This is a Blog for everyone - not about me!

In case ur not sure about blogs then please know this is NOT about me - it's to get people to add interesting stuff to keep us interested, help us out etc.  I just happened to start it!! I'm tired of always googling a recipe or idea, we're intelligent people, mothers, cooks etc, so why not provide the info here?!!!

What to do with that Picture you love?

Very Simple:

A little place in Rathcoole - just off the N7, 10 mins from Naas, 20mins from Dublin, it's a small but by no means insignifant gallery called Inniscara Art & Framing, when I say they can make an ordinary print look amazing I'm not exaggerating in the least! It may cost you a max of 60/70€ to have your favourite print or picture placed in the most exquisite frame you can imagine:

I bought both these prints from the gallery for about €6 each and the framing cost about €40 per picture, the lady in the gallery gave her expert opinion which I took and Hey Presto!! There is no picture that can match this for Price or Individuality!

Inniscara Art
Tel: 01 4589466

Get A Dresser Made for a fraction of the cost!

I got this dresser made to my measurements for €200 - that's very very cheap compared to today's interior shop prices (approx €800 for same piece), not only that but it was deliverd from Cork for €50, so €250 all in for a bespoke dresser. Due to privacy I will not publish the gentlemans name on the site but if you mail me I will give you his details as I know he would be delighted to get the business! He's based just ouside Co. Clare and I found him on www.donedeal.ie

You can choose to have it waxed or unfinished as I did - painted it myself!

The pictures are of the dresser he made for me, everything was done through email and as you can see it was worth every penny! He'll do anything you ask, the perfect example of people who LIKE to work!! I asked him to leave the bottom doors with chicken wire and then stapled fabric to the inside of them to match what I had in the kitchen, cheap option to tie things together!

Make your kids Duvet Covers

 

I find duvet covers ridiculously expensive and there are very few really fun covers our there for kids! I'm sick of the cartoon characters and as my little man gets bigger so is he! So why not make your own?

 

IKEA fabric is 150cm wide (single duvet cover is only 90cm wide and 190 cm long). Buy 4 metres of fabric for about €20, fold it over, stitch the two sides to 90cm wide and use the left over side fabric to add ties to the bottom to hold the duvet in or just use velcro! You'll also have enought left over to make a pillow case in exactly the same way! Easy peezy! 

 Their fabric is all machine washable to 60degrees and its really fun for kids, plus its unique!

 

 Look at the fab fabrics: IKEA Fab Fabrics

For all things Vintage - and CHEAP!

I'm a huge fan of Vintage, firstly because most of it is from a time when there was true style, and also because looking for that little something is like searching through a treasure chest in an attic! Every piece has a story behind it whether we know about it or not, and even beet, by buying vintage we are recycling without any effort! 

The Dublin Flea Market is on the last Sunday of every month and is worth a visit even if it's just to satisfy your curiosity or if like every woman I know you like to grab a bargain that looks expensive!

The Poster on the right is one from the Flea Market and they can be bought there for €5, that in itself is a bargain. Frame it as a piece of Art!

See them all here:  Poster Gallery

Dublin Flea Market , The CO-OP, 12 Newmarket, Dublin 8.
Flea Market Site