I've bought a great bargain for the utility cum hallway - a pretty blue painted key cupboard, just £2 in a local charity shop...and guess what, I found it the day after I'd just painted and fixed up a row of little hooks...typical! This is much better looking though. It's got a woven fabric insert on the door that makes it especially nice, I think.
At the same time, I found the green and white striped pot, just right for the pot of oregano.
At the moment they're both sitting on the worktop that Les made from some planks of oak he bought ages ago and has had drying out in the garage. I'm glad now that, after endless discussion (mainly about what we could use that wouldn't cost too much!), we decided on this and not the laminate we were contemplating. At least, if it gets marked, I can always rub it down and re-seal it.
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I love that shade of blue.