Deck a house out for nought!

So the old house is going to be hosting a party, not to mention myself at times - it's beaten up, has about three bits of furniture and a a lot of dirt and dust.

The budget is: �0.00 - Obviously we're in a sticky one here but it can and will be done!

Step 1 The basics

Ok the first things you need in a house are the most basic things known to us dirty scallions.

Those would be A kettle, a toaster and of course the ubiquitous microwave, none of these will cost you a penny, don't be tempted by the �5 kettles and toasters in tescoes.

See every family will have at least one of these things that work but is no longer in service - they're not likely to be pretty or stylish but they'll work, asking around I got all three, the toaster and kettle almost match. The microwave needed a light clean but it even has a plate, the family house doesn't even have a spinning plate (it got broken).

Now I hope you remembered your bog roll.

Comments

[fizban7]

Ive been looking for a fridge that is that specific chape for AGES. Where do they have these, besides corner stores?! If anyone know where to get one of these, I would be so grateful. I need it because its the perfect shape to hold a cornelius keg(soda keg), for home brew beer.

[jlc2009]

I have one actually and barley use it name a price and its yours. Its the exact same

[fizban7]

If you live anywhere near Seattle, Im so down!

[J@50n]

 check e-bay, craigslist, Overstock.com, ANYWHERE!

[killerjackalope]

Well we thought of that ourselves... Check the dump, I'm sure you could probably buy them somewhere, there are also other brands that have big can fridges so they're bound to appear from time to time, you could ask a shopowner and earmark it.

[fizban7]

My main problem is living in a city and having no car. Ive passed a few fridge opportunities because someone with a car beat me to it.

[stephenniall]

i can remember making my first big bicycle trailer and was passing a skip with a leather couch in i put it on the rode it home i had my friend shouting at me sat in the couch and when ig ot it home There was a shouting contest between me and my dad . in the end I used it for leather for a pen drive funny sight though a Bmx pulling a trailer with a leather sofa on

[incorrigible packrat]

One time I carried home a curbside couch, balanced on my head, all by myself. Got the strangest look from these two girls sitting on their front step (I'm also fairly sure they were sniffing glue, too). Ah! The memories of bachelorhood...

[killerjackalope]

We rode a bed down the hill to get it to the house... Turns out you can break the speed limit on a bed, well we can't know exact speeds...

[benz_z]

lol i did that on my friends big gray arm chair on a sk8board

[incorrigible packrat]

I got arrested one night, picking through garbage goodies, on my very own street. That wasn't so much fun. Permanently obliterated any trust in, or respect for, the police, that I still might have had.

[benz_z]

i lost that when a mall rent-a-cop banned me 4 half a year and got the cops to drive me home (just 4 spitting gum into a first floor bin from the second floor)...sigh

[kate_27]

Oh i had one 'security' gard kick a load of us out of the mall for DROPPING a hat INTO someone down belows hands ( another mate) lol. ALL of us were banned for the day lol. Never trust 'em!

[greenjedi]

yeah... gotta love mall cops

[incorrigible packrat]

Oh my! They, they, they drove you home! The scoundrels! The nerve of them, driving you home like that.

By the way, the above sarcasm is not expressed for the purpose of being dickish, I just try to use humour to deal with my own unpleasant past experiences.

[killerjackalope]

The only time I was bothered by them was for hoking around some furniture and they thought I was taking drugs, after a completely unnecessary search they left me alone, feeling kind of foolish... There isn't much "salvaging" from bins around here so they assumed otherwise... Arresting you is a bit extreme, I wouldn't have stood for that... Were you cahrged with anything?

[incorrigible packrat]

I wasn't able to stand for it either... Three or four cops held me down on the pavement. One was kind enough to hold me by the hair... I was "held for twelve", hours that is, and released without charge. Had to make my own way home by going to a friend's place and mooching taxi fare. Since 2001, the po-po in Canada can now hold a person for 72 hours without charge and for no good reason. This is just one of the many fine reasons for avoiding the city of Ottawa, Ontario.

[killerjackalope]

Aye, sounds like answering the door at a party... Barely a word in before I'm in cuffs and on the floor, I did however manage to get a cigarette out, then a lighter and light it before they came back... Which had them so confused after what looked like they went to the wrong house... They were searching for drugs (not found) though I suspect it was aimed at the dealer down the street... Still they had nothing other than some glassy eyed teenagers looking confused... The canada law is obscene, that's just taking the mickey... I suppose they're not obligated to feed you either?

[cornflaker]

"...see the house needs a TV license renewal..."
You guys need a license to use a TV?!?!
Thats messed up lol

[killerjackalope]

It's called a TV license but it refers to the money we pay for BBC and partialy channel 4 they're public broadcast corporations... I am against it somewhat but now that computers are included it's annoying, granted I would pay it for top gear, two pints, 4 and family guy at convenient times...

