Helping The Economy

Another List, This Time IKEA-Lovin’

Our latest IKEA day trip was a spur-of-the-moment trek to pick up the new kitchen pendant light (read about its installation here). Besides buying that fixture (for $30) and picking up a few Christmas gifts for the IKEA-maniacs in my … read more »

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Visiting Plantasia Nursery

We took a day trip to Ithaca yesterday and returned with a Jeep full of plant loot. It was the kind of excursion where one person (moi) ends up straddling a shamrock dwarf inkberry the entire 2.5 hour drive home … read more »

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The Fun Hunt (And A Mini-History Lesson)

The quaint Charlotte General Store is salvage shop in town that I often frequent while out running errands. It’s no secret or big announcement that I’m a salvage junkie, I just live for rainy days spent exploring other people’s trash, … read more »

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Sunroom Light-age + More IKEA Lovin’

It’s not everyday that the man calls while traveling for work and says “My hotel is near IKEA. Email me your wish list.” That proximity, it never happens. The Land of Neverdom. Bordering the town of Pigsflyhere. And let me … read more »

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