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We keep the quarters in a small jewelry box on the dresser (for laundry) and the rest gets dumped in a vase on top of the refrigerator. It's almost full so I'm loving the suggestions from this post!

I'm anxiously awaiting my Method products to run out so that I can try some of these.

Those. Are. Amazing.

A basket of potpourri

We just moved into a new apartment (with a garage!) and I am very excited about being able to refurbish furniture I find at garage sales and re-sell them on Craigslist. I already have ...

It's too bad my husband's cat loves to pee on these things. I miss my cheap, Ikea, colourful bathmat :(

It's too bad my husband's cat loves to pee on these things. I miss my bathmat :(

$129.99?!?!?!

You can clean almost anything with baking soda, white vinegar and boiling water.

I love this. I need this.

But how do you get the light bulb in!!!

FOURTY FIVE DOLLARS?! Totally unacceptable.

I just got a great calendar from the 1970's with different fruit for every month that I plan on tearing up and framing for my kitchen. I have bought books for this purpose but haven't...

Sunday's the day. Sleep in, Farmers Market for sweet corn tamales, fresh flowers and fruit for the week, back home for a nap on the couch. :)

It's from Target! I just used that contact paper to cover the inside of my boring, white medicine cabinet. I love it so much, I'm going to frame it and hang it in the living room.

I love that you wrapped hemp around the cord. I'm going to do that with my curtain rod!

Try the As-Is section at Ikea. Find one there and dye it, or use it as a pattern for your own slipcover. Since you're only using it for a pattern, it doesnt matter what it looks like.

I like the Target print better. If I had to choose one, I'd probably get the IKEA one, buy some fabric that I like and have a pattern to make a new slipcover.

I like the idea in theory. It's pretty, but my cat would be right through it.