Last year I was inspired by this.

So, I set out to do my own version, and I started with this:


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One of my coworkers is moving, so she gave me this old dresser for free.


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We really didn't want to but we signed our lease for another year ( Read more... )

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It seems now that the trees are waking up, so am I.  The last few months swept by as I was preoccupied with finishing my training at work, and so for the last two weeks I have been analyzing real samples.  No more homework, studying for quizes, or agonizing over the amount of reading to be done.  Now it's agonizing over the lab's backlog of samples ( Read more... )

Happy Holidays.  Here are a few shots of the apartment before our guests arrived.  Click to see larger.


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• Made this (the terrible attempt at making a silver-leaf mirror too):

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Okay.  I still have to do a little touch-up on the chairs.....but 99% done warrants a photo update, no?


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I did some painting this weekend.  Oh, boy am I excited about what the end result is going to be!  It doesn't look like too much at the moment but at least you can see what color scheme I'm going for.  I wanted bright, and I gots bright.  It looks fabulous in daylight!  The table is going to be a lighter shade but I can't paint it until next ( Read more... )