We’re getting ready to tear down our old barn and I’ve got my eye on the wood. Our friend Grigg confirmed the wood is chestnut, which is nice and hard and could be used in a new space. I love how distressed and discolored it is. These photos were taken a few years ago, and [...]
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When I was a little kid, my mom went on a macrame plant holder making bender to display her wide assortment of pretty plants (she has a serious green thumb). These days, I’ve been on the hunt for some groovy macrame plant holders of my own. They feel fresh and new again. I LOVE this one, [...]
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It’s been several months since I put myself on a Consumption Diet, my effort to cut the waste of my life in which I abstained from buying myself anything new but the essentials for a period of five months — no clothes, no shoes, no makeup. I didn’t even buy myself stuff from the Dollar [...]
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Confession: I actually tried to sell my new Thonet-style bentwood chairs I bought on Friday at my yard sale Saturday. I went from somebody-pinch-me-I-love-these-chairs-so-hard! to get-them-out-of-my-sight. I think it’s because they’re knock-offs and are not incredibly well made. One is a bit wobbly and the other has a slight crack in the leg. But as [...]
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We had our big blowout, purge-our-house-of-everything yard sale on Saturday and would you believe my Prada shoes, Marc Jacobs cocktail dress and other designer clothes didn’t sell? None of my designer clothes sold! What did sell: Tools, country western CDs, army gear and more tools. All of Jake’s stuff went like hot cakes while I [...]
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In preparing for the upcoming Book Swap at Books & Co…Toys Too on April 24, I’ve been encouraging friends to participate and it’s so funny because more than a few of them have told me that while they love the idea behind the swap, they can’t bear parting with their books. This is so fascinating. [...]
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I love all the little crafts June gets to make at her preschool. Here, her foot is pressed into washable black ink… …and turned into a fabulous foot penguin. A masterpiece. There’s another benefit to this school’s heavy arts and crafts curriculum: it takes the pressure of me to be all “craft mom” when June [...]
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A TV crew just left my house in which I walked them through a huge purge of all the junk that’s been weighing me down for so long — designer shoes , old canned goods, gunky makeup I paid a lot for but never wear. It’s finally boxed up and ready to discharge at my [...]
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I generally don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions since I always seem to forget them by January 6, but one resolution that’s been stuck in my brain these past few months is the urge to purge my house of all the stuff. I’ve been reading about this new minimalist movement that’s been gaining traction and it has got [...]
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My name is Jessie Knadler. I'm an author and live in beautiful Virginia with my husband and toddler daughter.
