Dining Room Paint-over Project
Ryan and I were growing weary of the nondescript, white-washed walls in our dining room and agreed on the drastic move of painting it over with a pattern. Visiting the paint swatch section of Lowe's countless times,
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Sparkleballs at North Yale Avenue
You know that The Season is upon us as you pass through the otherwise sleepy, two-block stretch of North Yale Avenue. The long and narrow, surreal landscape conjures up images of Dr. Seuss' Whoville or a mystical kingdom through The Phantom Tollbooth.
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Deck the Pad Thrifty
I have begun the preliminary process of putting Christmas together in our pied-à-terre with the thriftiest of purchases possible (the majority under $5 and some of it costing nothing); things already milling about the apartment; and a pair of garden shears.
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The Great Pumpkin
Despite the still struggling economy, there is much that I am grateful for, really: more test kitchen recipes, generally good health, new friends abounding and a very lovely, engaging and often puerile extended family.
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Halloween Skull Lanterns
Perusing the Halloween aisles at Target, I chanced upon these lenticular skull placemats for only $1.99. As I was rolling them up, I came to the idea of turning them into lanterns.
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