Cheap & Alternative Storage Ideas

Having recently set myself the task of installing a second networked PC in our home, and having got the technical side out of the way, I set about finding a desk to sit it on. (Just as soon as the categories appear, I'll be writing about the technical aspects.) We had agreed that this was to be a minimalist "workstation", i.e. just the PC case, monitor, keyboard and mouse. No printers, scanners, no nothing. In fact, the main case, being a mini-tower in format, would be sat under any desk, saving even more space. We also agreed that the only logical place to put it was in one corner of the dining room on as small a bench as possible. ...  Read the complete review

After leaving home at the ripe old age of 18, straight into unemployment and with only a mattress and television to call my own I had to learn to live quite frugally. The problem is that I find it quite hard to kick the habit (but having an Ikea in Bristol helps!). Over the years I have used bricks under railway sleepers to make a television stand, I’ve used wooden pallets as a base for my bed and saved as many jam-jars as humanly possible. I hope the following suggestions are helpful and if you add any new ones to the comment section I’ll update once in a while to keep it the ultimate guide! Keep all of those small ‘wet-wipe’ ...  Read the complete review

I have just been having a general look around Dooyoo and have come across the category about storage ideas. As this was a problem to me when I first moved into the house I now occupy I thought I’d pass on the solutions I came up with. I thought I’d split them into the rooms where I have used them, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they couldn’t be used elsewhere of course. They aren’t necessarily cheap either but, as with most DIY, they can be done more cheaply or more expensively depending on your taste and pocket! Lounge In here I had got a hi fi unit with the hi fi on top and the records underneath, a ...  Read the complete review

I was cleaning out my pantry yesterday moving all my jars around and I thought Ahhh there?s an opp in these ere jars Let me tell you what I store my cooking ingredients in. I get fed up with split bags, difficult to close properly so my long grain rice is in a sweet jar, so are my pasta twists and lentils .Do you know the sort I mean the ones you get in newsagents/ sweetie shops displaying loose sweets. I have a shop around the corner that when he has emptied the jars puts them to one side. I go in and say please can I have one of those jars he says certainly and gives it to me, yes gives it to me free. They are excellent for ...  Read the complete review

As I have probably mentioned recently I have recently been in a car accident and so am off work getting better but bored. You know how it is boredom and being stuck in the house you begin to notice things that wouldn`t normally bother you. And so that takes me to our garage, not that I am stuck in the garage you understand!! Our garage leaks..that is an understatement, the bricks are crumbling and things get really damp in there. So we decided the time had come to sort things out. It was when the builders came to do the estimates I realised just how much junk we kept in there "just in case it came in!!" Anyway 6 car loads to the tip later we had a ...  Read the complete review