[cornflaker]

Well that would suck... But yeah I guess it could be worth it but we luckily don't need these "TV licence's" down here (well not any more - my mum said that when she was a kid we used to have them)

[benz_z]

i miss little British quirks (like tv licensing) i LOVED little briten (but you couldnt get real maple syrup or pancakes NOT CRAPES)

[benz_z]

great -ible but i would wind up putting money into the stuff i got 4 nought (rhyme;) and then it wouldnt b 4 nought... would it.

[DELETED_jorgegunn]

You should check out old schools. Once we found a dumpster full fof cabinets and shelve units from a school that had closed down the year before. Total Dumpster score. Although i did break 2 ribs when I fell six feet and jammed and shelf board in between my ribs while lifting out some kindergarten cubies.

[Sir-Jackington]

Yes but the kettle had to be replaced with a £5 1 from sainsburys

[Wafflicious]

is your refridgerator running

[cornflaker]

lol

[Nymph]

Good job! I moved around a lot growing up (missionary kid) and we would furnish our homes like this all the time.

[killerjackalope]

Thanks, it's more fun than standing in IKEA for sure...

[LuminousObject]

I need to get one of those red bull refridgerators. I know that was spelled wrong.

[killerjackalope]

Check the dump and such places, up refrigerator alley in the dump should yield results or find stores that have them and ask if they're getting rid of it, alternatively sneakily remove the fuse from one instore and when they replace it rather than fix it have at it... refrigerators

[LuminousObject]

All right. I'll try that. Thanks.

[KentsOkay]

Hey I don't know, but this might help you with picking up your wi-fi signal...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal_antenna

[killerjackalope]

Ah cheers that looks like a winner, if slightly complicated, that said I'm wondering about the designs in the leaded windows, maybe a good antenna base...

[KentsOkay]

Yer I was a watching tv last night (Simpsons Tree House of Horror XIX), and I stumbled upon a documentary on fractal mathematics. This ham radio chap was saying how he made a real simple antennae out of wire, and how he got better signals and an incredible number more, and I sez to myself "I know of someone in need of a antennae, I wonder who?". Redbull was somehow linked to it, and upon seeing your ible in my subscriptions it clicked.

[killerjackalope]

it looks interesting though there seems to be a huge amount of accompanying circuitry when using a not particularly well tuned one since they pick up multiple bands, however the way it looks to work gives me a few ideas, possibly some form of grid arrangement is a possibility, kind of like one side of a faraday cage set for the particular wavelength of Wifi communications. My other option would be to make an attempt at a higher power signal amplifier, which would be complicated but with a tuned antenna it wouldn't have to be industrial strength since one house is the highest up in the area and the other only has one townhouse row in the way, highly directional and something to bounce it off like say, a heavy steel window frame or a house wall, I would assume that electromagnetic waves have their own refraction index since walls sure as hell weaken the signal, making it seem like a really shallow angle shot would be feasible. My other considerable option is attempting to shoot it down the sewers straight up the main road, there's a graten directly outside one door. Alternatively to all of this insanity I could build or bodge a signal amp from a TV version and try the neighbours again, reasonably well off areas nearby, downside being secured networks and the damn leaded windows are pretty effective signal blockers for a very wide spectrum of things. I'll try a cantenna and if it works I'll build a crazier thing anyway, continuing until I can steal your Wifi.

[KentsOkay]

Sending the signal down the sewer!?! SOunds interesting.... I'm afraid you shant steal my signal... I'm hard wired :)

[Lithium Rain]

>Hygiene...just not that important *Is horrified* Yes, it is! If not so you will look and smell respectable, at least consider your health...living dirty will make you sick. Other than that, great job! I really like the idea of furnishing a house for nothing (or almost nothing).

[killerjackalope]

I was talking about religious hygiene and sterilisation of equipments, I have no qualms about eating my apples with a pocket knife as long as there isn't fluff or really nasty stuff on it, or stuff that ruins flavour. I am going to argue about getting ill from it either, I used to work surrounded by pure filth, we're talking industrial grime, a skipyard up the road and a good dose of penicillin lurking at the bottom of the wrong cups, never once did this cause me to be ill. I always make the effort to look and smell respectable, free aftershave samples are good help but I usually go with lynx that smells like chocolate, it makes me hungry though. As for keeping clean I'm not too bad, however I don't subscribe to the school of washing your hands every ten minutes while dong a dirty job. Thanks Monk, try it someday...

[KentsOkay]

I work on the idea that if I expose myself to as many nasties as I see fit, I will build my natural resistance to them, I never take medicine of any type unless it's absolutely necessary....