The chair represents the best £10 I've ever spent at a car boot sale. I fell in love with it the moment I saw it - it's very comfortable, pleasing to look at and is small enough to move around the house depending on where it's needed. It's a Parker Knoll (design: Froxfield - they've been making it for ever) and my Mum also loved it so much that I found her one in cream upholstery fabric in a lighter wood - hers therefore looks completely different but is just as lovely.
The lamp is by a fancy Italian lighting firm and cost £5 in Marks & Spencer's sale a few years ago - it still has the original price sticker of £185 underneath. I can't quite fathom why anyone would ever contemplate paying that much but it is a very good lamp and definitely worth more than a fiver.
While I was rearranging things, the TechnoMage was busy making 2.5 jars of pickled jalapeños as we couldn't resist buying a big bagful for a pound from an East Ham market stall last week.
It's the first time we'd ever tried actual pickling (as opposed to making chutneys) and they look quite promising.
2 comments:
Impressive pickles! What did you use as your pickling vinegar/spices?
He kept it simple for this first attempt - just blanched in water then bottled in hot white wine vinegar with some water and sugar. We'll be trying the half bottle soon to see how it worked!
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