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It's a horrible, terrible chair, not worth anything. Sell it to me. ;-) (Great find!)

I second the post about White Mountain Yurts, in NH. They (owner Paul) has very high standards and works with his small crew to complete each and every yurt. He's always there on the job, assembling it on your site is included in the cost and he personally delivers the yurt to your site.
Paul has been fantastic to work with.
I'm the proud owner of the 30' Washington.
Tell him Louise sent you.

Same old, same old...ever try nursing or rocking a baby in a rocker with arms? Didn't think so.
The rug, meh, love the accents but
I
MUST
HAVE
the
MOON
CLOCK.

I'm taking a breather at the moment while preparing a dinner for seven girlfriends tonight. I just happen to be some recipes from The Kitchn and one really caught my eye, er, ear. While carmelizing onions, for instance, the recipes states to have the heat low enough to hear the onions gently steaming. I'd never heard onions gently steaming away before. The sounds have been going all day, the mixer while making the gingerbread, the whisk in the stainless steel bowl while mixing the wet quiche ingredients but mostly the timer and the radio tuned into a classical station. Later it'll be the sound of my girlfriends as they all arrive, one by one, fresh from work, pouring each other wine. They always want to bring something but I enjoy reminding them I find pure joy in cooking for them and the sound of their laughter filling my house is more than enough.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE low wooden decks. Stone patios creep me out (they heave and get uneven quickly in our fussy NE winter conditions) as much as elevated decks do...they feel strange, having to climb stairs to get to the backyard...I just want to step off and be done with it. I've always loved the way they look, and feel...safe, accessible, convenient and I love the landscaping potential around them. I saw my ideal on a small Adirondack lake once, actually in a bit of a swamp at the end of the lake...it was probably a dock but was built to look like one of the above examples...for privacy they made perfect use of the natural elements by allowing the reeds to grow all around it. I was hooked forever...

"Crisp" parsley? It's only chewy in my book, BUT it gave me inspiration to crisp it in the over like I do when making kale chips. Either would be DEE-lish.

Second the AMEN, emilyryz!
Further, if you really hate something and need to cover over all reminders of what once was (for whatever reason, creating bad karma or whatever it might be) then get rid of all the reminders. The next owners may have the same taste. If not they can move on.

Good timing on this post. I have some questions for readers as I'm in the midst of amassing photos of my granddaughter's paintings for a little gallery. My plan is to Mod Podge them onto pre-stretched canvas so the texture shows through (I assume printing onto common printer paper would work best), then slather on the Mod Podge over top. Does anyone have experience with this? I'd rather do this than do it online with Canvas Pop, for instance...I want a bit more control and the fun of experimenting. Comments?

I had a spare bedroom one time in a huge old farmhouse that I needed to make ready for a student tenant.
My girlfriend and I slathered plaster on many cracks and did some fun mixed shades of yellow, making it look like what she called "French country chic." It ended up looking somewhat glazed with darker shades toward the corners.
I loved it and so did the tenant.
It saved me a lot of bucks and the creativity was fun.
I think there are places where this works really well.

Oh, and the first one is a modern adaptation of some older phrase she would have used. I love this one, it's so her.