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Redo/furniture/question

Aug28

Okay!

This blog has motivated me, and I am going to, sometime probably-this-winter, redo our old dresser (a hand-me-down from when I was a kid.)

It needs new feets, need knobs (doesn’t NEED those) and, I think, a two-tone effect to go with the bedroom-that-will-be.

My big issue: right now there is a bookshelf atop it. This shelf was made by Fatherman and I, but it needs to be re-re-done at this point into something more fitting. I’m thinking re-building it, with a back, into a basic bookcase the same size as the top of the dresser…

…then painting everything offwhite with darkbrown trim.

Yes, because gutting a house wasn’t a big enough project.

Fun link for bonus – http://www.slashgear.com/cave-the-bookcase-with-built-in-seat-094690/ A “cave” bookcase with built in seat!

And some really funky bookcases (some, clearly, for people who do not have books the way we have books).

dresser & shelf

>dresser

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Strong Female Characters

Aug26

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith has posted here (and on LJ) a discussion on this article on “What Do You Mean When You Say You Want ‘Strong Female Characters’?”

I had strong feelings about it reading Ysabet’s post, stronger ones having read the article, but… putting those aside for a moment, what do YOU think? What makes a strong character?

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IRL Planners

Aug21

1) This contest is kind of fun… I could probably find a use for “Approximately 2000 calories per day for 375 days”… considering Weightwatchers, that’s almost 2 people x a year.

2) This TV Show, Doomsday Preppers, was a lot of fun.

Why don’t preppers ever stock clothes? Or razors?

(edited to change “why don’t they stock food?” to what I meant: “why don’t they stock CLOTHES?”)

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House musings: under da stairs

Aug19

Thing I want in the house, but only in a for-fun way and would probably never actually do:

A mural of the cupboard under the stairs, on the stairwell, hiding hidden, well, cupboards.

Alternately, turning the area under the stairs into a tiny guest room ([personal profile] eseme 😉

More reasonably – there’s this page of ideas (the wine cabinets are a great idea but I dislike the execution; the bathroom’s awesome but the stairs are right next to the extant bathroom.)

A remarkably similar page of links: aquarium!!!

Several plans for storage under stairs.. I like the one that looks like library stacks.

And speaking of beds under the stairs: how about this?

This is nice, if practical

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30 Days Meme – A selection of others’ work

Jul21

Unhappy Catgirl! [personal profile] lilfluff‘s Day 27 (orig. meme) story., Trapped.

[personal profile] kc_obrien has started the second meme; my favorite of his three so far is, unsurprisingly, The Price of Insolence .

rix-scaedu has already written the first 10 days of the new meme; I think this one is my favorite, but it’s hard to tell.

minor-architect is doing a 30 days of Haiku version; this one made me cry a bit, but in a good way.

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Jul15

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@daHob’s prompt, not-@Sharontherose’s prompt, and some shelves

Jul14

1) I posted an Addergoole snippet on the Addergoole livejournal, because it’s right in line with the current story. This is to Hob’s prompt from this weekend.

2) I posted more on @shutsumon’s prompt (LJ Link). It was supposed to go to @sharontherose’s prompt, but it took a left turn. Or maybe I just can’t bring myself to give Thornburn backhistory trauma.

3) [personal profile] haikujaguar posted a more-photo-rich link of the shelf house I linked to in June

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Fiction/Reality juxtaposition

Jul11

Via Candlemark & Gleam’s twitter feed…

Minimalist, Futuristic Library, although my experience with libraries locally makes me question their shock at OMG! Books!

This library reminds me in part of The Planner’s Library, seen in this icon by [personal profile] meeks.

Original article has more pictures & details.

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30 Days – Other People Playing

Jun22

Others I know who are also doing the 30 days meme include:
Amanda-Sheree
Inventrix
Ravenswept, whose meme it is
Limiinal
K.C.O’Brien
Hi Lilfluff!

If you know others, let me know, and I’ll add them to the list. Guys, there’s a lot of absolutely awesome stuff here!

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