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27-04-2008, 07:38 AM
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Can't see why not, I know a few people that have made a great Viv out of a cabinet/piece of furniture..........I don't think I could bring myself to drilling/cutting the one's in the last link though.
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27-04-2008, 04:09 PM
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I won some stuff at auction on Saturday which I will collect tomorrow.I'll take some photos and give dimensions and see what people think. Might do some before and after type pictures too.
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28-04-2008, 07:11 PM
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Here's what I bought at auction.
 Dimensions for above are:12" deep X 40" wide X 22" tall for just the top cupboard, but 39" tall total. I can take the bottom out to knock through to the cupboard underneath to make it a total of 12" X 40" x 39".Where the top doors were, is nothing at present, just some hinges on the cupboard carcase so I would have to fangle some frames and fill them with mesh, then attach to the hinges. The sides and/or back can also be replaced with mesh (for a cham') or left solid if not. It is quite an attractive oak finish.  then the hifi type dark cupboard is 17" X 17" x 31". Possibly for something small or a small arboreal snake?  modern chipboard shelves but with runners for sliding glass. 38" wide by 27"high X 25" deep. and lastly this.  Which is an old walnut veneer, 1950's measuring 36" wide X 12" deeo and 34" tall the top bit, but again if I knock through to the bottom cupboard it will be 5' tall. I would like to adapt this for a chameleon and keep the glass top doors as the glass is etched with a typical 50's pattern. To make it more cahm' friendly, I would take the sides out completely and put mesh into them, possible the back also. This way also, if I pant it with live plants as I would want, the bottom doors would hide the ugly plant pots. The bottom right door has a patch of veneer off and someone has painted it with a dark broan stain to disguise it. I would make it even with wood filled smoothed over, then sand and paint both inside and out with a cream coloured satin wood paint.
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29-04-2008, 12:54 PM
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wow you did well at the auctions!!! there's going to be some brilliant conversions coming up
 how did you get that lot home?! I'd love to get stuff that way but my little hatchback just doesn't have the kind of carrying capacity I'd need
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29-04-2008, 03:34 PM
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That whole lot of possible viv's, plus table, plus 4 chairs plus another 4 square tables, one of which I neded to do jigsaw puzzles on, plus a huge carboy to put plants in cost me a total of £30.  As well as the trailers, I have a large car. Small cars are ok for just getting from A to B but not much use for practical stuff. You could always put a towbar on and look out for a cheap trailer.
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