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TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I find standing in the nip in your front window, > letting beer belly hang over the top of cellulite > pocked thighs, deters all casual glances towards > the house. Downside is you get on first name terms > with the local police, mental health workers and > Fred the Flasher too :)) :)) :)) You've seen my thighs then :)) :)) :))

I'm thinking muslin with hessian roller blinds. Textural contrast. But then I'm not completely sober :))

Petunias are supposed to flower all summer. That's what they do :) (Replying to Bob Buzzard, in case that wasn't clear!)

What did you have there before, Nandalf? I'm getting quite confused by all the options! I'm a leave the gate open kind of person, so I don't want my house to look unwelcoming from the outside, which I think is what is putting me off plantation blinds, but I can see they would be a good option from the inside. But I'm finding it hard to imagine them in my room!

I shall come and investigate, KK :)

The weather is all messed up, isn't it? Plants have been flowering at weird times for years now :(

peckman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lets be clear ! The only person at fault is the > moron who did this . By all means send a snnotty > email to cllrs , mps etc but its @#$%& common > sense .. some people have it some dont The person is presumably doing this whilst working for Southwark Council, otherwise why would he be in a Southwark Council van? And probably this isn't the first time he has done it (and won't be the last), and other people may be doing it too. Therefore the council need to know about it. In my opinion.

I noticed tonight that all the troughs have disappeared from outside the Picturehouse. I sincerely hope that they are just being replanted. Or does the cinema take them in at night in case they are stolen? Never noticed them gone before :(

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't agree but it's your call. The ones I've > seen locally look rather smart. I didn't do it > with mine so have to stand on a chair if I need to > look out; if I were to do it again, I would add > the gap. > > This website has some examples. They also do > mirror film so you can see out but just offers a > reflection for passersby. > > https://www.purlfrost.com/privacy-window-film/ As always, you are a star. I'll have a look :)

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You could use privacy film with an inch gap all > the way round. That way you can peek out but a > casual passerby can't really see in. Good idea PGC but I don't think it would look very nice?

Good idea, KK, thanks. Do you have any idea of the approximate price for making up a muslin curtain? snoopy 17, thanks for suggestions but I associate Venetian blinds with offices! And I don't want privacy film, because then I can't see out. I could have had the window glass made like that, but I didn't want it.

I reckon the driver was asleep in the back..

Thanks Cella. I will have a rethink!

I'm wondering what to do with my front bay and bedroom windows - as in, what to cover them with. I want something that doesn't cut out too much light, but also doesn't let people peer in. But on the other hand, lets me see out :) I had translucent blinds before, from Ikea, but they got very dirty (I'm not sure if they were cleanable, but if so I didn't :)) ) I don't like plantation blinds as I think they make the house look like a prison from the outside, however I wonder if they would be a practical option. Can you see out of them from the inside? Do they cut out much light? I've discounted curtains on the grounds that there isn't enough space between the window and the wall to pull them back without covering up some of the window, and anyway you can't have curtains drawn all the time. Vaguely wondering about some kind of light muslin, or net or lace curtains. I once had cream Liberty lace panels, but somebody bleached them thinking they were white and discoloured, and they fall apart :( I would probably want white, as the floor and walls are white. Does anybody have any ideas? Anything you have done and regretted it? Also, can anybody recommend a local person who you have used yourself to advise and fit them (whatever they are)?

Captain Marvel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Much on at the Horseman Museum? Neigh

Thanks both!

Take its reg number and description and report it to the council? Why would somebody leave a van with its engine running?

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My favourite Vermeer will never seem the same again :( :)) :)) :))

There have been several plant/pot thefts in Nunhead recently. Including from the front of a house on Nunhead Green, in broad daylight. I had all my window boxes stolen one afternoon a few years back. It was just before Mother's Day. The police said the thieves had been going round the area in a van taking plants. Like VR_SE22 I heard a sort of scraping noise at the front, and thought nothing of it. I had a lodger at the time, and he came back from work and asked where the window boxes were :(

Metallic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry to hear this - it is intimidating and > worrying. Keep that car reg. on hand in case you > see him somewhere else locally, at someone's door. > Then dial 999 - he did threaten your property > which is an offence. > > Without being too specific, could you say where > you live? Ulverscroft Road. Off North Cross Road.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ironically sounds like trash talking to me and > nothing he says has any real value You may not have thought that if you were an oldish woman by herself with nobody else about, as I was.

I have reported it. There was a section under "crime" for "threats, verbal abuse or assault." Thankfully it wasn't assault.

Thanks!