The Renovated Facade of Vintage Swank

After over a year of renovation, we have finished the front and rear facade. We wanted to share the outcome of alot of work, inspiration and tribulation. We are going to work on a gallaery of the entire project from the original horse hair plaster walls to the completed space.

Vintage Swank
www.vintageswank.com

October 11, 2008

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Get The Sticky Stuff Off A Mason Jar

Sure it sounds simple, but I've just spent HOURS picking and peeling and breaking my nails. Does anybody have a fool-proof, no-picking-required method for getting the paper residue and sticky goo off of jars? I know that I could just buy empty ones but I have A BUNCH hanging around and I need to unpeel them to use for the flower arrangements at Ted's Naming Ceremony. Help me Curbly-Wan you're my nail's only hope!

Mason jars, beautiful on the inside!

October 10, 2008

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How To: Water Balloon Lumaries.

Here's a simple how-to for making elegant lumaries or tea-light holders from paraffin wax. Simply melt the wax in a double boiler, fill the balloons, coat the outside, pop the ballon, and light 'em up. I wonder if this would work with animal balloons...hmm.

Via.

October 10, 2008

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Emerging Trends: Boho Chic Meets Antique

There is an eclectic trend on the upholstery horizon that combines bohemian themes with vivid, exciting colors and bold patterning. These carefree statement pieces are inspired by handicraft and patchwork ancestors, but they have an essentially contemporary edge that defies conventional authority. Read more here.

Check out these other great articles from this week:

Trends on the Web
Thursday October 09, 2008
This week’s round up has us in the mood for a few simple DIY projects.  From chalkboard painted doors and candles to new trends in fabric and fur that we’re dying to try, don’t miss these weekly highlights!

Patchwork Bedding Gets a 21st Century Makeover
Wednesday October 08, 2008
You can easily transform your » READ MORE

October 10, 2008

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How To: Maintain Your Microwave.

From reheating last night's leftovers to making traditional prep faster to creating your own microwave popcorn, the microwave has become an essential piece of contemporary kitchen kit. So maintain your investment by keeping everything clean and functioning with this collection of tips.

• Interior cleaning
  
• Exterior cleaning
• Safety
• Making it last

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October 10, 2008

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Energy Seed generates street light from old batteries

What a smart solution to the problem of improper disposal of alkaline batteries! The "Energy Seed" concept comes from designers Sungwoo Park and Sunhee Kim. It's basically a receptacle for old batteries that collectively harnesses the leftover juice from all the batteries that are placed inside and uses it to power an LED street light.

This is a great idea for just about any environmentally-conscious neighborhood, but I'd actually like one of these for my house too! Maybe they'll design a consumer version as well.

[via Yanko] 

October 10, 2008

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Flat Pack, 1830's Style

Got to love the Shakers, what with the clean-lined furniture and the glossolalia. Shakerworkshops.com has some seriously lovely stuff, lots of which is reproduced from patterns used by an original family workshop. The really cool part is that you can buy an unfinished kit for considerably less than the finished piece and put it together and then stain or paint it yourself.

There are a huge variety of different stain and paint colours available and they're included in the price of the kit. Chairs come with the required amount of chair tape in lots of different colours (They have a virtual tape weaver tool to help you choose). And again there are very concise tape weaving instructions on the site.

I p'ticularly like this » READ MORE

October 10, 2008

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New Water Heater

My water heater sprung a leak over the weekend, right around the seal where the pressure relief valve connects to the tank.  It was 12 years old and the thermostat was flaky anyway so I decided it was time to replace it.  After a few calls to the hardware store, plumbers and the local gas utility, I learned that the direct vent natural gas model I have is not a common type for the local hardware stores to keep in stock and that I should give some consideration to  switching to a tankless unit.  One thing that I knew I wouldn't do was to switch from gas to electric--gas wins that fight hands down.

After weighing my options, I decided to skip the tankless model and go with a farily efficient natural gas tank model.  My heater is i » READ MORE

October 09, 2008

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Free Printable Ornament Thingys

Designing invitations for my baby's Naming Ceremony has had me thinking about fonts, clip art and ornaments obsesively, 24/7, for three days! Briar Press has tons of lovely things of that ilk to download for FREE. Like these little fellow's:

and these two rather dashing chaps:

Via How About Orange (Ms. Jones always finds the nicest stuff!)

October 09, 2008

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cortney.

Could I love this any more than I do? Never.

Link: Cortney Vivian Cassidy.

October 09, 2008

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sven.

October 09, 2008

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October 09, 2008

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somefield.

October 09, 2008

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wandering bert.

October 09, 2008

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mantra.

October 09, 2008

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Weekend Project: Disappearing Trap Door Pool Table

Summer's over, the kids are back in school, and weekends are starting to slow down a bit, right? So why not take the weekend to dig yourself a giant rectangular enclosure right in the middle of your living room, add a big lifting mechanism, and drop in a nice pool table?

I have no idea how hard it'd be to set up a system like this, but I'm pretty sure you'd want to know what's directly below the floorboards and be confident that you'd be able to stick hundreds of pounds of felt-covered marble down there without causing any problems.

Still, this is very, very cool, huh?

[YouTube via i4u]

October 09, 2008

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