Dont you have similar stores like that there?
They are good - normally they have plain colours, we got a plain cream coloured one - but that was last year
I live in East Londonā¦ Think smaller, more inbred cousin of Port Elizabethā¦ We donāt even have a Burger King 
My lady did agree that we do now at least have a new type of place to look but her default is Mamboās (she also loves it, more for their art/craft stuff than plastic). So I guess Iāll find out if there are any other places like that around.
I do appreciate the help, weāre definitely looking in the right direction now 
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Ok lemme see what I can find in the area for you
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You mean places to look for vinyl, or more places for home stuff in general? I got some decent vinyl titles years ago from Builders. Iām sure they would still stock stuff like that. And there must be at least a Builders Express in East London, inbred cousin or not.
ETA: Yip, thereās an Express in the CBD and in Gonubie, and a Superstore in Mdantsane as well.
And they do have some vinyl products at leastā¦
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Vinyl. Went to builders express, they also only have like 3-4 rolls of the thick flooring type vinyl.
Did buy a 5 piece Addis Bin set though, so not a waste of a drive 
Uhh yea, not going to Mdantsane, sorry.
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Yea the kinds of vinyl you want is the table cloth not the floor stuff
If you can find something like mambos (or if you have a chinatown?)
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I swear youāre telepathic. My lady was just telling me via whatsapp we gonna go look at our chinatown next time
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It is how my mind works, that is where I go when I cant find something lol
So we spent the weekend varnishing!
Iām REALLY liking how it looked. We only did the 2nd coat of the stove/microwave area last night so Iāll post that once we pop those back in (we had to first woodfill the screws, wait to dry, sand it smooth then varnish and wait and varnish and wait) and i can show off the āfinishedā product. Weāre not even gonna use vinylā¦ (my lady bought about 2m of vinyl from chinatown so weāll probably put it over the chipboard until we can afford to replace the rest of the cupboards too)
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So! Weāve been living here a week and settling in. Half the rooms look livable, and I went and bought shelves so I will be documenting how badly I fail at putting shelves up (have watched youtube tutorials from ppl with varying degrees of success). First test will be with the pre-bought all-in-one shelf kits (not floating shelves) that come with the bracket and screws etc. Once I can comfortably say I can do that weāll move onto buying that stuff separately and doing it our own wayā¦baby steps people, I am NOT a DIY man 
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YOu can do it!
My philosophy is if I can do it without maiming myself, anyone can - well anyone except americans
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@Mottamort Sounds like you have a long road of DIYing ahead of you.
If you donāt have one already, you have to get a cordless drill. I cant emphasize this enough!
I have a variety of power tools, and if I can choose only one for the rest of my life, it will be a cordless drill.
Most DIY jobs involved making holes or putting in screws.
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Not at that level yet. My brother gave me his drill and jigsaw when he came down for the wedding last week, purely because HE got a cordless drill and says heāll never use this one again. I think I need to work myself up to where i DESERVE a cordless one
Will show before/after photos of what a mess we make this evening
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Yeah, getting out the extension and adaptor every now and then just to drill a few holes will make you wish for a cordless drill.
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this may seem silly, but how did you get your curtains to hang from the rail like that?
our rails are at the same height as yours bur curtains hide the rail, and donāt meet the floor, and i donāt particularly like the idea of dropping the rails.
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I used these on the curtains to get the pleating effect but the hook is adjustable so you can change its height to how you want it
then the rail just has standard loop things.
Iāll take a close up picture of how it is later when Iām home.
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Thanks bud, I used these hooks:
But are your curtains standard length, cos I bought some standard curtains none are the right length. Actually battle to find some proper length curtains apart from having custom made ones which I cannot afford.
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Iām not sure what is normal or what but on my order it showed these measurements
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