Sentences with phrase «cupboard under the stairs»

While you may not be building a pile of old towels in the cupboard under the stairs, you may also be nesting.

Living in a cupboard under the stairs, Harry has no idea he's actually a hero.

Being early didn't cause any issues, and we collected commentary headsets, and then queued up beside the cupboard under the stairs, and waited to be let inside the exhibition.

Harry Potter is eleven years old and living with his mean auntie, uncle and cousin in a small house in Surrey, more specifically in the cupboard under the stairs.

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) watches as his guardians the Dursleys (left voiceless and losing their mild redemption) pack up and leave the house, as Harry reminisces in the cupboard under the stairs which he once called his bedroom.

Kate Greenaway Medal winner Kay (for 2011's A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness) has created more than 100 new full - color pictures to help tell the familiar tale of the boy with the lightning - shaped scar who lives in the cupboard under the stairs.

She thought how full of great gifts her life was - while her body emptied and the space around her rushed her skin like a swarm of flies and she felt her dry mouth open, the scream coming... don't scream... if Josh keeps quiet and Nell stays... maybe just rape oh God... whatever they... the rifle... The rifle was locked in the cupboard under the stairs and the key was on the bunch in her purse and her purse was on the bedroom floor and the bedroom floor was a long, long way away.

As Lady Hale caustically observed: «A mentally disordered person who has been kept in a cupboard under the stairs (a not uncommon occurrence in days gone by) may not appreciate that there is any alternative way to live, but he has still been deprived of his liberty.»

With the swish of a paintbrush and the flick of some glue the grotty cupboard under the stairs was transformed from a crumbling room with plastered walls into the ultimate reading haunt.

Here's how you can make use of your cupboard under the stairs.

Not exact matches

Do you need to clear out the garage or under - stairs cupboard?

You might find your nesting instinct kicking in around this time, too, giving you an irrepressible desire to clean and tidy your home in readiness for your new arrival — go with it if you've got the energy — it's unlikely you'll feel quite so keen to de-clutter the under - stairs cupboard or clean the hob at any point again in the next nine months!

I've been in homes where there are bins and bins and bins of kids» clothes in cupboards, under stairs, in basements.

I need to work on our bathroom and under stairs cupboard.

Often overlooked or crammed fit to bursting, the humble under - stairs cupboard can be full of space - saving surprises.

The idea was to use the under - stairs area and, although the owners were sceptical at first, once the cupboard was clutter - free, they could see that it might just work.

Cover the back of open shelving to give books and ornaments a pretty backdrop, or hang in hidden spaces (such as your under - stair cupboard) for an unexpected hit of pattern every time you open the door.

Regardless of what exactly that might be, the convenience of having an extra toilet — one that was drawn into the original plans, and not just a converted under - stair cupboard — can not be underestimated.