OMG you guys, shellac is SO FUN. Yeah, I get excited about finishes. Whatevs. Remember these antique theater seats? Well, cleaning them took longer than I expected. Mostly because I kept having to do other things like bake pineapple upside down cake and take Chester for walks. But also because old chewing gum is grossRead more
Let’s talk about pantries. This is apparently a pretty important topic for us homemakers. Oh Joy! just did a post on easy hors d’oeuvres for spontaneous entertaining that mentioned that she never has stuff on hand for guests. May Richer Fuller Be just reorganized her pantry. With spring on the immediate horizon, organization and easy, casualRead more
Well, the radio is painted. See? Blue. The part that isn’t painted will be covered by a fabric or paper-covered insert that I have yet to find. Or rather, I bought two pieces of fabric, got them home and didn’t like either of them. I’m going to have to broaden the search. However, I didRead more
Let’s go to the movies! Let’s go see the stars! Or perhaps just sit in some antique theater seats and pretend we’re at Radio City. But let’s back up a bit. Last Monday I was feeling a little restless. I think I’d been cooped up inside too long what with the snowy weather last week.Read more
If you know me or if you’ve been reading for a few weeks, you might remember that my husband and I gave up a car for Lent. We have two of them and most of the time, one or both is sitting in the condo parking lot where we live. I’m home most of theRead more
Guess what I found? You might remember from this picture that this clock is hung with the top about three and a half feet off the surface of that little desk we use in the living room. That globe is about 15″ tall. This lamp on the other hand? That is almost four feet tall.Read more
After visiting with a friend in Alexandria today, I decided to stop in at a couple of thrift shops in Old Town that I’d never been to before to add to my Thrifting Guide to Northern Virginia: The Twig Shop, which is another INOVA Hospital store, and the Look Again Thrift Shop that benefits theRead more
A couple of months ago, I picked up a lamp at the Bargain Loft thrift store in Herndon. It was pretty hideous and also broken. The harness was detached from the base, and though it was possible to shove it back in I highly doubted it would be safe to use as is. Also, theRead more
Recently I needed to bring a tiny gift to a friend. Unfortunately, it was an oddly shaped tiny gift and since my car was in the shop, running out to grab a gift bag wasn’t an option. But I figured that in the great universe of blogger-dom, there would be a good tutorial and, whatRead more
Remember this? I headed out thrifting specifically to find some things to spray paint a la the Young House Love book. Well, I finally found some things to spray paint. Three of them, actually. So far we’ve only tackled two because the third one will be a little more complicated and deserves a post ofRead more