Author: Paula
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Painting a $25 Thrift Store Mirror for our Dining Room
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Our dining room has been a work in progress since we moved in ten months ago. Here was an early view of the room: This setup wasn’t working for me because everything in the room was so angular. There were no soft corners, just hard lines, rectangles, and right angles.…
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Wednesday Wanderings: Joy
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Today I thought I’d share a little Pinspiration around the word Joy. Ready? Here we go! “Joy is prayer. Joy is strength – Joy is love – Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” – Mother Teresa from Pinterest “Find Joy in the Journey”on Pinterest…
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My Love and Prayers to Boston
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My love of Boston started when I first visited in 1996. I was on a trip to see two divinity schools, Harvard and Yale. At age 24, I traveled alone to see the two schools; an adventure that would shape my life. I took a huge suitcase, carrying more clothes…
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$4 Bathtub Border for a Toddler
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Zoom doesn’t really like to bathe. I get it, he’s 2 years old. He doesn’t like it when we wash his hair. Maybe our bathroom is a little … sterile? uninviting? for a two year old. Even with all of these toys, he hasn’t ever really taken to the bathtub.…
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Wednesday Wanderings: Trust
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“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” – Golda Meir Over the past couple of years, I’ve been searching for the next step in…
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OMD at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco
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On Friday my sister and I went to see OMD at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. They have been a favorite of mine for years. The Regency Ballroom is a beautiful old venue in San Francisco. I loved the chandeliers. The funny thing is I never saw OMD in…
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2013 Projects: A Home Project Pinterest Board
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I’ve been using Pinterest to list my 2013 home projects. It’s been fun to go through all of my pins (which I categorize by rooms) and then moving a few to another board, when I finally decide it’s a project I want to tackle. The ones listed here are minor/medium…
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Old Crib Turned Garden Trellis
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A couple of weekends ago Sean and I were driving past a yard sale. “Is that a crib?!?” I asked excitedly. “Looks like it…” said Sean, rather confused by my question. “Awesome! I’ve been thinking of using one in the yard,” I responded as I pulled to the side of…
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Wednesday Wanderings: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (“Search”)
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Years ago, I used to love watching Ally McBeal. It was back when I was at Yale, and there was a certain intrigue about lawyers, about living in Boston. About the once-in-a-lifetime kind of friendships that the characters had found in their co-workers. Even back then, I recognized that their…