First a note on Spring. It wasn’t until I was 22 years old that I understood this word “Spring”. I grew up in Upstate New York. We’d have snow until April or May and then BAM summer. I thought I knew what Spring was: the generally muddy week before it got hot (or very warm [...]
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When you dream about decorating (or renovating… or buying) your house, do you ever have a problem picking one style? I do! There are so many different looks that make me gasp and think “Maybe that was the direction I should have gone in…” Case in point. I was scanning through my Google Reader today [...]
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It’s Friday! It’s Friday! I have lots of projects planned sprinkled with a good dose of curling up on the couch with A. and a cup of tea watching the rain melt away the snow!! And now on to the goodies! This is part of a series on Going Home to Roost by SophieBlackall. I’ve [...]
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I decided to start working on the powder room late in a weekend when I was finishing up another house project. In my head it seemed simple: rip off the wainscoting, paint the walls, put up trim, paint the floor. Easy peeasy. I was pretty sure I’d be done in a week…. and of course… [...]
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I’m a big fan of most things vintage: depression glassware, clothing, cookbooks… and advertising! Several years back I hit up a garage sale that had dozens of great full size vintage ads. I was totally focused on finding a mirror (didn’t find) and some more cookbooks (found way too many) that I passed up the [...]
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This past weekend I went home to visit my Dad (and stepmother and 2 littlest brothers) for the weekend. It was wonderfully relaxing and consisted mostly of sitting in front of the fire and chatting. However, no weekend to my dad’s is complete without a little snooping around his barn and attic. My dad is [...]
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And while we’re on the subject of my future bookshelves (that I am oh-so-excited about!). A. and I have tons of books to put on them (his are mostly law books which are bee-you-tee-ful and mine are mostly novels and crafting books), but there’s always rooms for a little more eye candy! There is no [...]
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As always, I’m stuck in the middle of two projects (which I’m very much enjoying) but my head is about 3 projects ahead of itself. When I’m not obsessing over what colors to paint my kitchen cabinets, I’m fixated on the shelving in our “study”. The study is a small room off our living room [...]
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Really, I love them. Sometimes I’ve looked at my fabric and ink and motifs for so long that I just can’t see any more possibilities (this is usually when I buy new fabric or come up with a new motif) so when somebody brings me a request that opens my eyes to other options I [...]
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Happy Belated Valentine’s Day! I was so busy with general Monday stuff and Valentine’s day preparations (I made A. a romantic dinner at home!) that I wasn’t able to post my weekend going-ons. The powder room is coming along slowly. I have never stenciled like this before and didn’t realize how time consuming it was! [...]
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