We had a trip to Gatlinburg, TN planned for August. We have a timeshare and had to plan way in advance to book our week. As it happened, our move to the new house was going to interfere with the trip, and if you have or know anyone with a timeshare, it’s not that easy to change the week without…
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I’ve seen repurposed sweater pillows, sweater pumpkins, sweater lamp shades. a sweater cat bed, but I had yet to spy a repurposed sweater curtain until I went to the home inspection for the house that we are buying. It was located in the hobby shed, and although I’m almost sure it was hung for utilitarian purposes only, there’s always a chance…
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Last Saturday morning I saw a butterfly in my yard. Last Saturday morning my son finished the last of his packing and prepared to leave for Pennsylvania by noon. Last Saturday morning my best friend Laura called in tears. Her 31 year old son, David, had a seizure earlier that morning. His heart stopped. The paramedics could not resuscitate him….
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The guys in my house don’t like painted furniture!!! While my son’s been home these past few weeks, we’ve been pulling together furniture pieces for him out of my waiting-for-a-makeover collection. Several of the pieces are faux wood laminate and although I offered to paint any or all, he insisted that I don’t need to make them “cutesy” for his…
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I went for a “shop your home” approach to create a craft area in our basement update. When we had originally taken down the rather poorly constructed walls in our basement, we were able to salvage the old door that led into the laundry area. As the basement update progressed, I was also able to conglomerate all of my plastic…
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