My husband said recently that he thought our patio set, on the top patio next to the chickens, was looking very shabby and could do with replacing. The chairs had come apart and he had glued them back together but the glue which was supposed to dry clear had dried white.
We have had this set for the nine years that we have lived here. My husband mentioned it was shabby but we hadn’t actually decided to go out and look for another set.
Today I was in a store called “Family Bargains”. I was actually looking for something to use as a kitchen waste compost bucket. Our bucket has started letting in water and the last lot of kitchen waste was swimming in water and going mouldy. Yuk!
I then saw the exact same patio set as the one on our top patio but it was only £19.99. I couldn’t believe how cheap it was. I am sure we paid much more than that for our original set.
When I got home I told my husband and he said we should go together to check it out. It was too good a bargain to pass up so we bought it.
Old patio set
New patio set
My husband said I should put these two photos here and say “look what my husband did to our patio set”.
Last year when we bought a small table and two chairs to go by the back door we couldn’t find anything under £50.00. At £19.99 my husband says you couldn’t even buy the wood if you wanted to make it yourself. This really is a bargain and was a lucky find.
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That is a bargain .. I paid £50 for mine . I know your husband is skilled but not that skilled I’m sure .
My husband is definitely not as skilled as that. He just wonders how they manage to sell them so cheaply. We think that they are probably last years stock that they want to get rid of before putting out this years summer stock.
When me husband took the old set apart for kindling it was rotten which is why the glue hadn’t set and gone clear. It was lucky we replaced it now as we could have sat on a chair only to have it fall apart.
Where is Family bargains?
It’s on the Farnham Road, Slough. There are “Pets at Home”, “Staples” and “Family Bargains” together. “Pets at Home” is where I get all my chicken supplies from and use their vet whenever I have a chicken problem.