tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post6306503682686176264..comments2023-07-02T09:13:08.335+01:00Comments on driftwood: skip treasuretesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01908739057086813722noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-5475878979507694992011-04-01T22:05:05.370+01:002011-04-01T22:05:05.370+01:00Oh, it's beautiful!Oh, it's beautiful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-36342657504001021482011-02-19T20:50:48.744+00:002011-02-19T20:50:48.744+00:00Wow, what an amazing find! Lucky you! Have fun res...Wow, what an amazing find! Lucky you! Have fun restoring it.angharad handmadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177189673684579563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-68885072915804385952011-02-19T05:59:37.623+00:002011-02-19T05:59:37.623+00:00Now I feel classy for finding my old singer on fre...Now I feel classy for finding my old singer on freecycle...<br /><br />I'm too short to search skips.UK lass in UShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991775987342643954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-49346856241351181632011-02-17T18:32:43.429+00:002011-02-17T18:32:43.429+00:00What a fantastic sewing machine - what a find! Luc...What a fantastic sewing machine - what a find! Lucky you!!gillyflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410673843788487544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-28410631644854214822011-02-17T00:36:48.707+00:002011-02-17T00:36:48.707+00:00This is just like my mum's old one. Crazy to f...This is just like my mum's old one. Crazy to find such a beauty in a skip! I hope you get it working. I used to love messing about with my mum's when I was a kid, and I remember accidentally wheeling the needle through my nail once. Eeek!Lesley Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316123067980666389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-81729951493402228832011-02-15T10:11:34.558+00:002011-02-15T10:11:34.558+00:00Your airbrushing comment at mine made me giggle- t...Your airbrushing comment at mine made me giggle- thanks xBadPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889591351222591488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-57504639689254078652011-02-14T22:05:18.102+00:002011-02-14T22:05:18.102+00:00What amazing treasure! I just found you through Pe...What amazing treasure! I just found you through Penny's blog... your comment about airbrushing your mother in law made me chortle... alot!.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07945469522910940889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-51605727968237100542011-02-14T20:16:19.820+00:002011-02-14T20:16:19.820+00:00Did you purposely wait til dark ... I think I woul...Did you purposely wait til dark ... I think I would have to! But it was definitely worth it! How can people just chuck this stuff out?potterjotterhttp://potterjotter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-69255700121387607972011-02-14T11:31:15.337+00:002011-02-14T11:31:15.337+00:00How absolutely fabulous Tess - I can't believe...How absolutely fabulous Tess - I can't believe someone would throw that away. You lucky girl. I hope it works :)<br />Jo xinmykitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12773494343028521876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-18290677445928424522011-02-13T18:49:59.484+00:002011-02-13T18:49:59.484+00:00No! In a skip!? Oh how sad and terrible. Thank goo...No! In a skip!? Oh how sad and terrible. Thank goodness you rescued it! Hooray for you. Laura xnimble fingers and steady eyebrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11677272558535053485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-8348845960747598932011-02-13T15:34:25.737+00:002011-02-13T15:34:25.737+00:00Why do we not have things like this in Teddington ...Why do we not have things like this in Teddington skips?! Sigh.<br /><br />K xkristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892467118097087057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-79539667089810139562011-02-13T09:37:57.261+00:002011-02-13T09:37:57.261+00:00These are snapped up pronto when they came into th...These are snapped up pronto when they came into the charity shop. The only thing we've nicked from a skip was our own tap....well it was the beautiful chrome mixer tap from the house we had sold two houses down from where we moved to. They were putting i a new bathroom. Eight years on & it's stil on our bathBadPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889591351222591488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-60189130969089433952011-02-13T09:22:02.603+00:002011-02-13T09:22:02.603+00:00Squeak!! That is EXACTLY like the Singer machine t...Squeak!! That is EXACTLY like the Singer machine that I learned to sew on. I can still remember the dusty feel of those tiny wooden drawers. I seem to remember it had a wooden cover for the machine but I imagine that did not survive the trip to the skip.alice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-42341988608877789052011-02-12T17:05:59.755+00:002011-02-12T17:05:59.755+00:00I love routing around in skips - a great find you ...I love routing around in skips - a great find you have there.<br /><br />Have a lovely weekend too,<br /><br />Nina xxx...Nina Nixon...https://www.blogger.com/profile/09778168901706224335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-38286994328940561882011-02-12T14:28:36.558+00:002011-02-12T14:28:36.558+00:00Wow! You can actually learn something about this ...Wow! You can actually learn something about this piece by going to the Singer site, antiques and entering it's serial number.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718166611471626534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-51449888809682398612011-02-12T12:37:53.853+00:002011-02-12T12:37:53.853+00:00Amazing what people chuck don't you think? Go...Amazing what people chuck don't you think? Good rescue! My parents have one pretty much identidcal which they use as a console type table in their hall way. It was in a pretty dire state and they transformed it with a bit of TLC!Linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03046491553565573954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-77390858871486175282011-02-12T07:18:32.435+00:002011-02-12T07:18:32.435+00:00Our dining room chairs came from a skip. Best shop...Our dining room chairs came from a skip. Best shop in the world.The Coffee Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686044352290845905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-44421286512385375152011-02-12T06:38:19.896+00:002011-02-12T06:38:19.896+00:00Blimey! Lucky find! You need to have a look at Jul...Blimey! Lucky find! You need to have a look at Julia's post about restoring her old machine (Marmalade Kiss). She did a great job.dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956813648763032057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-63162687966624529722011-02-11T22:49:54.708+00:002011-02-11T22:49:54.708+00:00Can you feel me turning green? I can't believe...Can you feel me turning green? I can't believe you found that in a skip! I hope you can make it work, just for the fun of it.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211488396837926356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-3151255967923441312011-02-11T21:53:15.838+00:002011-02-11T21:53:15.838+00:00What a beautiful find. As the say, "One man&...What a beautiful find. As the say, "One man's trash....." Have fun giving it tlc.<br />Anne xx**Anne**https://www.blogger.com/profile/05595796965034742923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-19959132713186873652011-02-11T21:51:22.578+00:002011-02-11T21:51:22.578+00:00You have GOT to be kidding. I guess it really is t...You have GOT to be kidding. I guess it really is true what they say about one man's trash being another man's treasure! STUNNING. Have fun!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05932228002267520123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-50765824066802655792011-02-11T21:23:04.686+00:002011-02-11T21:23:04.686+00:00Oh look at those cute little drawers. I'm spee...Oh look at those cute little drawers. I'm speechless at the thought that someone would put that in a skip. A friend of mine took two Van Gogh style chairs from one recently and there's absolutely nothing wrong with them at all, in fact they're gorgeous. Don't understand it!harmony and rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514921461051048885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-83377252349320963242011-02-11T21:19:42.366+00:002011-02-11T21:19:42.366+00:00Wow! What a fantastic find. A little something f...Wow! What a fantastic find. A little something for your studio no doubt!! Have fun giving it your own very special tlc and have a lovely, lovely weekend.scjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17990865622858380419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-90326122035591521252011-02-11T20:01:05.286+00:002011-02-11T20:01:05.286+00:00WOWSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love skip treasure. I ca...WOWSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />I love skip treasure. I can often be seen pulling chunks of wood out of local skips (with owners permission) to throw onto our woodburner. <br />But that is the best skip treasure I've ever seen.Magic Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659823964712899460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390436548583166562.post-28548629966256771632011-02-11T19:49:18.185+00:002011-02-11T19:49:18.185+00:00ooo.. love! it is beautiful. You are so lucky.ooo.. love! it is beautiful. You are so lucky.Zoyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188606014773150853noreply@blogger.com