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Did you grow your own fruits and vegetables this year? Or, are you finding lots of great looking fruits and vegetables at great prices at local farmstands or the grocery? If so, it’s time to start putting up the harvest. My friend Margaret Roach, author the blog A Way to Garden, has been testing freezing [...]
Okay here’s more breaking news: five styles of mid century modern front door backplates, or escutcheons, launched by Rejuvenation in catalogs arriving today. These include the much-desired atomic star backplate. The style above, the Titan, is in three finishes — bright brass, polished chrome and bright chrome.
Russ and Paula now have also posted their stash of NOS mid century lighting — along with other cool accessories like cabinets pulls and door escutcheons — into a storefront on etsy.com. They also are offering 10% until next weekend — use the coupon code XMASINJULY. I think their prices are pretty darn good as it [...]
There’s almost nothing I like better than finding a company that’s been in business for more than 60 years — and with a product that is more relevant today then ever. Craft-Bilt, based in Souderton, Pennsylvania, started selling aluminum awnings in 1946 and from the looks of their website, they are marketing the same design today as then. They offer [...]
Reader Pam recently wrote: I recently purchased a very large number of Emerson Imperial light fixtures still in the original boxes. I do not know what they are worth or where to sell them. Any ideas? I asked Pam to send some photos, and did she ever: Above are thumbnails of an album she sent to [...]
My mother says that up until the day before I was born, she and my dad were set to name me Kimberly Jo. That is: Kimmy Jo Kueber (pronounced: kee-burr). Now, I have no problem with the name Kimberly. It is a beautiful name. But the cutie petutie alliteration of Kimmy Jo Kueber would, I fear, [...]
I have several landscaping projects that I want to do this spring and summer, but I don’t want to spend a lot of money. Besides, I like making something out of nothing. So: My new favorite place to look for treasures has become the “materials” section of craigslist — where I am not only finding bargains, but lots of [...]
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