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måndag 18 februari 2013
fredag 1 februari 2013
Project "Tin jars"
Tin jars are a hoot and a half! Look for tin jars at the fleemarket - you can redo the even the ugliest ones to something usable. These cost me maybe 0,5€/pcs.
Sincerely,
Pepsi-Mama
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| Before: The black chalkpaint was discolored, and the tin had other stains that didn't come off. After: Tea and Chocolate tins. No more half empty cartons of still unused tea or half empty bags of O'boy in my cabinets. |
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| How do you like my new cookie jar? Sorry, it was so ugly I never took a "before" picture. |
Sincerely,
Pepsi-Mama
söndag 27 januari 2013
Karma-curtains revisited
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| I'm a take what you have kind of girl, so the pink fabric is a sheet. Sorry you didn't get to see it steamed straight. The energy for that came much later. |
Bitchslapped with knuckle dusters by Karma.
I needed some items for a project I was thinking of the other day, so I went shopping with my mother. I came back practically empty handed, but she filled the entire backseat of my car with stuff. As I saw her accumulate more and more things, the minimalist-me started worrying.
Where's she gonna put all this junk? At one point I actually had to ask her to come back from the 1980's and step away from the plastic red roses.
So for every new item that grabbed her attention, I kept asking her: What are you going to use it for?
Her reply: I don't know, but it's so beautiful, and on sale, so...
To my shame; Me: Well just because it's beautiful doesn't mean you have to buy it. That's consumerism. Just enjoy it's beauty for now, and if you can't stop thinking about it you know where to find it later.
Mentally snorting I even thought: Thank Goodness I'm Over Buying Just Because It's Pretty Enough.
Once back home at my own place, what happens? First thing I see wipes the smugness of my face.
By the sink the abominations hung.
Too long, touching the floor, bought because of their beauty, but too pretty to actually be used. All the things I thought about my mother's shopping.
I slap my self mentally and promise to never think bad about my mother's shopping habits ever again. Bad, Bad Daughter!!!
After sleeping restlessly, plagued by my condescending thoughts earlier about my mother, I decided I needed to correct my own mistake first thing the next morning as a penance of sorts.
The abominations became curtains:
"Keep it simple, Less is more". Oh, the irony...
Sometimes Karma taps you gently on the shoulder, sometimes it literally Bitchslaps you in the face - With knuckle dusters.
Sincerely,
Pepsi-Mama
Where's she gonna put all this junk? At one point I actually had to ask her to come back from the 1980's and step away from the plastic red roses.
So for every new item that grabbed her attention, I kept asking her: What are you going to use it for?
Her reply: I don't know, but it's so beautiful, and on sale, so...
To my shame; Me: Well just because it's beautiful doesn't mean you have to buy it. That's consumerism. Just enjoy it's beauty for now, and if you can't stop thinking about it you know where to find it later.
Mentally snorting I even thought: Thank Goodness I'm Over Buying Just Because It's Pretty Enough.
Once back home at my own place, what happens? First thing I see wipes the smugness of my face.
By the sink the abominations hung.
Too long, touching the floor, bought because of their beauty, but too pretty to actually be used. All the things I thought about my mother's shopping.
I slap my self mentally and promise to never think bad about my mother's shopping habits ever again. Bad, Bad Daughter!!!
After sleeping restlessly, plagued by my condescending thoughts earlier about my mother, I decided I needed to correct my own mistake first thing the next morning as a penance of sorts.
The abominations became curtains:
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| Not the prettiest curtains, but I'll add some more pink fabric later on. |
"Keep it simple, Less is more". Oh, the irony...
Sometimes Karma taps you gently on the shoulder, sometimes it literally Bitchslaps you in the face - With knuckle dusters.
Sincerely,
Pepsi-Mama
onsdag 23 januari 2013
tisdag 22 januari 2013
Project "Hallway" revisited
I've completely changed my mind... again. This is what I should do with the hallway:
I just have to wait for my next wave of energy.
Sincerely,
Pepsi-Mama
måndag 21 januari 2013
Project "Hallway"
When I bought our house in 2011, we renovated our hearts out. But somehow, the hallway was forgotten. Until this week.
Originally it was painted a porncave velvety brownish-red, as though someone had been murdered in there and instead of cleaning up the evidence, some lazyass just smeared the blood and gore all over. *Shudder*
In our hurry to get on with the other rooms, we quick-fixed it. White paint and cheap lighting, which by the way is still hanging there, threatening to fall down anytime someone slams the frontdoor shut.
(Note to self: Get on that, pronto!)
Well, this week I finally got tired of looking at it. Anemic, impractical, boring, every smudgy fingerprint clearly visible. I couldn't take it anymore!
Left to do is to change the frontdoor completely. We know the model we want, but now I'm stuck on color. White seems so boring. I'm thinking black? Maybe dark granite grey? Any ideas?
Originally it was painted a porncave velvety brownish-red, as though someone had been murdered in there and instead of cleaning up the evidence, some lazyass just smeared the blood and gore all over. *Shudder*
In our hurry to get on with the other rooms, we quick-fixed it. White paint and cheap lighting, which by the way is still hanging there, threatening to fall down anytime someone slams the frontdoor shut.
(Note to self: Get on that, pronto!)
Well, this week I finally got tired of looking at it. Anemic, impractical, boring, every smudgy fingerprint clearly visible. I couldn't take it anymore!
Left to do is to change the frontdoor completely. We know the model we want, but now I'm stuck on color. White seems so boring. I'm thinking black? Maybe dark granite grey? Any ideas?
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| This is the model we're getting. |
fredag 18 januari 2013
Project "Outside"
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| House and barn decorated for Christmas. The heart was made for Spring and Autumn. |
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| Lanterns and chime in the apple tree. Battery driven lights. I tried, but the picture does not do it justice. |
Project "Fleemarket makeovers"
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| 4 € at the fleemarket. Otherwise ugly as hell wooden bowl and candle holders, given new life by repainting them in high gloss black. Kitschy! |
Project "Window"
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| Bedroom Before. |
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| Restored an old windowframe, painted it highgloss black and stuck text on it. |
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