By Andrea, on November 27, 2010
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
By Andrea, on October 23, 2010
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
By Andrea, on August 17, 2010
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?
By Andrea, on August 10, 2010
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
By Andrea, on July 20, 2010
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
