Author: Staci

Staci blogs about travel at TheVoyageer.com.

Chairs

A few weeks ago Doug and I picked up some chairs for $5 each. These chairs were in need of a little TLC, and I’m finally getting around to giving them the perk-up they deserve.

You can also catch a glimpse of my slightly untidy computer workspace

Before, they were a blonde wood with some remnants of finish on them and what appears to be the memory of an upholstered back… the back is gone and the wood is dirty and stained in places. So, we decided to use some brown paint we already had (same color as in the kitchen) and paint them, thereby tying the dining room in with the kitchen and using free paint. Borrowed some finish coat from a friend who recently finished his own coffee-table project, so altogether this project will only cost us however much new little rubber feet for the chairs will cost (have not priced them yet).

Not quite done (one more coat of polycrylic to go)

I have not as of yet decided what to do with the teal vinyl seat, so for now it will remain the same. Luckliy we picked ones without any rips or holes in them, so they still look OK. Plus, the trim in the kitchen is teal, making them tie the two rooms together even more tightly.

Closets

Today’s blog browsing has led me to these posts:

Closet Encounters (Young House Love)

My Organized Closet (Making it Lovely)

My Organized Office Closet (Making it Lovely)

Can’t Get Enough Of: Organized Closets (Apartment Therapy)

Especially after looking at those Apartment Therapy closets, its clear to me that I’m doubly blessed–I have a walk-in closet, and Doug has his own walk-in closet (sometimes I think if we had to share, my part would be neater).

Can you guess what I’ll be doing today instead of catching up on my Dawson’s Creek season 3 DVDs?

Dun Dun Dunnnn..

What about the Radio?

Have you ever thought that maybe listening to the advertisements on the radio is a good thing…

I know we all like to be swooned by the power of songs that we love; one of the best parts about this being that you are not in control of what song plays next. Sure you have a choice of which station to listen to (however limited this selection may be), but hearing a song you love without having chosen to play it, cranking up that stereo and singing at the top of your lungs is an excitement unequaled by choosing a song from an mp3 playlist or cycling through tracks on a CD.

Where would radio be if we never listened to the advertisements? Would the businesses stop advertising with the stations realizing that it was ineffective, leaving them with no funds and therefore no radio station? Marconi would roll over in his grave if radio were to die, giving way to newer music listening technology. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate and love using new technology, but I think it would be sad if radio were no more. So next time you want to change the station to avoid some pesky ad, think about the possibility of hearing a good commercial promoting some local small business, and give it a little bit of your attention. Who knows, maybe you’ll want to do business with the advertiser, and in the process you just might be keeping radio alive.