Tag Archive | "furniture"
Sedentary Exploits
I’m doing a lot of armchair traveling this year, I tell you. Exercise, what’s that? Oh yeah, the thing that cures diet pills, uh huh. Well, the Hubs just assembled, primed and painted two new Adirondack chairs and — let me tell you — they are some of the most comfortable chairs ever. I wrote [...]
Continue reading...BYOS: Buy Your Own Sofas
Monday, April 4, 2011
Thinking about it makes me very queasy, but the topic must be covered. Bedbugs. *gag* *wretch* And I thought fleas were bad. Bedbugs are making a comeback, especially in New York. Bedbugs were practically wiped out from the industrialized nations thanks to DDT. But DDT is now banned, and critters like malaria-bearing mosquitoes and bedbugs [...]
Continue reading...Two Year Anniversary for Memory Foam…
Friday, April 1, 2011
I always wanted one of those *real* memory foam mattresses. I’d endured the spring coil for many decades before the darling husband shelled out the big bucks for a memory foam. We got a Tempurpedic on sale, and I did a review shortly after. It remains one of my most popular blog posts, surprisingly. We’ve [...]
Continue reading...Sit Like an Egyptian
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Hee hee. Doesn’t it look like a Cleopatra chair? It’s actually called a “chaise lounge chair” *ahem*. I am looking to replace the living room furniture in the near future. I’m tired of the cat-scratched sofa and the two funky, upholstered orange throwbacks from the 1970s that were found curbside…. :-p I don’t particularly like [...]
Continue reading...See Grass!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
No no wait. Not GRASS as in this: Grass as in this: SEAGRASS. As in Seagrass Rug. Sorry, I misspoke. :S Seeing real, green grass is about two months away yet. :’( But there’s plenty of seagrass to sea see at 1001SeagrassRugs.com. Seagrass is nice because it’s made of natural fibers. The rugs at 1001SeagrassRugs.com [...]
Continue reading...These Are SO Cool
Saturday, July 24, 2010
I am REALLY into space-saving devices. I dislike clutter. I like my furniture with legs (Queen Anne style) because I like the airy look. I dislike knick-knacks and other clutter, too. So when I was searching around for computer monitor wall mounts and spotted this at Buy.com, it was instant love. Isn’t that cool?! The [...]
Continue reading...My Beat Up Old Desk Gets Hip
Saturday, December 19, 2009
I have this old desk. It’s OLD. It’s an old schoolteacher’s desk, maybe dates back to the 1920s or 1940s or something. It’s huge– it weights a ton because it’s solid wood. It has this strange plasticky tabletop material on it; it’s not slate– it’s a little spongy. You can write on it, and sharp [...]
Continue reading...Happy Birthday to Me :)
Friday, July 17, 2009
Well, it’s not my birthday yet. In a few weeks it will be. I’ve never bought myself a birthday present before, but this year, I think I will!! I’m going to be [unintelligible] years old, and I’ve been working hard– I think I’m going to get something that’s really been on my “heart’s desire” wishlist [...]
Continue reading...The Tempurpedic Mattress Update
Thursday, January 15, 2009
We’ve had our Tempurpedic mattress for several months now. I thought I’d now give the promised update. You can read my first review that has my first impressions of the mattress and box spring set. We bought the mattress AND the box spring AND a new queen-size frame for this bed. Because I have a [...]
Continue reading...I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
- Parging The Foundation Walls
- The Silent Summer: No Crickets, No Peepers!
- Building a Winter Cat Shelter
- The Tempurpedic Mattress Update
- How to Create a Serfdom
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Saturday, July 9, 2011
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