Midcentury goes Mod

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 RERUN ALERT!!!Thanks to the Beckie Farrant, the genius behind RoadKill Rescue for the feature today! Bonjour!  Or should I say, Cool….as in this dresser! It went from shocking blah, to an experiment in color gone bad, to sleek and modern…  Here is the original if you missed it: I am in the process of Redouxing [...]

You brought home what from the Dumpster???

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Yes, it is Wednesday, time to show off my find of the week.  I spied this last week on one of  my early morning dumpster runs.  I was just about to give up and go home…..then I spotted this out of the corner of my eye.   It was laying next to the same dumpster [...]

I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

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Meet Emma. Every gal who is trying to juggle a paint/creative business, while raising children, taking care of home and family and other community and church obligations needs an Emma. Emma is one of my closest friends and has recently been promoted to apprentice. Emma is one hard worker, like the apprentice, sometimes you get [...]

SAUVE LIBRE DOORS!!

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My “Junque” lucky star continues to shine upon me, I hope it doesn’t move on any time soon!  You will not believe what I found now….. DOORS!  Truly, the early bird catches the worm, and in my case, it was two giant worms, or old doors I should say…. In my town, there is a [...]

Le Pair of Chairs

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A Pair of Chairs…. Chairs are on my favorite Redoux to do.  You can almost never have too many chairs.  Chairs can be stately, whimsical, frilly, utilitarian, the list is endless. I love plain wood chairs, they are just waiting to be dressed up.   I had the first chair for years.  Originally it was a [...]

Le Garbage Frame

Lots of projects almost done,  no beauty pics yet.  Took turns with sick children yesterday.  One, still ill from Sunday wanted to stay home in morning, felt well enough to go to school by 10 a.m.   11 a.m. …..dreaded caller ID tells me their school is calling.   Thinking it is twin number 2 saying she [...]

Pour Mois???? IT’S FREE!!!

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When you hear the word “free” as in “furniture” does your heart start racing???  Do you get that adrenaline buzz thing going??  I know I am not the only one who LOVES free to me stuff.   This recently came to me FREE from a client and friend: Front   Back It was, in it’s past [...]

Friday Link up Party #36 and “Les Preferes”!

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Sorry this is up late this morning, I post schedule it every Thursday night, but am having problems with it then publishing, will have to look into this…… Nouvel An heureux !  Happy New Year!   I have truly enjoyed all the “best of” 2011 blog posts and link ups.  So for today’s party, I [...]