you go.
 
There was a minuscule scratch on the top, so I took courage and haggled and got 10% off! Of course, that scratch is not visible now that I have buffed it up. I am very pleased with all the 'stuff' that now finds it's home inside it!
I have also bought some material with the plan to reupholster the dining room chairs. Think that will wait till it gets a bit warmer and I can work outside in the garden.
 
 Another of my finds, is the metal tray on top of the sideboard, now filled with cones, some cinnamon bark and a candlestick. I bought the tray at a car boot sale once for a 'song', not knowing what metal it was and hoping it would become more silvery when cleaned. It didn't and I still don't know what metal it is, but it works well with the little display on the sideboard.


5 comments:

  1. Helt enig,, det er bare å kjøpe når en først ser det en leter etter. Mange ganger har jeg latt være og når jeg kommer tilbake er det borte vekk eller ikke min størrelse igjen...

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  2. Hei Mette!! Gå på kurs i quilting!! Det er så gøy!! Gjør det!! AnneK:-)

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    1. Ja, jeg mangler jo ikke akkurat hobbyer, men jeg er fristet til å prøve... :-)))

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  3. Åhh, det er så moro å finne slikt kupp, særlig når det har vært et møbel du har villet finne...og der ventet det på akkurat DEG !

    Grattis - passer perfekt der det står :)

    God helg !

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  4. Alltid deilig å finne noe man har lett etter lenge!Veldig fint! Omtrent samme speil som vi skal ha på det nye kjøkkenet vårt :)

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