I bought this trolley for a steal on Craigslist. You may have seen it here. You can’t tell in the photo, but it’s banged up and rickety from years of use. My friend Peter added some reinforcement to make it sturdy, then I filled in the nicks with wood filler and oiled the squeaky wheels [...]

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I picked up these drawers on Freecycle. They were salvaged from the kitchen of a 1940s house that was demolished. My original plan was to put the drawers on wheels and use them as under-bed storage. Turns out, no two drawers are the same height, which would look janky. So I tried stacking them vertically [...]

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words to decorate by

“Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful and believe to be beautiful.” -William Morris (1834-1896)

flickr photostream

  • two paper lanterns: flowers and pom poms
  • angel Christmas ornament with pants
  • potted Christmas tree
  • sparkly Christmas lights
  • reusable wrapped gift canisters
  • white craft stick snowflakes with rhinestones
  • red craft stick snowflakes
  • craft stick advent calendar with "origami" boxes
  • window frame + botanical prints