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Ideal Standard Alto; A great value Bathroom Set for your bathroom!
Being a student can really test your powers of frugality and ingenuity.
Many years ago I shared a flat with a friend and life was just like the UK sitcom ‘The Young Ones’ – Corn Flakes for breakfast and Baked beans for lunch and dinner. We enjoyed watching the dishes pile up and sat debating episodes of the X-files into the small hours of the morning, beer in hand. Those were the days.
But when it came to affording things…well that’s where we really shone.
I was studying French part time and couldn’t afford the language cassettes necessary to gain a basic grasp of the lingo. And so I wracked my mind trying to figure out how I was going to raise the £250 necessary to buy the basic package. I was already on the breadline, so there really wasn’t anything I could cut back on.
But then I realized that I could possibly find a second hand French language course for, perhaps, half the price? And so the treasure hunt begun and saw me wading through all the classified newspapers in search of a find (no auction sites in those days.)
And there it was! For £60 a man living a few miles away from me was selling his French language course – books tapes and all. Fantastic! So I wasted no time (because he had someone else that wanted to buy it of course), pulled on my boots and shot out the door.
On arriving at his house he fetched the box and placed it in my eager hands. It didn’t really look like the courses I had seen in the magazines and I asked him how old it was, “Oh it’s about twenty years old”, he said. I remember contorting my face slightly at the realization that I was about to buy something so old, and asked if he would accept £30 for it. But what he said next made we realize that I was being an idiot. “French hasn’t changed in twenty years. What they spoke then, they speak now.” And with that I gave him the hard scrounged money and left with a perfectly adequate language course.
I say that to say this; how often do we pass over things which would be perfectly adequate for our needs in favor of things which are much more expensive but serve the same purpose? Take the Ideal Standard 4 Piece Bathroom Suite called the Alto. It’s a sturdy, classically designed bathroom set that would look great in any bathroom and that has the build quality that would put most other brands to shame.
What’s more it’s eminently affordable. Granted it doesn’t make tea or bring you the morning paper but it’s perfectly fit for purpose. And I feel that in this age of watching the pennies, this will no doubt be the new way of looking at things.
C est magnifique!
About the Author
Marc Francis is a writer specializing in interior design, renovation and property investing.
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Wildwood Hunting DEER SHOWER CURTAIN Lodge decor theme bathroom moose bear Lodge motif shower curtain with a pine cone, deer, moose & bear theme…. |
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Reliance Products Luggable Loo Portable 5 Gallon Toilet $17.97 Affordably priced, the 5-gallon Luggable Loo portable toilet from Reliance Products offers a simple bucket style design and traditional snap-on lid. Rugged enough for any outdoor adventure–such as hunting, fishing and camping–it’s compatible with standard Double Doodie bag from Reliance Products, which means virtually no clean-up and waste disposal is a snap when used together…. |
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Reliance Products Fold-To-Go Collapsible Portable Toilet $37.99 Reliance Fold To Go Collapsible Toilet Rugged, Yet Lightweight And Compact Portable Toilet System For Camping, Rv’s, Hunting, Boating, And Emergency Preparedness. Folds Down To Just 5″ In Height, Making Easy To Take Anywhere. Boasts An Impressive 300 Lbs Weight Capacity. Ideally Suited To Be Used With Double Doodle Waste Bags For No Mess Or Cleanup. This Item Is In Category: Camp & Trail > T… |
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Bath Rug Hunt Club $24.06 Size: 19.7 W x 31.5 L. Made of 100% nylon, foam backing. Hunt Club Bath Rug will give your bathroom an outdoor lodge theme. The Bath Rug features a black Labrador Retriever in a hunting theme. Other accessories from this collection are available…. |
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Hunt Club Soap Dish with Linda Picken Design $11.63 … |
