Icon Oria Bean Bag Armchair Review

I’m sitting here writing this on the incredibly comfortable Icon Oria Bean Bag Armchair which I’m going to write about and review… Now! This is a bean bag, but not as you know them, it isn’t a large round ball that slumps down on the floor – this is a bean bag chair! What this means is that it’s got the same slouchy, comfy, moulding to your body feeling that you get with a traditional bean bags but in a…

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My Vintage 50s or 60s Kitchen Larder Unit or Pantry Renovation Part 3

  If you’ve read my previous two posts, Part 1 and Part 2, you’ll know that my grandparents have given me their old 50s kitchen larder. It was in a pretty tattered state but it definitely had potential. After hours and hours of rebuilding, fixing, sanding, filling, replacing, priming and painting the larder was finally finished and could take pride of place in my house. If you hover your mouse over the rather fancy image below you will see it…

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My Vintage 50s or 60s Kitchen Larder Unit or Pantry Renovation Part 2

  Kicking off from where I got to in part one, I had got the whole unit stripped down and sanded to bear wood. The process had unveiled, as well as created, a few scuff and scratches. There were also lots of holes from fixing the different shelves. Some serious application of wood filler was definitely needed!     The original chrome handles were in quite a state. They had several coats of paint splatters and some serious pitting. I…

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My Vintage 50s or 60s Kitchen Larder Unit or Pantry Renovation

  Normally, I write about adventures in the outdoors. Today though, I’m going to write about something completely different – furniture restoration! Don’t worry if you only come here for stories about sea, adventure sports, gear and mountains – it’s not a permanent change. Normal service will resume shortly. Anywho enjoy reading about something different or just scroll down past it to read about some cool, snowy mountains: For absolutely ages, I’ve always loved and pined for an old 50s…

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Semi-round 45 Litre simplehuman Sensor Bin Review

  I bought my house over a year ago and looking back now at the photos of how it used to look and the renovation make me really happy and proud. It was very outdated and needed renovating in every single room. The kitchen was the worst offender and I even needed to replace the water pipe than ran in from outside. However, with a little (a lot) of help from my friends and family, we got the place ship…

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