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By Andrea, on January 15, 2013
Would you please pour me a cup of tea?
Oh wait. Something’s off. Looks like someone put Sharpies in the teapot.
Oh yeah. That was me. Because I love to use things for purposes other than their original intent. Like Sharpies in a funky Midsummer Night’s Dream teapot.
Clever, too, since I wasn’t . . . → Read More: tea time
By Andrea, on September 5, 2012
If you have kids or ever were a kid, I’m betting that you have an old recorder lying around. Didn’t everyone play recorder in school? I know I did, my sister did, and both of my kids did.
And I’m guessing that you also have some weird . . . → Read More: little things :: recorder edition
By Andrea, on August 26, 2012
Recently I freshened up my family room by adding some simple accessories and not spending scads of money. My new accent colors are orange, yellow, and a vibrant green.
I chose those colors by taking a look at some of the accessories I already had in the room (that I knew I’d be . . . → Read More: choosing an accent color
By Andrea, on March 10, 2012
For those of us who work full time outside the home, we spend more waking hours there than in the homes we love with the family we love.
OK, now that I’ve depressed you, let me at least encourage you to do something to spruce up your cubicle space.
Nothing as extravagant as you’ll . . . → Read More: little things :: work cubicle edition
By Andrea, on February 23, 2012
I’m on vacation this week, and spending some time cleaning and freshening up a couple of rooms. I’ve been hacking away at my master bedroom, slowly but surely.
The look that I’m going for in my master bedroom is shabby chic meets mod. I’ve already got the shabby chic going on, and a couple . . . → Read More: design vacation :: project break :: shabby chic meets mod lamps
By Andrea, on February 22, 2012
In the midst of my craft armoire declutter yesterday, inspiration struck, so I decided to go with the flow and create a little something.
I started with a canvas that I had painted in black & white stripes for a previously failed project.
In my decluttering, I came across . . . → Read More: design vacation – project break :: the letter a
By Andrea, on February 20, 2012
Sounds kind of scandalous! But when you see this, you’ll realize how completely scandalous it really is…
Messy-licious! And there’s more…
Nothing like watching an episode of Hoarders to jump start the spring cleaning bug.
And that, my friends, . . . → Read More: design vacation – keeping it real in the master bedroom
By Andrea, on January 8, 2012
About a year ago, I found this ottoman in my neighbor’s trash…
It was in pretty bad shape, but sturdy nonetheless…
Obviously trash picked, since there was even garbage in the springs…
Gross, but salvagable!
So, I . . . → Read More: ottoman before & after
By Andrea, on December 28, 2011
In the office of my home there is a large and boring wall that’s been crying out for help for some time now.
It really needs some paint, but that’s not happening this week. I already started to give the wall a bit of flair with this fabulous frame…
. . . → Read More: spinning a yarn
By Andrea, on October 20, 2011
Coming soon to a trash-picked ottoman near you…

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