Please do not use bread to clean your oil paintings. This is a myth and will not do your paintings any good. If you don't want to spend the money on a professional conservator, there is only one ...
The mirror beneath the console is very typical of 19th century Southern furniture. You'll see it all over plantations and historic houses down here.
If you go on a plantation tour, ...
I can't sleep with a bright digital light in my bedroom. Like others, knowing what time it is - and how soon I have to get up - disrupts my sleep. Now I don't even remember waking up in the middl...
Get some bamboo fencing and roll it across those plain white fence boards. Add festive lighting and a couple of vining (but not aggressively so) plants in pots. That way they can come down with t...
It's hard for me to read an article that begins with "Jim and his family," as though Jim OWNS his wife and children. What is this, the 19th century? 1950? Seriously, I'm betting Kari (she's got ...
I have a Brown Betty too, and I luuurve it! In fact, the minute my last one broke, I was on the phone ordering a new one. I buy mine at britsusa.com in Lawrence, KS. They've got great British st...
I have a shelf outside my office door at work, and have been bringing a bag full of stuff every few days. I put a big sign over it: "J is spring cleaning and de-cluttering. Please take anything." ...
How nice for you, eightdouble:
"re: "i'm not interested in buying a lamp that was made out of low quality materials by someone working 15 hour days for pennies."
So I pose...
I take them to the salvation army, which is the only thrift store in my tiny town. They've never turned them down.
I finally bought that dryel home-dry-cleaning kit about six months ...
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I'd love a reason to buy more wine!
My fave: pick up or send fresh flowers.
No way! I *love* them! And I'm nowhere near Miami or my retirement years. I am, however, a child of the 80s. Hm.
Same here: I tidy up and put junk away so she will concentrate on the yucky cleaning stuff I hate to do (bathroom, floors, kitchen, dusting).
Please do not use bread to clean your oil paintings. This is a myth and will not do your paintings any good. If you don't want to spend the money on a professional conservator, there is only one ...
The mirror beneath the console is very typical of 19th century Southern furniture. You'll see it all over plantations and historic houses down here. If you go on a plantation tour, ...
I can't sleep with a bright digital light in my bedroom. Like others, knowing what time it is - and how soon I have to get up - disrupts my sleep. Now I don't even remember waking up in the middl...
Method's glass cleaner is my substitute for Windex. It smells better, too.
Get some bamboo fencing and roll it across those plain white fence boards. Add festive lighting and a couple of vining (but not aggressively so) plants in pots. That way they can come down with t...
Hey! I went to college with Jim & Kari! I *knew* they looked familiar when the first pic popped up. Hi y'all!
It's hard for me to read an article that begins with "Jim and his family," as though Jim OWNS his wife and children. What is this, the 19th century? 1950? Seriously, I'm betting Kari (she's got ...
I have a Brown Betty too, and I luuurve it! In fact, the minute my last one broke, I was on the phone ordering a new one. I buy mine at britsusa.com in Lawrence, KS. They've got great British st...
West Elm also has nice canvas-covered storage boxes. They're also the only place I could find matching CD binders.
Those look like giant cat toys. Cool to start with, a frayed lump of destruction in six months or less.
What if you put those nice green vases in the fireplace instead of the candles, which are too short for the space?
Pretty please? Gift me?
I have a shelf outside my office door at work, and have been bringing a bag full of stuff every few days. I put a big sign over it: "J is spring cleaning and de-cluttering. Please take anything." ...
a teeny tiny kitten.
How nice for you, eightdouble: "re: "i'm not interested in buying a lamp that was made out of low quality materials by someone working 15 hour days for pennies." So I pose...
I take them to the salvation army, which is the only thrift store in my tiny town. They've never turned them down. I finally bought that dryel home-dry-cleaning kit about six months ...