Ben G
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ok i've bought a new digital camera today so will get plenty more better photo's for you all tomorrow 
the mrs doesn't like the shelves for the dvd/sky box/ps3 but it keeps all the wires tidy too so it's staying 
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Paul_J
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House looks nice mate!
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ash_corsa
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Certainly looks neater, cant decide if it looks better or not though mate, the wall-mounted shelves aren't my cup o' tea but if your happy with it then who cares!
Did you check viewing height before mounting it? Looks a bit high especially as your sofas are quite low
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Ben G
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it's perfect viewing height. my dad checked it.
the shelves are mounted in a long bar that hides all the wires.
i wasn't keen at first but it looks much neater than having wires dangling down everywhere.
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Ben G
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some better pics:
front, have only painted the garage door red from white so far, plenty more to do:
garage walls painted, need to paint the floor when i get back from holiday:
canvas we bought for the spare bedroom, £12.50 in matalan. bargain :
bastard cats:
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Colin
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Those cats look pretty evil 
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Ben G
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brother and sister. right little fuckers. have scratched our leather dining chairs to bits 
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deano87
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I'd much rather have that pad than a Focus ST. Very nice.
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dannymccann
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Normally limit buying those Canvas prints from B&M Homestores (dunno if you have them down there, might be Home Bargains to you?) but will have to give Matalan a try, always on the lookout for things I can hang off a pin instead of wrecking my new walls with screws, which I can never get perfect 
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P1CK4D
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What does your Mrs do for a job?
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Ben G
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she works as a nursery nurse at the foreign commonwealth office in westminster.
last day today though as shes going to another nursery which pays more.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
I'd much rather have that pad than a Focus ST. Very nice.
that's my thinking too. so much better being able to have your own space.
still miss having a nice car though
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Ben J
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Nice Ben.
We've got that Ikea chest of drawers with the mirror!. Garage is looking cool. Gdet the garage roof beams boarded and lose some of that junk up there!!!
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Ben G
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my dad managed to get some boards off his mate for the grand total of nothing and he's going to sort that out for me.
electrics all working in the garage now, got my tumble dryer set up and ready.
just need to get a couple of flourescent lights up and get the floor painted still, then get a punch bag and a couple of other gym bits in there, should look alright hopefully!
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Ben G
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oh and i broke that mirror drawer thing by climbing it to get up into the loft  £65 down the drain
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Ben G
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managed to finish painting the garage this week as the mrs has gone to scotland and isn't nagging
my dad has wooden boards for the ceiling so that's the next job.
all the paint and stuff will be going in a shed when i buy one as i want the garage for a punch bag/cross trainer.
i also sorted out all the weeds that were in the front garden and driveway. there must have been over 100. took fooking ages didn't take any pics but it looked like it hadn't been done in about a year
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Ben G
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bought some plastic shelf things from b&q today. keeps everything tidy in the garage.
the puma does fit in there, but i had to do a dukes of hazard style exit to get out the car
when i get a shed all the stuff will be going in there so will be much more space for the car.
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N16K
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Garage looks good. what paint did you use for the floor?
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Recaro1
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how much were the shelving units from B&Q?? Could do with the same thing in mine
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Ben G
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the paint was from screwfix, this one:
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/49596/Paint/Floor-Paints/Leyland-Heavy-Duty-Floor-Paint-Slate-5Ltr
the colour of mine is frigate grey instead of slate. looks quite nice imo.
the unit's were £29.98 each, these:
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9796511&fh_reftheme=promo_159030093,seeall,//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C{9372014}/categories%3C{9372040}/categories%3C{9392025}&fh_view_size=10&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C{9372014}/categories%3C{9372040}/categories%3C{9392025}/specificationsProductType%3dshelving___cabinets&fh_eds=%C3%9F&fh_refview=lister&ts=1283200087727&isSearch=false
they looked flimsy but when set up they are fine. there's a lot of weight on mine and they aren't bending at all.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Looks good, I wonder how long you'll keep it that tidy for
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Ben G
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forever i need to get some gym equipment in there eventually anyway so that will take up a lot of space.
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Fro
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 Shiz Ben, only just seen this thread
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Half Pint
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get some glass cut for the shelves on the tv unit thing... playstation looks unstable.
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Ben G
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yeah that's what i'm going to do, want some black glass as i'm not too keen on the ''branch shelves''
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