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  • Colors! And a coffee table after all, maybe.

    Isn’t this rug great?! It’s the Unni from IKEA. We bought two of them this weekend thinking we’d line them up in the hallway as a runner, but it worked out better…

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    Scavenged candleholders.

    A small but sweet little find! Silver-plated “Bead” candleholders, designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk. $5.00 at Goodwill, never used and in the original box. They have just the right amount of…

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    Dressing room, morning light.

    I finally found a spot for this fabric! Also, a tiny peek at our huge, newly-scavenged Heywood Wakefield dresser. I’ve just come around to HW furniture over the past couple of years,…

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    New additions in bright colors!

    We’re starting to bring more color into the house a little at a time. The yellow chair is so sweet by the dining room window that I can look past the tear…

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    Oh, dirty Danish sofa, how you taunt me.

    This sofa is totally worth $25, right? Even though the leather has a tear in it and the wood probably needs to be stripped and refinished? And I don’t actually need another…

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    The weekly scavenging report.

    We spotted this long, low, teak Danish coffee table outside of a consignment shop in Newburgh over the weekend. It needs to be refinished, but really…for $15, how can you go wrong?…

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    I may (or may not) have a problem.

    Yes, that’s right, it’s more Eames shell chairs! I’m losing count, honestly. But look! It’s a (nearly) matching set! They can go around the dining table! And there are no tears in…

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    Weekend scavenger makeover!

    See our cute new tray table? I love it! But it hasn’t always been so nice… First I found this nasty little stool: Then I saw this worn out Swedish tray: And…

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