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reupholstering a wing chair

The Case of the Shiny Penny

On September 9, 2020 By Em D In Curb Appeal Crafts, Furniture, Garden, Homepage Stories, Interior Projects, Outside Projects, Where Bloggers Live

Bless my friend, Bettye @Fashion Schlub, and the other participant friends of Where Bloggers Live for keeping my space open so I could come back today to enthrall you with “How I Do….” How you …

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farmhouse table with industrial stools, linen toledo chair, swivel stools

Goldilocks and the Broken Toes

On April 9, 2019 By Em D In Furniture, Interior Projects

Once upon a time…(HEY!  I thought she said the next post would be about Kitchen chairs?) Yes, indeed.  This IS about kitchen chairs…counter stools to be specific. Question: What’s a DIY counter-height harvest table without chairs?Answer: A …

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My Apologies, Burly Lumberyards Everywhere

On January 8, 2019 By Em D In Furniture, Interior Projects, Uncategorized

This is my “How I Built My DIY Counter-height Harvest Table” story. But it’s not exactly a “take X pieces of wood, a bag of wood screws, and a lot of sandpaper” kind of story. …

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My 30-year Quest for a Kitchen Table Has Ended

On December 7, 2018 By Em D In Furniture, Interior Projects

We’ve had a 30-year love/hate relationship with our kitchen table. We LOVE not having to set our plates on our laps. Everything else about it… hate. Our original kitchen table was delivered at the end …

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Eye Candy for Everyone! A Mackenzie-Childs Photo Tour

On July 11, 2018 By Em D In Furniture, Garden, Interior Projects, Other, Paint

Oh, man, am I in trouble! You should never take an easily distracted person on a tour of the Mackenzie-Childs Store and Farmhouse the week before their annual Barn Sale. I’ve never been to the …

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Options for a Round Pedestal End Table – Buy or DIY?

On June 6, 2016 By Em D In Furniture, Interior Projects, Uncategorized

Our upholstered furniture will be coming later this month (see this for more details)…and although I’m behind (not surprisingly) in my preparations, one of the tasks on my to do list is to come up …

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Living Room Plan

On April 26, 2016 By Em D In Furniture, Interior Projects, Window Treatments

I mentioned recently that we’re in a bit of a redecorating mode (Ha ha. Aren’t we always?)… We have one year left before our youngest starts college, so this could be a very narrow financial …

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Turning Gold into Silver and a Tip Share: “Free Hardware Fridays”

On April 15, 2016 By Em D In Furniture, Interior Projects

Today’s post is a quick fix to turn gold into silver…or to be specific, brass into nickel. (I also have a tip share below for scoring free cabinet hardware for my fellow DIYers.) I mentioned last …

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“Uncle!” (Using a Professional to Help with Decisions)

On April 5, 2016 By Em D In Furniture, Interior Projects, Paint, Window Treatments

I had ZERO idea when I woke up today that I would be writing this post. If you’ve spent any time in my archives (when I was all alone here), you’d know about my frequent …

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DIY Tufted Top Storage Ottoman with Repurposed Coffee Sacks

On December 2, 2015 By Em D In Furniture, Interior Projects, Uncategorized

I ended up building my DIY Tufted Top Storage Ottoman using repurposed coffee bean bags.   LOL, now it really is a “coffee table”! Done! Finished! Completed! You might remember that my plan was to …

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