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I have an ancient Osterizer and the original small Mason-type jar that came with it. It actually doesn't work all that well for anything other than liquids even though it is shaped in the way Slow Lorus describes. I use it anyway, but it's a bit frustrating.

An armoire my mother bought in Saskatchewan a long time ago and restored -- it was totally chip carved by hand. I used to imagine a Ukrainian farmer working on it through many a long prairie winter ... My mother sold it, not knowing I adored it.

Funny, I'd just finished reading this page (lovely post, by the way) when I absently moved on to Laure's blog At Home At Home. It took me a moment to realize that both posts featured Abby's room! Synchronicity ...

With that, I got up from my desk and culled a couple of my beloved book children and a handful of CD's.

We had these numdha rugs in our home when I was a child in the 60's. When my mother vacuumed, she'd pile them on her bed where I'd tunnel into them and make a yurt-like tent for myself. My mother's rugs were quite large; I have two smaller ones I bought from a fair-trade store several years ago.

Is that a canvas floorcloth? It's lovely. And I like the idea of cheerfully painted thresholds.

My kitchen had a chalkboard wall for about 24 hours recently. The lighting turned out to be way too inadequate for all that blackness - it just looked smudgy and awful. The wall is white again now.

I've used dropcloths for tailored slipcovers and drapes, among many other things. They're great, but they're just unbleached cotton twill.

If you can find the fabric by the yard instead, just buy the whole bolt and haggle down the price. It will be easier to work with. There can be a lot of waste if your project needs the dropcloths to be on-grain and it's a pain to take them apart and rehem them. Been there ...

@CreativeSpark -- I thoroughly enjoyed Ndoty's lovely little video about his family's visit to the King Street Café. Great find.

And those chairs are fabulous - please let us see them after their spa treatment!

I bought an armchair when I was driving across the country once. The store wrapped it up in cardboard and sent it more than 2000 miles by bus.

I think the fabric is very fresh looking and would look beautiful with all white linens on the bed.