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the chair

On June 12, 2013 By

Is DONE!  

I finished it last night in upholstery class, and I am so glad I stuck with my crappy little mold chair.

It is really comfortable and has amazing lower back support 

(just sprained my back last week so I notice that stuff a…

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I wanted to share a very cool product with you guys.  

Have you heard of DIY Driftwood?

Its a simple, non-toxic solution that gives bare wood 

the look of aged driftwood in one easy step. 

And it is very affordable at only $12.9…

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big pile of awesome

On June 4, 2013 By

 You know what is awesome?

Summer.  

It has me all stupid-high on life right now.

Thanks to the recent weekend heatwave, my brain melted and I totally checked out and pretended I was on vacation.

That meant sleeping in, beach everyda…

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Workstation Rehab

On May 28, 2013 By

 Well hey there!  I hope you all had a fab Memorial Day Weekend.  It was cold and rainy here for the first half, so I got busy on some indoor messes I had.  I have many, but my (lack of) office has been bugging me- so I got creat…

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Update from Boston

On May 17, 2013 By

I will be back with regular design stuff soon.  

Funny thing is yesterday I started painting/upholstering stuff in my house and it felt great.  Lulu DK and orange painted chairs were happening, I took pictures for DIY’s, felt like life was …

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the outside

On May 13, 2013 By

 I hope all you Mamas had a great day yesterday!  

I know I did.  I spent it laying pea-stone…

 Our backyard has been a dirt pile since we ripped the old sunroom off and I was fed up with how much sand and filth was b…

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Yo Mama…

On May 9, 2013 By

Its almost Mother’s Day, so I just wanted you to know O’verlays is giving 15% off the entire site with code MOM15.

Why? Because Moms are awesome! 

And check out this nod to mid-century Malm makeover by Sarah Hearts.

If you thought you h…

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I have had a the deadly blog trifecta strike.

1) Nice weather.  2) Heavy workload.  

3) Messy desk syndrome that makes me do all my biz from an iPhone instead of my computer- therefore no blogs ’cause I am not smart enough to iBlog.  …

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Warning: this post has graphic and gross images that might give you the heebeegeebees

Yikes!  I did something out of “self-taught” character, I signed up for an actual class!
After years of attendance to the University of Google, I decided to ge…

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Back to the basics!

On April 20, 2013 By

Feeling grateful and so much lighter today, 
my brain is working again after a good nights sleep.

Today I am full of mojo and I just want to dive into the weekend.

For me that means a big to do list:

working on those above chairs,  …

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