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Comments (31)OMG, what a fun thread . . and what memories! My first apartment was in 1974 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. I'd gotten my RT degree and had been working in Detroit (New Dawn, we were there at the same time!) at the Children's Hospital, but tired of the hour-long drive back to my parent's home in the suburbs . . not to mention Michigan's cold, gray, slushy winters. One day, I'd had enough and three weeks later I was on my way to a new, exciting job in Ft. Lauderdale as the head of a Special Procedures Department at one of the local hospitals down there. I had no furniture,no dishes, pots or pans; nothing but my clothes, etc. to take with me. I had to buy everything when I moved in. Thank goodness I had a nice bit of money saved! Mine was a one bedroom apt on the third floor of a 3-story building about a 1/2 mile from the ocean. It had a screened-in porch that overlooked the pool area. I found a couple comfy folding patio chairs and a little table at my Publix grocery store for out there. My gram took me to a furniture store on Federal Highway in Boca Raton and I got the prettiest green & white bamboo print sofa, white wicker coffee and end tables there, a big wicker throne chair and a couple of yellow ceramic table lamps, too. I loved it all, as it looked so exotic . . . and so un-Michigan! I had no dining room table or bar area, so I guess I must have eaten at my coffee table. I probaby ate most of my meals during the week at either of my grandparents homes, though! Both sets had retired to Deerfireld Beach a few years before. Gosh, I haven't thought about this for 20 years,at least! My grandparent's lived in a condo on the ocean and their many retired friends were always giving me decorative pieces for my place. They taught me to make all sorts of great appetizers . . . which is what they all seemed to live on. That and Tanqueray & Tonics. I don't mean to infer that they had drinking problems; I just remember a LOT of cocktail parties. One gave me a large framed print of one of Henri Rousseau's Jungle paintings for my living room. I got my queen size bed, and dresser from one of them, too. They were all missing their own grandkids a lot and I became the substitute grandchild to many of them. They were such sweet, wonderful people! I have such great memories of them all. I bought a beautiful green & pink on white jungle print bedspread with tropical leaves and flowers on it. . and I still have it today! It's tattered and torn, but I loved it so much I've kept it all these years. I never did own a tv in my four years down in Florida and I don't recall ever missing it. I spent my evenings during the week listening to music and reading or playing tennis with friend's. Weekend days were ALWAYS spent at our local beach with my friends, swimming, surfing, scuba diving and playing beach volleyball . . . or waterskiing up and down the Intracoastal Waterway. We spent the evenings at the nightclubs in and around Ft.L and Miami. Anybody remember Big Daddy's Brother Jim's in Ft.L? We also spent a lot of time down in Key West, scuba diving and beaching it. I got to know KC & The Sunshine Band when they were just locals playing at the clubs around Miami. Those were a wonderful, exciting and life-changing four years for me. What great memories! Thanks New Dawn :~) Lynn...See MoreHas Anyone Repurposed Items in their Home?
Comments (106)Mine are mostly small things -- like using a glass compote to hold cotton balls in the bathroom -- or a cut glass tumbler to hold q-tips. A hinged CD holder (similar to the tissue box above but a double version) used as a spot to store extra TP. I have a dresser that is a TV stand for our exercise room and the drawers have my gift wrap rolls and ribbons. A home office armoire that was going to be my craft and gift wrap station became a china cabinet when my dad moved and I suddenly acquired another set of china and crystal and I wasn't ready to make decisions on getting rid of anything. I have an old radio cabinet that I cleaned up and planned to put a new shelf and door in the top, but the stained glass panel hasn't been made. I'm thinking about painting it and redirecting it's new life for another room now. Another one I haven't done buy we've talked about a couple of times is to put a pull out bed in a window seat to add a guest bed in our gameroom. I think the inflating mattresses are going to keep that one from happening -- take less room and are probably cheaper and more comfortable now that we no longer have a sofa with the pullout mechanism to repurpose. If a new thread is started, we should try to link this one at the top so these ideas and photos aren't lost -- st least as long as we can....See MoreFrench Country on a Small Budget
Comments (18)As mentioned previously by other smart members here: Get a good book and/or magazine then shop your house top to bottom and corner to corner. Think about ways that you can repurpose what you have then go outside and see what is there. If you lik ethe painted FC look check out the mismixed section at the paint stores or buy a Color To Go jug from Sherwins Williams. Add trim to curtains and/or lampshades. If there isn't a local discount fabric store in your area go on-line. Amazing what an inexpensive yard of trim can do for something. Now I'm more of the modern/ rustic country style and yesterdy I did an engagement party for someone who was into that style. Aside from renting 4 tables and chairs the only decorating expense was $52 for 12 giant white hydrangea stems. The rest came from my attic, basement and garden. Brown and green ribbon from my ever growing collection (one should always have ribbon on hand!). Mason jars used for vases and tea lights. Candelabras w/ hydrangea tied in them. Large manilla package tags stamped w/ a stamp tied onto each candelabra and a few mason jars. Old wooden boxes that we laid white cloth napkins in and put plasticware, paper plates, napkins and cups. We tied more hydrangea onto the handles of some of the boxes. I got a differnt perspective on how to incoporate some of those ideas in my day to day living....See MoreOH no Hutches are out??
Comments (46)It's so nice to see everyone's "out of style" hutches and sideboards!! I can't imagine such an essential piece of furniture ever being considered "out" as an element of home design. I'd be lost without the two I have, they are both full of family heirloom china or special pieces I have collected through the years. I like being able to see and display these pieces because seeing them brings back wonderful memories of family gatherings with those who are no longer living, and some that still are! I'm sure there are many others who feel this way, too. The sideboard in my dining area holds my china inherited from my grandmother and crystal from my mother in law. The one in my kitchen holds the flow blue collection begun by my deceased mother that I have continued to add to through the years. These pieces will eventually all go to my daughter, to be used and passed down to future generations. Excuse the tumble of dishes on the kitchen table - I was going through some of the larger serving pieces I have which I plan to use for my son's wedding reception next week. We're having a small, intimate family wedding and I'm helping my future DIL with a small party afterwards....See MoreRelated Professionals
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