Bargain of the month!

This was how my front room looked on Friday.

If you know me at all, you know that I LOVE a good bargain! Well I have been scouring craigslist and looking around for something to put our television and stereo into, with doors so that they could be hidden from sight, for a while now. The armoire we had before was beautiful, but it was old and rustic and one door had fallen off and James took the other off, before it fell off and killed one of our children.

So a week or so ago, I found a cabinet from Office Max, marked down from $249.99 to $24.99 (!!!), it is basic and functional, but new and would be delivered to our house, so how on earth could I pass that up? (In fact, I also bought one in dark wood for our bedroom and as a result, the shipping was even free - yes I was, and am, a happy girl).

The first one, in light wood, arrived on Thursday and as James did not have any (paid) work on Friday, it all worked out perfectly. I set him to work.

What a good little worker he is.

Both girls 'helped'.


Then Arran got home from school and joined in the fun.


Yes, that is my laundry, waiting to be folded, in the background.


Finishing touches. (A cute bottom, that I am rather partial to). A chained wallet, because you just never know who might be lurking in your house. The finished product.