#diypride

🔧 Swing a hammer? Build a fort? You wear your skills like a badge. Picture this: You stroll into the hardware store, sporting your “DIY Expert” tee, and suddenly every aisle feels like your domain. Eyes shift, respect is earned; you’re not just another shopper, you’re the ruler of the toolbox. Wear it with pride—or wear it when you’re deep in sawdust and grease. Either way, it screams, "I fix things; bow down." 💪 🛒 Shop Now

So proud was I bringing in a 'new' couch it just made me think about my worldly possessions. It made me think how content I am with all of them, how great they look but most importantly and strikingly where everything came from... Kitchen: rocking chair; was my parents, red chair; a gift from neighbours, 1950's wooden table and 4 chairs; FREE picked up round the corner after a tip off from a sign in the window- retopped with two sheets of 6' ply once used for a bed. 2 other dining chairs; from my mum. Wooden recycling trolley (disused IKEA wooden TV/DVD Trolley) £10 from second hand shop, old style wooden crates for recycling; found in Covent Garden Living Room: glass desk (hugsbear's) from IKEA, *sundry Eames knock offs from Vertigo Interiors (also hugsbear's). Couch FREE from local Trash Nothing Digest. *exceptions Bedroom 1: Victorian dresser; local auction £30, bed, made by hand with wood costing £30. Desk £10 from second hand shop, vintage Danish plastic chair £30 from a St Leonard's vintage shop Bedroom 2: Oak bed, made by hand with local wood, legs turned by local Turner Tom. Victorian dresser; local auction £30 studio: desk and shelves, metal drawers and sideboard all from IKEA bought in 1997. Futon, second hand Garden: Decking; made from free pallets, iron table and chairs, picked up from the street, 4 Roughton iron chairs- friends hand-me-downs; old metal hot water tank, £8 at local tip. Garden tools from local fairs and jumble sales and of course the local FREECYCLE events. Cushions models own made on hand-me-down sewing machine