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Sweet Teak
I brought home a teak bowl set on a recent trip to our local Goodwill. It’s nothing too out of the ordinary in design, a classic 1970′s set with two individual-sized bowls that followed it around the...
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I’ve Got Some Good Vibes
A poster from This Good World has been displayed on our dining room shelf since it surprised us at home last month. As it promises by mission, This Good World has produced a piece that emanates Good...
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DIY Network: A Fantastic Use Of Oak Floorboards
I’m back at it again, making ambitiously awesome things out of those floorboards I found on the side of the road earlier this year (remember when I wrote about using them to patch the stairwell?). It’s...
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DIY Network: Tasteful Displays Of Familial Affection
I’m always looking for new ways to display our assortment of family photos, mostly because I can’t bear to dust around another micro-sized frame on a cluttered shelf as long as I live. And it’s always...
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DIY Network: Electric Glow
Ahh, the beaming light shone from a brand-new-but-vintage-y filament bulb, it’s the perfect finishing detail for my latest DIY project. Did you know they sold a brand of affordable filament bulbs at...
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It’s Your Turn: Experience Urban Turning
Sometimes, people aren’t who you think. All unassuming and quiet about their hobbies and their passions and what they do in their spare time, and then they surprise you immeasurably by gifting you...
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DIY Network: Challenging All-Purpose Sandpaper With An Easy Craft
Even craft projects involving kids can teach you a few things, like how to interpret moon phases creatively and where to find a great selection of birch and poplar panels. This week’s project for DIY...
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A Basswood Interpretation
I spend a lot of time in salvage shops in town, often donating, often looking for new treasures that would fit well into our blossoming home. I don’t so much need a challenge to get myself out scouring...
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Dolla Jute
Did you know that you can find jute rugs as inexpensively as $1? Me neither, not even at the land of IKEA, where I thought all happy and inexpensive furnishings were birthed. This new striped jute rug...
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Winter Glass Mission
You probably have no sense of just how much beach glass we’ve collected over the last few years of living near the beaches of Lake Ontario. I’ve always said that for as long as I’ve lived where I do, I...
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KLISTRIG!
We took an impromptu trip to the IKEA in Burlington, Ontario over the weekend, a stop on our Saturday of belated Valentine’s fun that also included Niagara Falls, the Seneca Niagara Casino, and dinner...
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DIY Network: Modern Veneer Planters
Wooden veneer seems to be a hot little item in the world of crafting these days. More than anything else, I’ve been seeing some really impressive DIY pendant lights, but the product could be used for...
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Join The Link Party (And See My Crafty Candlesticks)
Last month, I was invited by my friend Lana at Making A House A Home to join her and two other bloggers for a springtime link party! Throughout this month, you’ll see four different projects featured...
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DIY Network: Adore Shale Decor
For all of you who really loved my shale floor installation last spring, I’m back with another nearly f-r-e-e project using the same stones found from the beaches of Lake Erie. It’s abundant, it’s...
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The Chalk Challenge
Pete bought a chalkboard for Julia a few years ago – a real Pottery Barn Kids piece at garage sale prices. You’ve probably seen it in photos before, it was one of those things I happily incorporated...
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This One Time…
Happy Monday. Our weekend was spent debating the placement of this pretty walnut clock. Pete thinks it’s ridiculous to have a clock facing the upstairs landing, and I think it’s ridiculous to have a...
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Buy Me: Sensational Springtime Goodies
Last fall, I drooled over online home and garden deals on the internet. Today, on the first day of spring, mostly to celebrate that I survived wintertime, I’m pointing out some of my newest favorite...
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Terrarium Transplanting
I had a whole bunch of little geometric planters leftover from our winter wedding, so many so that I ended up giving more away to family and friends who inquired about them after I posted about how...
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Meet Flowering Phoebe
UncommonGoods graciously opened up the doors to its online storeroom and offered me to review almost any item of my choosing. Talk about being like a kid in a candy store, everything they curate is oh...
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DIY Network: Put Down The Hammer, It’s Stencil Time
Looking for a different way to accent a feature wall in your home? Not afraid to go at it with a little careful stenciling work? I’ve often considered it for many areas of my home, and I’ve listed a...
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