Couple completely make house with reclaimed goods that cost them next to nothing

[ via Mail Online ] 30 Dec

In these belt-tightening times, it always helps to shop around to get the best deal.

But one couple have taken that philosophy to the extreme by completely transforming their home simply with reclaimed goods.

Kresse Wesling and James Henrit bought their two-bedroom flat last year when it was little more than a shell.

• They snaffled items worth £35,000 new for a fraction of price
• Bed made from scaffold poles, tiles from fireman's hoses, seat-belts for curtain ties
• 'We don’t have two knives that are the same and we use old jars for glasses'

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Animated movie ‘Up’ house sold for $400,000

[ Dawn News ]  3 Dec

A house modeled after the home featured in the animated movie ”Up” has been sold to a family who are self-described Disney and Pixar fanatics.

A full scale rendition of the house in the animated movie, “Up,” located a in Herriman, Utah, will be part of this year's Parade of Homes (Photo AP)

Clinton and Lynette Hamblin of Pentaluma, California, are buying the home in Herriman, Utah, for $400,000. The Hamblins say they were searching for a home in California that was similar to the colorful cottage seen in the movie when they heard about the Disney-approved ”Up” house in Utah.

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