My backyard is looking a little naked. It started when we had this dying and crooked maple tree removed. It wasn’t doing well, and during every thunderstorm, I had that nagging thought in the back of my head that it just might come down. On the neighbor’s house. Dying trees don’t really improve with time, so we […]
Archives for 2011
Open shelving for DVD storage
My husband has a lot of movies. Like, a lot. He’s been reviewing DVDs and Blu-rays for more than ten years, so he’s built quite a collection. If it were up to me, they’d all probably be in closed storage, but displaying them matters to him. He has granted me free reign over the design of […]
Photo A Day: October 8 – 14
I am taking at least one photo every day for the entire year of 2011, and I will be sharing them here a week’s worth at a time.……………………………………………………………………….. October 8 – 14, 2011 Please vote for your favorite at the bottom of the post. The poll will be open until October 24. (And if you […]
My ironing board is from a dumpster.
It’s true. Years ago, I lived in a large apartment complex in a college town and a lot of perfectly useful things were deposited unjustly near the dumpster (including this chair and this other chair). Before I threw out the original cover (of course! I’m not crazy.), and replaced it long ago, but I guess […]
A trip to the Pink Elephant Antique Mall
I try to keep this blog on-topic and don’t usually write “hey, look where we went” type of posts. But… um… hey, look where we went this past Saturday! The Pink Elephant Antique Mall in Livingston, Illinois! It’s on I-55, not quite an hour north of St. Louis. Sure, a visit to an antique mall isn’t […]
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