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Category: DIY and Home Improvement

Warco pillar drill, and other tools

3rd July 2017 Hay LlamasDiary, DIY and Home Improvement4 Comments on Warco pillar drill, and other tools

My father has decided that his days of DIY are over, and asked me if I would like to take over custodianship of his Warco pillar drill, plus various other tools that he has accumulated. Not an entire clearout, but…

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Workbench 3 – the final workbench

25th May 2017 Hay LlamasDiary, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishingLeave a Comment on Workbench 3 – the final workbench

In a previous post, I mentioned how I had built two workbenches out of plywood and planed timber. Only a few days after building the smaller one, I sold the grey fridge freezer which meant that I now had much…

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Building a workbench or two

9th May 2017 Hay LlamasDiary, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishing3 Comments on Building a workbench or two

At the end of my series on restoring an Art Nouveau style cabinet, I mentioned that I had another project I wanted to tackle. That project was building a workbench. I’ve never made anything like this before so I rather…

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Art Nouveau style cabinet – part 4

22nd April 2017 Hay LlamasDiary, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishing1 Comment on Art Nouveau style cabinet – part 4

This is Part 4 of my restoration of an Art Nouveau cabinet which I had bought and whose base was riddled with woodworm. As you will see from Part 3, I ditched the idea of using 18mm MDF and reverted…

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Art Nouveau style cabinet – part 3

2nd April 2017 Hay LlamasDiary, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishing2 Comments on Art Nouveau style cabinet – part 3

This is Part 3 of my restoration of an Art Nouveau cabinet which I had bought and whose base was riddled with woodworm. As you will see from Part 2, it was my intention to use 18mm MDF to construct…

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Art Nouveau style cabinet – part 2

22nd March 2017 Hay LlamasDiary, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishing2 Comments on Art Nouveau style cabinet – part 2

In a previous post, I mentioned an Art Nouveau cabinet which I had bought and whose base was riddled with woodworm. At the time I thought it was beyond economic repair. However, I decided that I had little to lose…

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Art Nouveau style cabinet

28th February 2017 Hay LlamasDiary, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishing1 Comment on Art Nouveau style cabinet

Today I went to the huge twice-monthly Antiques and Collectables fair at Kempton Park Racecourse at Sunbury-on-Thames. Unfortunately, despite walking around for over 4 hours and walking 5+ miles (according to my FitBit Alta), I didn’t find anything I wanted…

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Picture frame rejuvenation

26th February 2017 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishingLeave a Comment on Picture frame rejuvenation

Recently I bought a picture frame containing three advertising postcards for OXO, Bovril, and Bisto, mainly because my best friend and I have a running gag about Bisto but also because I like retro advertisement art. The frame was in…

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Project Reorganise: Shelves and chair

28th August 2015 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Diary, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishing, PhotosLeave a Comment on Project Reorganise: Shelves and chair

I have been on the lookout for some shelves to go above my dressing table, and finally found something suitable on Amazon from a seller on the Marketplace. They do two versions; both the same height and the same number…

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Project Reorganise: Parental house rummage

9th August 2015 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Diary, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishingLeave a Comment on Project Reorganise: Parental house rummage

As you’ll know from previous posts about Project Reorganise, I have been on the look-out (amongst other things) for a chair for the Dressing Table. I visited my parents one weekend a few months back, and they let me have…

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