Charity Shop Sofa Finds!

My mum has been visiting all week, and we finished her visit off with one of our favourite mutual hobbies: charity shop shopping! And looky what I found in the very first shop we visited... a DD scale sofa! And a matching chaise longue!

 

 

They appear to be home made, and both need a clean up of the fabric, and possibly some repainting:

 

The sofa:

 

The CL:

 

Unfortunately both my DDs are nekkid at the mo, and couldn't pose for photos: I am making another set of those halter tops for a tutorial to accompany the pattern I am going to post, and my DDs are helping out. But Lina Inverse the Pink, Dragon Spooker extraordinaire happened to be about, eating all my food, and decided to road test the sofas for me:

 

Would be cosy for 2 DDIIs, but for DDS or the 50cm Lina, the sofa is a good fit.

 

Ahhhhh nice to stretch out after killing bandits and child minding Gourry all day... I think this has Lina's seal of approval. And the CL is so roomy, I reckon Meade and Chandra will like lounging on it too!

 

I hope having these sofas won't mean I put off finishing my custom one tho: I only just bought some wooden feet for it! Once I've cleaned them up I might be tempted to add some embellishments to the wooden parts, especially after seeing the new Volks sofa. Yeah for charity shops and the wonders they contain! (thank-you British Heart Foundation!)

Whao, matching set--great find! I love secondhand stores--my mom found a cute sofa for my girls at one, and I've gotten some great fabric bait at them too. Still, the sofa my girls have isn't quite that elegant, nor does it have a matching chaise lounge like that.

 

I think it'd be awesome to have one last sofa to make a little seating area. That way everyone has a place to sit if somebody hogs a whole sofa like Lina just did.

Awesome! I knew others would start finding cool stuff at thrift stores and charity places and then posting about them. Even if those two things need some work, they look really good! If you don't mind me asking, what did you pay for them?

 

Congrats on a nice set!

 

 

Billy

That is awesome!

 

They are so cute.

And this is why I keep telling myself that I must go to the Goodwill Stores in my area to see if I can find anything~

 

This is such an excellent find! Even better that they match

 

And I can't wait to see the tutorial you put up for the tank top. Hopefully it is something that even someone with no current sewing skills can manage to put together Ever since I got Momoko I've been wanting to try my hand at something simple :3

Awesome! I knew others would start finding cool stuff at thrift stores and charity places and then posting about them. Even if those two things need some work, they look really good! If you don't mind me asking, what did you pay for them?

 

Billy

 

Hey Billy, I don't mind at all:they were £15 for the set, which Google tells me is $24. There was also a wrote iron and wood garden bench which was very pretty, but I couldn't carry it home and it was a bit more expensive, so I left it for the next lucky bargain hunter.

Hey Billy, I don't mind at all:they were £15 for the set, which Google tells me is $24. There was also a wrote iron and wood garden bench which was very pretty, but I couldn't carry it home and it was a bit more expensive, so I left it for the next lucky bargain hunter.

 

 

Yep, you stole those. Great job on getting these tho, I'm glad you found such nice things for such a good price.

 

Also nice of you to leave the wrought iron stuff for someone else. Good DD Karma right there.

 

 

Billy

Also nice of you to leave the wrought iron stuff for someone else. Good DD Karma right there.

 

Ah good point! If anyone is around Cambridge, UK, then on the street with all the charity shops behind the Grafton shopping centre, in the British Heart Foundation Charity shop, is a DD scale wrought iron and wood two seater garden bench for £15! heavy to get home, but perfect for any garden photo shoots!

D: I live miles away but I'm in the UK , if you lived near enough to it I'd be more than happy to give you money for getting it for me and also pay however much the postage is

D: I live miles away but I'm in the UK , if you lived near enough to it I'd be more than happy to give you money for getting it for me and also pay however much the postage is

 

I was in Southampton for 2 weeks only a week ago on a work course, and for an anime con >.

 

I'll try get in before/after work this week and pick it up for you. As it's heavy (iron and wood) the postage may be a bit high, but hopefully it will still be a bargain for you. I hope its still there

 

If I buy it and the postage is too high (as it'll be bulky as well) I'll keep it for you til next March, when I'll be back in Southampton at the same anime con, and I can pass it to you then, for free: I'd getting a year of free use for photo shoots after all!

 

Does this sound okay?

Those are a great find! I really like the chaise.

That sounds amazing! I'd love to give you £10 as a thankyou if you manage to get it if that's okay? Well even if it's not okay I will anyway ^__^! Aww eh that sucks we could have had a meet-up and taken some pictures in the park ): will you be going to London mcm expo in may?

That sounds amazing! I'd love to give you £10 as a thankyou if you manage to get it if that's okay? Well even if it's not okay I will anyway ^__^! Aww eh that sucks we could have had a meet-up and taken some pictures in the park ): will you be going to London mcm expo in may?

 

I've never been to the Expo: I tend to limit myself to Minamicon and the odd Aya/Amecon to save money for my hobbies! The Expo is at the end of May, right? I might pop up to London for the day if people are meeting up Could also pass the seat to you then! I wonder if the charity shops are open tomorrow?

I know a few of us on figure.fm are going to do a meet-up ^__^ it's amazing! I'd never heard of minami-con until about a week ago ): I'd have thought some will be open some will be closed but I wouldn't worry until your going past there on Tuesday as its quite a specialist thing not too many people would want<3

What an awesome find!

Those are spectacular!

very good find. I love find stuff like that.

WOW!! those are so cute! and such a good find your girls are gonna love them I bet! ^__^