Category: Vintage Homemaking
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Chem-Free Prayer Garden 2026
I am now calling my garden a “Prayer garden” and maybe even an outdoor chapel, because this is a very spiritual place and practice. As I’ve mentioned previously I use no pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers, not even so-called “organic” or natural since those, too have collateral damage to pollinators. “Our” groundhog Miss Gordie has free…
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Vintage Midcentury Bedroom Redesign Reveal!
After a couple of months, it’s complete! I have a few different bedspreads to coordinate with this one, too (not all shown). My blonde mid-century headboard, nightstands and dressers were an estate sale find over ten years ago. The colorful slightly psychedelic animal print bedspread is from the 1970s, found new in the package! The…
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Making New Things Old Again
As a Maine picker I’ve had decade of access to countless time capsule homes selling off their contents. Unlike the things you buy new, I was privy to the provenance of the relics I picked. I only kept those things that came with good vibes. I quickly developed a disdain for anything inauthentic aka new.…
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Gems and Jewels on a Dime
Yesterday was a rainy afternoon, so I was treated to the calming sound of rain on the roof of our sunroom as I set the table for Sunday supper. I could also hear the house finch singing while feeding her babies which were peeping away in the nest on top of our outdoor solar light…
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