More photos and articles to follow very soon.
I will show our bureaucrats without vision what can be achieved sustainably!!!!
Tuesday 11 October 2011
Wednesday 28 September 2011
Another practical innovation
Saturday 27 August 2011
Bedroom storage etc
All the oak used came from my mother's dressing table :)
A work in progress...
Voile to be curtain to hide overbed-storage of 'off-season' clothing in this mini-bedroom! Brackets have been used elsewhere!
Friday 19 August 2011
More pictures of garden progress
1st fencepost kicked by vandals :(
Front gate improved but needs 2nd coat!
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Garden in bloom
Every day people comment on my colourful garden :) It was worth persevering!
These photos will be organised soon! I just wanted to upload some evidence of my efforts over the past few months! After the short-sighted criticism of my mulching methods, my garden now reaps praise from all ages by the day. It has given me a 'social life' :)
Friday 12 August 2011
Futon repair
If I did not have my wood and other DIY resources, I would not have been able to repair it! I still have no permission for a shed to house my equipment but am being pressured to make space indoors!!!! All due to the shortsighted prejudice of some council officers!
Thursday 11 August 2011
photos from a few projects...
This will all be edited/organised properly with more details at a later date!
One housing officer, who called me the 'plinth lady' because I had been resourceful creating storage under my bookcases etc, actually said "a few shelves won't make a difference" Well the pictures of my bathroom already prove that to be wrong; so will my kitchen 'makeover'!!
Another 'pearl of wisdom' was I couldn't create outside storage from recycled materials*... and in respect of other intended projects: "that's not going to happen"!! Instead of encouragement :( the exercising of 'power' over a mere tenant whilst showing outright prejudice!
* Surely recycling and resourcefulness should be encouraged for the benefit of the planet!!
Most of my fencing/windbreak came from freecycle. The boards for my raised bed from a skip - with a kind local resident's blessing. The superfluous unused 'soil-pipe' from the same skip became the supports for my diascia display!
Nifty shelf in hallway, no more lost keys!
Wind-up torch and first aid kit also at the ready!
Below: motivation for finding replacement doors on freecycle!! Old 'sticky' handle and everything clogged up with layers and layers of paint :(
Bathroom transformation recycling items already owned!
Including a 'kitchen-roll holder/spice-rack' now an 'easy-to-replenish' toilet-roll holder! Refelected in mirror in last photo! Old bookshelves as storage etc
Mirror to add a feeling of space thanks to 'Freecycle' :)
Old shower curtain cut in two as curtain for window!
'Under-curtain' for extra privacy: supposed to be a 'beach-wrap' but harmonises well with the actual shower curtain!
When interviewed re gaining some support, a while back, it was a building site and I was asked where I was able to shower! It's a shame people have no vision and are so quick to judge! Well alas the shower was removed by the council when they installed the bath during the 'refurbishment'! - I shall have one eventually.
At least for now I have a colourful friendly bathroom with storage!
One housing officer, who called me the 'plinth lady' because I had been resourceful creating storage under my bookcases etc, actually said "a few shelves won't make a difference" Well the pictures of my bathroom already prove that to be wrong; so will my kitchen 'makeover'!!
Another 'pearl of wisdom' was I couldn't create outside storage from recycled materials*... and in respect of other intended projects: "that's not going to happen"!! Instead of encouragement :( the exercising of 'power' over a mere tenant whilst showing outright prejudice!
* Surely recycling and resourcefulness should be encouraged for the benefit of the planet!!
Most of my fencing/windbreak came from freecycle. The boards for my raised bed from a skip - with a kind local resident's blessing. The superfluous unused 'soil-pipe' from the same skip became the supports for my diascia display!
Nifty shelf in hallway, no more lost keys!
Below: motivation for finding replacement doors on freecycle!! Old 'sticky' handle and everything clogged up with layers and layers of paint :(
Bathroom transformation recycling items already owned!
Including a 'kitchen-roll holder/spice-rack' now an 'easy-to-replenish' toilet-roll holder! Refelected in mirror in last photo! Old bookshelves as storage etc
Mirror to add a feeling of space thanks to 'Freecycle' :)
When interviewed re gaining some support, a while back, it was a building site and I was asked where I was able to shower! It's a shame people have no vision and are so quick to judge! Well alas the shower was removed by the council when they installed the bath during the 'refurbishment'! - I shall have one eventually.
At least for now I have a colourful friendly bathroom with storage!
Friday 6 May 2011
Civic Myopia
My council is insisting I dump the wood and fencing I have obtained from freecycle to give me some privacy and to prevent the 'lovely' locals from using my garden - thanks to a boundary that is only one foot high on the main road - as a depository for their food, drink and confectionary packaging even when the bins are not overflowing! I cannot physically instal the fencing myself but am not being given the time to raise the necessary funds :(
Apparently I have created an 'eyesore' which has supposedly already offended some people! That I have the - often very smelly - dogbin and overflowing rubbish bin just in front of my extremely low wall is of course of no consequence! That would not constitute grounds for removing an upstart like me!!!
I know of no-one who objects to my way of getting rid of the grass - flattened cardboard boxes, which would no longer pose a problem if we had not had this long drought - so that I can create a low-maintenance garden that is a thing of beauty for all to enjoy! Several plants are already in bloom and anyone with vision can see what I am trying to achieve. Many have praised me for the hard work I have put in already and have commented that they know it will look lovely.
Why can't bureaucrats be fair? Perhaps many years of pushing paper and imposing rules is what leads to their developing such a bad case of myopia.
Apparently I have created an 'eyesore' which has supposedly already offended some people! That I have the - often very smelly - dogbin and overflowing rubbish bin just in front of my extremely low wall is of course of no consequence! That would not constitute grounds for removing an upstart like me!!!
I know of no-one who objects to my way of getting rid of the grass - flattened cardboard boxes, which would no longer pose a problem if we had not had this long drought - so that I can create a low-maintenance garden that is a thing of beauty for all to enjoy! Several plants are already in bloom and anyone with vision can see what I am trying to achieve. Many have praised me for the hard work I have put in already and have commented that they know it will look lovely.
Why can't bureaucrats be fair? Perhaps many years of pushing paper and imposing rules is what leads to their developing such a bad case of myopia.
Saturday 26 February 2011
When 'hoarding' is actually being Green and resourceful
to be continued...
There will be photos of projects and how they were achieved. I intend to prove I 're-use' instead of throwing away indiscriminately!!
There will be photos of projects and how they were achieved. I intend to prove I 're-use' instead of throwing away indiscriminately!!
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