No more sanding!

Painting this weekend!

I got tired of sanding this afternoon and decided to start priming the chairs so they could have a chance to dry while I finish up with the remainder (1 chair to go!).  Got half-way through spraying the first two at a time and very quickly emptied the one and only spray can of primer we had.  Yet another trip to Lowes later I've got the first two ( Read more... )

Went to the Georgetown Flea Market yesterday.  Mostly meh.  But I still got some goodies.  I was hoping to find some interesting tables.  The selection did not disappoint but their prices were a little higher than I would have liked.  Even with haggling I don't think the prices would have been low enough.  It was too bad.  I found a really great ( Read more... )

Good things have come of craigslist shopping.  I have to say that after picking up my Jury Chair I was a little put off of online shopping.  That's not to say I'm not in love with the chair.  It's just that we had to drive to the opposite side of DC in Virginia to get it.  Normally this isn't a problem, but apparently 7:30 at night is still rush ( Read more... )

The apartment is ever so slowly coming along.  When I started work I was too tired at night to even think about browsing online for secondhand furniture.  A few weeks ago, however, I bought this teak with cherry inlay mid-century desk from a lady in Capitol Heights:


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Today I'm very glad that I procrastinate so much ( Read more... )

I wasn't going to do any of this stuff until after the move, but I realized this week that I might regret not doing a little frame shopping before leaving the midwest.

Anyway, look what I did today!


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We've got an apartment.  Well, almost.  We've been pre-approved but now we're waiting to hear from the property manager.  Hopefully we'll know by the end of the week because I have to call the movers to let them know the address.

It's not in the neighborhood we'd like, but it will be a good starter apartment just to get us out to Maryland.  Perhaps ( Read more... )

Oh, gosh I have to share these two short stories with everyone ( Read more... )

I am slightly perplexed as to how my freshly-laundered sheets came to smell like cake frosting.