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My Top Ten Salt & Pepper Shakers

November 16, 2009
10 Best Salt and Pepper ShakersDesign Mom posted about chic salt and pepper shakers recently. Well having just shopped for a replacement set of our own not long ago, I thought I’d share the flip-side. See, I like my salt and pepper shakers to be shaped like little animals, or people, or to have science jokes, and so on. Maybe they’re not chic, but they’re fun! Of course I’m always drawn to […]
Covetable, Creative Process, Dining Room, Kitchen | 46 Comments »
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Feeling Slightly Blue in the Dining Room

August 20, 2009
Remember this? Our dining room FLOR is finally down (Feelin Groovy in Pewter). I think it looks a little too blue. We’re keeping it because I haven’t found anything better*, it was cheap, and we need a rug in the space. I like the bare wood floor, but our dog Murray would disagree. He [...]
Dining Room, Pets, Rugs | 51 Comments »
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Time for a New FLOR

June 23, 2009
FLOR Neighbor RugThe sisal rug in our dining room is about five years old, and it has a big threadbare spot on it that was just made much worse this weekend by vacuuming. Luckily, FLOR just opened a store in Chicago, so Brandon and I headed out to see what we could find. […]
Brandon's Office, Dining Room, Rugs | 27 Comments »
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The Wallpapered Dining Room

December 7, 2008
I love it. It’s exactly what I’ve wanted since we first decided to buy this house, and I even chose one of the wallpapers I was originally considering. Here’s a completely empty ‘before’ shot: And a nice ‘after’ to compare it to: Wallpapering a house that’s almost 100 years old (while being five months pregnant) wasn’t exactly [...]
Dining Room, Wallpaper | 81 Comments »
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Almost Done in the Dining Room

December 1, 2008
That photo is from a few days ago. We’ve actually finished wallpapering now, but I still need to recover the chairs. We also need new outlet covers and switchplates, and I’d like to change the fabric in the built-in hutch. Ideally, I would like the ceiling and the area above the picture [...]
Dining Room, Wallpaper | 16 Comments »
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