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23 October 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Italy on film

Here are a few video clips of special moments in Italy that just couldn’t be captured in still images.

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25 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Now I want a Dreamsicle.

So … the bathroom remodel isn’t coming out quite as I had hoped.
The cabinets are painted, and the color is fine. If you blur your eyes, or, for instance, look at a photograph taken from a distance, it looks halfway decent. (Note sample paint color on wall.)

But if you look closer (and how can you [...]

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23 September 2009 ~ 8 Comments

I have problems

My constant need for a home improvement project has officially gotten out of hand.

My inspiration (source: Restoration Hardware)

I swear I decided to do this almost on a whim. I mean, I ran it by Rob, but just barely. In fact, he kind of imploded about it last night when he came home, but fortunately for [...]

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19 September 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Unpretty

Liz is my fabulous friend.
Most people have a fabulous friend — or if they don’t, they should. Nearly all of my Back In The Day When We Were Young And Crazy stories involve Liz. She brings something out in me, although she swears up and down it’s the other way around.
From almost the day we [...]

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15 September 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Take that, Pottery Barn

I finished the desk!
Here’s the desk after an ungodly amount of sanding and scraping:

Let the finishing process begin! I can’t begin to describe the joy I felt when I saw that the stain was soaking into the wood, rather than beading up (which would have happened if I wasn’t successful in scraping and sanding away [...]

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