I had a little outing to my local Vinnies store last week and found myself some bargains
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Two sweet little embroidered tablecloths.....
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Two vintage teatowels......
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Two big bags of yarn (my mum has started knitting too so I'm sharing these with her).....
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A big pile of fabric......
....and this book for Mr CurlyPops.... The Sun McEwans Home Handbook.
It has everything an Aussie bloke would ever need to know from 'how to build a fence' to 'gold detecting'.
I've picked out a few of my favourite projects.....
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Nice wallpaper, nice shirt, nice lamb chops....
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Nice timber panelling......
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Nice polystyrene ceiling tiles.....
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.....and of course we all need to know how to give ourselves mesothelioma by chopping up asbestos cement sheeting! Scary!
9 comments:
Oooh a man with lamb chops! Hold me back!!!
ps. great scores :)
Isn't it amazing how asbestos is described as a 'basic building material'. Makes me wonder about things we consider to be 'normal' these days that will turn out to be dangerous...mobile phones? Hmmm, sorry, I'm being a bit doomsday...!!!
I can feel the need for a beer coming on and chest hair is beginning to sprout just looking at that book.
Love the embroidery - always the first thing I look for at the oppy.
Dont you just love shopping :)
Cheers kyla
Excellent Oppping! The home handbook is brilliant.
Great loot! Particularly loving the teatowels. Mmm. Loving them.
I love the book. I felt all nostalgic when I saw it was published by McEwans - a hardware paradise in its day. I wonder if anyone at Bunnings knows how to paper an arch?!
Ooh, good op shop finds. I love the fabric.
I'm having flashbacks to my good ol' Frankston days, when Saturday morning meant a trip with Dad to McEwans!
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