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Our Union Jack Storage Chest

02.05.2013 by Leah // 12 Comments

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In the meantime, please indulge me while I show off our fabulous find at Greenhills 2 weeks ago – a storage chest with vintage Union Jack design!

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We found it at the 2nd floor of Shoppesville, Greenhills.  There is this little  store that sells authentic Ikea items and more of these storage boxes shaped as luggage bags.    They also sell these CD racks shaped as a telephone booth, Coca Cola vintage vending machine and gas pump.  Cool, aren’t they?

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I really had no plans of buying anything that day since the purpose of our trip there was to meet up with the coolest couple we know, Frances of Topaz Horizon / Topaz Mommy and Vince (of the Third World Nerd), who are good friends of AJ’s.   But one look at the chest in the bottom and I knew right then that we will not be going home without it haha!

And this being Greenhills, I haggled for a discount.   I have immediately set a mental budget for this and it’s a good thing  AJ and I stuck on that while haggling because the last price we got (which sealed the deal) was not too far from the budget we have set  =)

So happy to find our purchase generously covered with bubble wrap!    We picked it up after having coffee and donuts at Krispy Kreme.

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Our Union Jack storage chest replaced the makeshift side table that I made by stacking together 2 big storage boxes and covering them with table cloth (check out old picture below to have a better idea):

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We now have a more appropriate side table that’s space-saving and functional, and a Union Jack-themed design that will never go out-of-date.

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On top of this side table/storage box are the following:  acrylic table lamp (around P800.00) from the Landmark, books (including this vintage Life encyclopedia featuring Britain), coffee press and butter cookies (which I just put there because the tin can has pictures of the soldier guards at Buckingham Palace hehe).

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This furniture piece really rocks!

I am now finally done with decorating our living room,  and am ready to move on to our dining area.     If you will notice, I haven’t been featuring it a lot here but with this next simple home project that I chanced upon online – am sure that even you will take a second look at your dining area!   Watch out for it!

 

Categories // Shopping Tags // anglophile items, at home, furnitures, greenhills, home decorations, home projects, union jack, vintage items

Comments

  1. Joanne says

    February 6, 2013 at 4:46 am

    I like the CD rack shaped as telephone booth. I wonder how much it will cost since haggling is not my best skill set =P

    Reply
    • Leah says

      February 6, 2013 at 8:43 am

      Hi Joanne, just sent you an email about this one.

      Reply
      • Joanne says

        February 8, 2013 at 9:49 pm

        Thanks Leah 🙂 Got your email

        Reply
  2. Mrs. Panda says

    February 6, 2013 at 8:23 am

    Hi miss leah! 😉 may i ask how much? 🙂

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    • Leah says

      February 6, 2013 at 8:43 am

      Hi there, just sent you an email on this one =)

      Reply
  3. Ailene says

    February 21, 2013 at 2:41 am

    Hi, Leah! What a really nice find! How much did you get it for? 😀

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    • Leah says

      February 21, 2013 at 12:26 pm

      Hi Ailene! I got it for P5,500 – super tawad na!

      Reply
  4. Jaja Laure says

    February 21, 2013 at 6:43 am

    Hi! What a lovely storage set! May I know how much? 🙂

    Thanks much! 🙂

    Reply
  5. e L a says

    November 4, 2013 at 10:06 am

    I love the telephone booth! 🙁

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  6. Clive Davies says

    October 27, 2014 at 7:19 pm

    How much for telephone cd holder and petrol one

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  7. Victoria says

    December 15, 2014 at 2:57 pm

    Hi Ms. Lea! I really love your vintage inspired storage chest. I would like to ask if you still remember the name of the store? Thank you! 🙂

    Reply
    • Leah says

      December 17, 2014 at 12:50 pm

      Unfortunately hindi na hehe! But you won’t miss their stall at Virra Mall, sila lang yung nagtitinda ng mga vintage storage chests there =)

      Reply

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