old skool lockers........

i've been wanting / waiting / watching old skool lockers for sometime, and with the lack of storage in our house and a little person who owns quite a few things already it was time to hunt for some.......
and yup i got them on ebay for a fraction of the price you would pay in a vintage shop

i love all the knocks and dents and of course zeke loves opening them and seeing whats inside, i've stored clothes / toys / up high all the things like {vicks, nappy creams etc} and there is still room
to put more stuff

i also got one for the gargage for storage.....will see if it fits or will sell it on......
so a great storage saver and i love it.....the older the better i say
do you have storage woos or storage solutions????
have a fab wednesday lisa xx

diy buffet

i have been searching for a buffet to use as a tv unit for quite sometime, and all the ones i loved and watched would all go for about $580 or higher, my budget was $200 i thought if i was going to spend around $600 then i may as well go brand new.........just over a week ago i found this buy now for $150 it didn't look solid timber and for that price no it was only veneer but it was the shape i wanted and i loved the mustard glass {of course} so we thought lets paint it, it took us 4 days all up maybe 2hrs.......this isn't a good photo i took it from my ebay account {forgot to take some before shots}

so we painted it black {shock i know as i love everything white, but when you have big black speakers that are a wee bit of an isore but they are hubbs the options are go black} and i love it, the shelves we wrapped in left over wallpaper

the two end drawers are covered in wallpaper also but the middle one i thought i'd do it a little different and used some left over flocked paper

this photo below is the ikea cabinet we had been using for the past 5 years, which will be going in zeke's room..........don't the speakers look a wee bit funny????

from this

to this..............the finished result I LOVE IT and all up it cost me $200 including paint, and with loads of storage for remotes {don't like them lying around} dvd's, cd's.........what do you think?????

i have a dining table

look what i got just last night my very own dining table.....wow i have never owned my own dining table, we have been using a tressle table from bunnings for the past 7 years and before that, we were using my parents while they were overseas.....

i was on ebay the other night looking for old vintage bikes and thought i'd have a scroll through the dining table, i saw this and it was perfect, i won it from a very lovely lady for $65.00......we are going to strip it and paint

it white, even though i don't mind it this colour {which surprises me} i do love the legs on it.....

my only dilemma is that my louie ghost's don't quite fit underneath, thank goodness i have a handy man who is gonna fix this problem.....

anyway i wanted to share my exciting new purchase, makes me feel like a grown up hehehe......what do you think???? and any advise on a good paint, i have primer already?????

lisa xox