Tuesday 10 February 2009
The Doors are Back in Town!!
Well in my house anyway lol. We finally have doors upstairs again, after plenty of snow caused delays! All except the bathroom lol. Two doors needed completely replacing, rather than being stripped and being able to put them back in place. One door (LMS/Little Prince's room) and the bathroom. The Handyman didn't have time to plane both doors to size, so unfortunately we have to wait until tomorrow to have a door on the bathroom! I also have to find new handles, as the stripping place ruined the finish on them. We thought they were bakelite, but they must have been ebonised wood, and the ebony coating has been completely stripped off leaving very manky looking handles! Luckily Ebay has quite a few of the style of lock/handle and back plate that I need :-) I just have to keep my fingers crossed that I win them! There are reproduction ones available, but they look too new - I want old original ones!
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4 comments:
In haste - use sniper, it automatically bids when you tell it (seconds before auction ends), cheapish and efficient!
K x
Hi Kate,
Thank you :-) I used to use this a lot, but had forgotten all about it!! I'll get Mr Messy to load it back onto my computer and then I'll have a much better chance of getting the locks/handles etc that I want :-)
Love
Janet
xxx
I bought some beautiful victorian door handles from a re-claim/salvage yard. If you have one near you its worth checking out. Hubby also haggled and got quite a bit more dosh knocked off the price ( Its a Chinese thing, he even got a discount off a suit in Bluewater??!!).
But ebay is a great place I also got some beautiful Victorian fire place tiles which matched the ones in the other room.
Happy bidding:)
Hi S,
We have an antique centre near to us that has the locks I want (but way more expensive!), that I'll visit if I don't manage to win the Ebay ones lol. Could you send Hubby here to negotiate the deal for me :-)
Love
Janet
xxx
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