Friday, August 27th, 2010
Garage sales can be a great source of vintage house parts and antiques. Even though I only got out to a few garage sales this summer, I had some excellent luck.
This nice mission-style oak plant stand was set out at a garage sale just 5 minutes before I scooped it ...
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Following an exceptionally mild March, my tuilps and daffodils outside are almost ready to bloom, but inside I have roses in full flower. Although they will never smell as rich and sweet as a real rose, the handpainted Mackintosh-style roses ringing this antique plate will also never wilt or wither.
Ain't ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
It's raining today, so I won't be working on the gardens as I have each of the past few days. Fortunately, I've already had a chance to break in the sweet new set of hand pruners that I picked up recently.
I stopped by a swanky local mall yesterday morning ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
I know I'm supposed to wait to buy things for myself for a couple more weeks-- especially when they're things I told people I wanted as a Christmas gift. But I couldn't resist.
I need a new cordless drill. I have outgrown my old 9.6v firestorm drill, and passed ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Our house was built in 1923 with an attached garage for a car. Now I've got a 1923 Minnesota license plate that could have been attached to that car.
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