My beloved LAUNDRY + BASKET

Our Laundry and Kitchen recently had a makeover - it was totally UNPLANNED - so much so that I wanted to gouge my eye's out at the time, so that the pain would distract me from how distraught I was at the bad timing of it all....pathetic I know, but we all have our moments of weakness!  A leak under our kitchen sink had slowly been seeping into the bottom hidden carcass area, and finally 'burst it's banks' so to speak.  We DRY HEAVED for 3 days from the STENCH that eminated from ROTTING WATER that had been slumming it there for who knows HOW long??...eeeuw...eeeeuw....eeeeuUUUUWW...... We had to keep the laundry door shut for a week - I GAGGED every time I had to go in there to get to the broom, or open the fridge - that's a lot of gagging, TRUST ME!  We removed our entire kitchen sink unit/cupboards etc. and had fans blowing on it 24/7 - that was just the start of it!  I SHUDDER to think what it must be like, living in the aftermath of a TSUNAMI....!!!

We went without a sink/wash up area for a month....I feel stupid even mentioning that!  The upside is that we learnt to make do, and learnt to soooo APPRECIATE the simple things in life.....like having a sink to wash up in!  Perspective is a wonderful thing!!  But WAIT...this post get's WORSE!!...not only am I sharing my dull moments of domesticity, but what I ACTUALLY wanted to blog about was my adorable linen basket on the counter, (I know...I'm EMBARRASSED *BLUSH*), which I selvedged from our local SPCA for 30 ROND!!!..true story:-).....I resprayed her a light grey, and brought her back to life - she is now so classy, you would never know that she was once brown and thrown out by her previous owners!  So if you love thrifting, SPCA KLOOF is just a wonderful place to find old treasures to reclaim, or UPCYCLE.

Definitely becoming one of our favourite weekly stops!!