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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

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I found this vintage shaggy flokati rug at a local thrift store for $9.99. It’s in pretty good shape, super fluffy and lushly warm underfoot as the temperature has continued to drop.

It does have a pretty wicked pink stain on one outer edge – which I skillfully hid under the bed. Crafty.

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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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I picked up this 1960’s pastel portrait drawing for $5 at the local Angel View Thrift and threw it in a cheap Target frame (whose reflective Plexiglas makes it difficult to photograph. Damn you cheap frame). The original frame was pretty busted up and couldn’t be salvaged.

How sassy is she in her black fur coat and blond helmet?

I installed her in the pink bathroom so that she can judgmentally stare at you over the toilet. It’s the worst for boys…

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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

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I picked up this pair of lamps as a possibility to throw on a credenza or in the master bedroom. Yeah, they don’t fit anywhere in the house. Crap.

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Then I bought this pair of tables to use as either a coffee table in the den or as night stands in the guest bedroom. They didn’t work in either of those places so I stuck them under the den shelving unit to store books and magazines and to use as a drink rest.

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Here’s a better view. The den is like the worst room to take photographs in.

I like the rounded cube thing that’s going on. Maybe I should make little square pillows so that they are like little ottomans. Hmmm, that’s stupid. Crap.