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As soon as our ice age melts away all the little tacky statues in the garden will come forth.......The sleeping dog, pudgy man in a rocker, assorted birds and ducks.
It's a crapshoot to see what survived and what shattered from snow and ice refreezing.
I think we should tell on ourselves. I once had end tables made of wooden telephone cable spools. You know the giant spools? That's what I had, and I antiqued them orange. Oh yes I did! And I had orange lamps as well.
I think I have moaned somewhere about my old plaid sofa which I owned far, far too long. I bought it right when plaid sofas went out of style, and I regretted buying it for about 15 years.
Once I used an old wooden ironing board as sofa table in back of my sofa. Never could think what to put on that thing to make it look like something more than an old ironing board, but it kept a son from running into the room, jumping over the back of the sofa, and landing on the sofa cushions. Of course he then took all the cushions off the sofa and threw them into the floor.
I also owned a wicker tulip hanging lamp. I owned it from 1970 to 2009. No kidding.
As soon as our ice age melts away all the little tacky statues in the garden will come forth.......The sleeping dog, pudgy man in a rocker, assorted birds and ducks.
It's a crapshoot to see what survived and what shattered from snow and ice refreezing.
It's warmed up here and it appears that my concrete crouching cat, both plastic bobble butterflies on sticks, and the hedgehog made out of a rock weathered the winter well!
I really wish I had a garden gnome. Maybe this year.
I think we should tell on ourselves. I once had end tables made of wooden telephone cable spools. You know the giant spools? That's what I had, and I antiqued them orange. Oh yes I did! And I had orange lamps as well.
I think I have moaned somewhere about my old plaid sofa which I owned far, far too long. I bought it right when plaid sofas went out of style, and I regretted buying it for about 15 years.
Once I used an old wooden ironing board as sofa table in back of my sofa. Never could think what to put on that thing to make it look like something more than an old ironing board, but it kept a son from running into the room, jumping over the back of the sofa, and landing on the sofa cushions. Of course he then took all the cushions off the sofa and threw them into the floor.
I also owned a wicker tulip hanging lamp. I owned it from 1970 to 2009. No kidding.
What nutty things have you done to your house?
Oh, Silibran, just read back through the thread - we've been telling on ourselves all through it! And even posting pictures!
I think we should tell on ourselves. I once had end tables made of wooden telephone cable spools. You know the giant spools? That's what I had, and I antiqued them orange. Oh yes I did! And I had orange lamps as well.
I think I have moaned somewhere about my old plaid sofa which I owned far, far too long. I bought it right when plaid sofas went out of style, and I regretted buying it for about 15 years.
Once I used an old wooden ironing board as sofa table in back of my sofa. Never could think what to put on that thing to make it look like something more than an old ironing board, but it kept a son from running into the room, jumping over the back of the sofa, and landing on the sofa cushions. Of course he then took all the cushions off the sofa and threw them into the floor.
I also owned a wicker tulip hanging lamp. I owned it from 1970 to 2009. No kidding.
What nutty things have you done to your house?
I know those very well . In my first apartment, I had a plant bench made out of cinder blocks and a piece of wood, and I didn't even bother to paint it . Hey, it functioned just fine.
It's warmed up here and it appears that my concrete crouching cat, both plastic bobble butterflies on sticks, and the hedgehog made out of a rock weathered the winter well!
I really wish I had a garden gnome. Maybe this year.
You can have one of mine....NO NO Kathryn I insist, dont even think of sending it back
LOL all, orange sppols, cinder block bookshelves (my folks had those in their first rental house), gnomes (he's on the front porch)
Fridge magnets; I have one that says Danger Men Thinking and another Who Took the Fun Out of Dysfunctional
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. In my first apartment, I had a plant bench made out of cinder blocks and a piece of wood, and I didn't even bother to paint it 
. Hey, it functioned just fine.
