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lifestyle
IT’S never been more fashionable to bag abargain,
and that could mean hunting around car boot
sales, second-hand shops or even in the attic.
GABRIELLE FAGAN gives astep-by-step guide to
creating agreat home on ashoestring budget.
HOESTRING style conjures
up images of ahome filled THRIFTY WISDOMS
with other people’s junk
❑ Never buy something justand a“make do and mend”
because it seems to be aapproach –inother words,
bargain.worthy but dull.
❑ Spend time scouting around,So it’s arevelation to visit
checking outpricesandAlexandra Campbell’s home,
brands,soyou’resurewhatwhich is not only elegant but
you really want.oozescharm –yet shepromises
❑ Optfor simplicity andneutralshe’s spent the minimum on it.
colourswhenbuyinghigh“Nowadays there’s real street
priced items, becausepiecescred in boasting about finding a HomHome
will be more versatile andbargain–the wholecreditcrunch
won’t date. Also, it will behas turned us off spending for the
easier to change or adapttheirsake of it,” shelaughs.
look with accessories.“But I’ve been afan for years
❑ Details make rooms special,because, limitedbyatinybudget,
whetherantique handlesonIdiscovered it’s actually not cheapcheap
cupboards, or individual flowernecessary to spend afortune to
blooms simply displayedinahave astylish home.”
collection of milk bottles.She and her family moved into
ared brick townhouse in Kentin
2003 and she’s regularly scoured with Liz Bauwens. hom
car boot sales, auctions and It features ahostofdesirable home
second-hand shops to furnishit. homes where reusing, revamping
She’s also used eBay to source andrecycling rule.
designer label fabrics or furniture. “This approach isn’t just great “Notbeing abletofurnishyour your pocket!”
Now Alexandra is sharing the for saving cash, but you also end home the way you want because ❑ Thrifty Chic by Liz Bauwens
knowledge and practical tips up with pieces whichare unique of yourbudget forces you to look and Alexandra Campbell,
she’s gained from her first-hand to you, have ahistory andare at things with afresh eye. photographybySimon Brown,
experience of shoestring style in a redolent with personality,” she “Really, the only limit is published by CICO Books at
new book, Thrifty Chic, co-written points out. your imagination, rather than £19.99.
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