My Mum had offered, in a round about way, to make the covers for the cushions in the saloon. I looked at buying some foam and making new cushions as the old ones were past it and after costing it out I decided that it was a none starter as it was going to cost over £300.
Talking to Kevin who is fitting out his boat, he suggested getting a set of second hand caravan cushions from a caravan breakers, he recommended National Caravan Breakers as he had bought a set from them and they were in very good condition.
I went to visit them and bought a couple of sets as I needed new mattresses for the front cabin and saved myself over £150 in the process. The covers were past it, but that didn't matter as I was only interested in the foam, after a couple of hours of trimming with a sharp knife I had a set of cushions that fitted perfectly.
There ebay store is: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/national-caravan-breakers
If you are local to Colwyn Bay then you can save yourself on the postage and pick them up.
I then picked some material from the local haberdashery and Mum set to work. As you can see she's done a great job:
Below are some photos of her at her new birth in the marina.
If you are looking for a new birth for your boat then I can't recommend Overwater enough, its a beautiful Marina.
Take a look at: http://www.overwatermarina.co.uk/
or go an visit them, they have a great little coffee shop that is currently open Thurs -> Fri and serves good home cooked food.
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