As just a family of four, with none of us earning astronomical amounts of money, we knew that we were going to have to cut corners on the spending costs, without cutting any of the corners on quality. So over the last two years, we have been slowly compiling furniture, lighting, crockery, decorations and much more. Wherever possible we have got things for free, from freecycle etc, and then work hard to "do up" the furniture, so that it either looks new, or deliberately old. We have learnt a number of new skills, painting, distressing, upholstering, bartering, wombling, cushion making, and all in the name of serving a community one cup and wash at a time!
A few months ago, we laid out all these things we had bought, in order to take stock of what we had. Luckily Ellen and Cassie, have a big living room. Chaos ensued...
Because of our collections from many different sources, jumble sale, charity shops, car boot sales, skips, the street, wood reclamation yards and as gifts, we have a pretty jumbled collection, but we are working hard to adapt what we find to give it a uniform style, even if an eclectic one.
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