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Pies and Puggles

Pies and Puggles

Taking delight in the day-to-day.

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Poppin tags aka my Goodwill haul from the weekend

February 18, 2013 - Ali Burtt 2 Comments

It took me a couple of days, but I finally got everything unpacked from my trip to the new Goodwill on Columbia Pike in Annandale this weekend. As I was cleaning price tags off of brass animals and trying not to take silver foil rims off vintage barware, I thought I might take the opportunityRead more

Posted in cleaning, delightfully modern, goodwill, thrifting, vintage

Never Ever Use Pledge

September 13, 2012 - Ali Burtt Leave a comment

I’m cleaning the second piece of furniture I bought this weekend and I was just reminded of something I learned when I took my first refinishing class about ten years ago.  Today I noticed that the mineral oil component of my mineral oil/mineral spirits blend was not sinking into the top of this dresser. SoRead more

Posted in cleaning, furniture, restoration

Dirty scuffed shoes no more

July 17, 2012 - Ali Burtt Leave a comment

Have you ever heard the fashion axiom that if your shoes and your handbag look good, no one will ever notice that the rest of your clothes aren’t designer? Well, I’ve never been able to test that theory because I’ve never (or rarely) had shoes or a handbag that were in impeccable shape. No more!Read more

Posted in cleaning, magic eraser, microfiber, rubbing alcohol, shoes, spray bottle

Clean ALL the things!

July 12, 2012 - Ali Burtt Leave a comment

My husband and I are fans of Hyperbole and a Half. Don’t click that link unless you want to spend several hours down Allie Brosh’s crazy laughing out loud, spitting your milk, tears rolling down your face, falling out of your chair laughing rabbit hole. Especially don’t click here. Or here. The point is, FlyladyRead more

Posted in clean all the things, cleaning

Stains, stains go away

July 6, 2012 - Ali Burtt Leave a comment

I think everyone(?) gets them. They’re those nasty yellow stains in the underarms of white shirts. Well, faced with throwing out three different white v-neck t-shirts, I decided to see if there was something I could do about it. I remembered seeing a post floating around a month or so back about how to getRead more

Posted in baking soda, cleaning, hydrogen peroxide, work like a captain play like a pirate
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