As I mentioned in an earlier post, we had purchased a D.I.Y TV stand which needed to be assembled when we got home from our very successful shopping trip.  My sister (henceforth known as FF), who is staying with us for a while, was chomping at the bit to play handyman.  The engineer in her couldn’t resist the challenge.  TD appointed himself the overseer and I appointed myself head designer.

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I stumbled across Mr B’s Carpenters while searching for interesting, stylish, don’t-break-my-bank-balance furniture stores and I wonder if this will work out cheaper?  Especially considering all the furniture pieces that I like seem to be set on breaking my bank balance!

I am done living like a student.

That is it.  Time to start making a home out of my flat.  I have always wanted to spice up my flat and get a theme going to bring a classic, timeless feel to it but I just couldn’t be bothered to put in the effort.  But after weeks of coming home and feeling like I was walking into a student digs with sparse furnishing and no character, I have decided that it is time to invest time & energy into decorating my flat without having to eat salty crackers for the rest of the year.

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