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Living On A Shoestring...
gabbyyounglife.blogspot.com
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A blog by a singer about doing up a flat and garden, recycling, up-cycling, thriftiness and the inspiration behind it... all with a very small budget.
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Summer is acoming in...

Yes, the weather is b e a utiful! I am currently trying to write this blog outside in it... but we all know the blazing sun is not a friend of the humble laptop screen so alas, I must continue inside...

24 may 12

Back to the garden...

Im home now and have returned to a jungle!! The plants have been loving all this rain and been going, well a bit mental, which is exactly the way I like it. They seem happy and that makes me happy (w...

06 may 12

Car Boots & Holidays...

Hello all from sunny Nice! Yes, Im actually on holiday (first time in 5 years) which is the perfect time to do a blog!Firstly, we did a car boot... weve wanted to for ages but last Sunday we bit the ...

29 apr 12

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and... Basil?!

While I warm up supper (calm down, I cooked it yesterday- I havent reverted back to my old ready meals ways!!) I thought I would share some pictures of some new arrivals... HERBS! And lots of them!!O...

11 apr 12

Now, back to the garden...

I have been loving the weather- I dont want to leave the house so I can spend every single moment in the sun and work in the garden.This time last year it was a tip, a building site... a work in prog...

31 mar 12

PROJECT BEDROOM!

So I did what I said I would - I sorted the bedroom! YEY!I got straight to it while Stephen was away on a stag do and spent the whole weekend making it just right for his return.I definitely have the...

22 mar 12

I think, I hope, that SPRING might be here!

OK so I have had people asking what has happened to your DIY blog? and seeing as it wasnt just my mum I realised that it might be missed... but the truth is I dont feel very creative in the winter. I...

03 mar 12

Where were we?

Oh yes... the garden.My whole summer has been about finishing it and every moment the rain stops Ive been working on it - well WEVE been working on it because I really couldnt have done this without ...

07 aug 11

Drum roll please....

The garden is FINISHED!Well... almost, there are still little things to do but I dont think that will ever change...Isnt it pretty? Just to remind you - here are some before pictures:When we fir...

04 aug 11

Decorating with vinyl

So for ages I have wanted to paint my fridge... and freezer... and washing machine, dishwasher, tiles, doors etc etc etc but I had to stop my plans because of A)lack of funds and B)the fact that we d...

22 jul 11

Clock Wall

Remember those clocks from Holloway Car Boot sale in this post? Well we hatched a plan for another we live in rented flat so we cant paint or wallpaper feature wall- this time CLOCKS.I have always lo...

19 jul 11 1 person likes this

Gabbys guide to laying a path

Stephen and I have laid 2 paths together now and I am starting to get the hang of it but the King Of Paths is very particular and a perfectionist (which I am not) so I havent been that instrumental i...

11 jul 11 1 person likes this

Garden improvements

So, as you may know when we moved into our flat we started with an overgrown dump outside...and Stephen and I have been working hard trying to make it into a very special garden for 2 years now.We ar...

06 jul 11 1 person likes this

Dog Blog III - Finale

So the dogs are back in Battersea, actually Im there with them awaiting my parents return.I cant believe how lucky we were with the weather the whole of their stay... it made having 3 dogs in a small...

28 jun 11 1 person likes this

Holloway Car Boot Sale

Evening all!I said I would post about my car boot sale adventures so here I am doing exactly that!I am a regular at Battersea Car Boot and will be sure to give you my full opinion of that after next ...

26 jun 11 1 person likes this

Dog Blog II

This is just a chance to show off some more pictures of the little beauties- and my garden!At home with the dogs...So Ive told you our flat is small... well our kitchen is THIS small:This was the bol...

25 jun 11 1 person likes this

Dog Blog

This week I have swapped touring and recording for dog sitting...I spoke earlier about our dog, Hobbes, who we got for free on Gumtree and makes me smile more than anything so is the definition of li...

24 jun 11 1 person likes this

Mirror Mirror Wall

I can honestly say there was no inspiration behind this- it just started happening and its my favourite feature in our flat...We started off with a couple of mirrors we picked up in the tip - we deci...

22 jun 11 1 person likes this

Jewellery Display (what I made)

So it is possible make lots of nifty things with stuff you have in the house - I realised this when I was very young and used to decorate fruit boxes with wrapping paper or bring pebbles in from the ...

13 jun 11 1 person likes this

Friday funday....

Hello Blogettes!Im off to gig in a bit so I dont have time for a full on DIY post but I promised myself I would stop neglecting this poor little blog and so I thought I would show you a bunch of fun ...

10 jun 11

Kitchen makeover...

The next project we wanted to tackle was our ugly, tiny kitchen - not only were the worksurfaces wilted and disgusting but the nasty orangey-cream tiles were falling off the wall!Not nice! There...

09 may 11

The story so far...

These are pictures to show what weve been up to so far:Come into the garden (the biggest room in the house!)This is what we had to start with...Lots and lots of weeds, dead plants and absolute rubbis...

01 may 11

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