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A while back, I found this in the trash in my neighborhood…
It was a sweet gift from the decorating gods, because I had recently seen what Donna over at Funky Junk Interiors had done with a mattress spring, and I wanted to try my hand at decorating with . . . → Read More: lookie what i found This Thanksgiving I hosted the Thanksgiving dinner and had a total of 11 guests. Not a huge production, but certainly more than my usual 3 person deal. As always, I wanted to create a special tablescape, but using things that I have around the house. Plus, this year, in addition to making it budget . . . → Read More: thanksgiving table
A great low-cost decorating trick is to use twigs & branches that you can gather up on a walk in your neighborhood. Imagine that – decorating as exercise! That’s my kind of workout! I picked up the large branch in this vignette after a windy fall day in our neighborhood… . . . → Read More: twig decor
Because I live in a land where backpacks, purses, viola, suitcase-sized-5th-grade-zipper-binder-almost-as-large-as-said-5th-grader, and other various & sundry items litter the kitchen table and the bar stools and the breakfast bar, I need some sort of storage solution. We do have a coat closet with a shelf for each person, however, that is . . . → Read More: benched Recently, a dear friend who lives in New York came to visit me in Ohio. After his visit, because I have a collection of masks like this…
And this…
He sent me these…
He suggested that I frame them, which I thought was . . . → Read More: when you said to frame it, is this what you meant? Home decorating magazines are my guilty pleasure, but I’ve become discouraged with how much the decorating mags are about buy, buy, buy. Consumption of more and more new stuff. However, many are beginning to sing the green song, and I am thrilled when I see vintage pieces being reused or repurposed. Like these fabulous . . . → Read More: mod bell Under lock & key. Or at least under the influence of locks & keys. Vintage and antique locks and keys, that is – I just love them! They’re perfect, rusty little tchotckes to give some character to a nook or crannie. When we moved from California to Ohio, we found an antique mall somewhere . . . → Read More: under lock & key I’m an official dumpster diver. Also known as trash digger. Whatever you want to call it, when I see usable stuff in the trash in my neighborhood, I pick it up & try to give it new life. Now don’t get me wrong…I’m not rooting through people’s trash cans – that is not my . . . → Read More: from frumpy to fab  |
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