Simply Turquoise.

Peacock tail feathers up close.
Peacock tail feathers up close.

Tag: reuse

  • A Forever Fear of Particle Board?

    Our guardian angels have been working overtime. While away one weekend this past year, visiting our middle child at college for friends and family weekend, we got a call from the fire department. They confirmed that all dogs and people had been safely evacuated from our house due to carbon monoxide gas. Everyone was okay.…

  • A Long Awaited Photoshoot

    A Long Awaited Photoshoot

    This post is to prevent Community Forklift from having the complete scoop on my bathroom. I’ve been prodded into action by a co-worker, because Community Forklift has a blog-post scheduled about sustainability and design, featuring MY bathroom. Why, what bathroom is that? The one we’ve just added, of course! The others already existed, so their…

  • Community Forklift!

    My dear readers, I have been neglecting you. I am sorry. There is so much news to share, I am not sure where to start! I am working full-time. I know, right? Weird. I have never worked full-time in my life. Not counting the full-time mommy-ing, the orchestral musician and teacher thing, or even the…

  • Re-think and Recycle

    I’ve been thinking about recycling lately. I am trying to fit my stuff into a new house and make it look as if it was always intended for THIS space, even though it wasn’t. On a purely practical front, people cannot go out and buy new stuff every time they move. The idea of repurposing…