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Shoe Rack Pallet

Shoe Rack Pallet

With a new oven that got delivered to my home today (yay!), I received a small square pallet. Usually, I have to get them from places, but this time, I got one straight to my doorsteps! I have been thinking back and forth how and where I could store our shoes in the...
My new Obsession with Dahlias

My new Obsession with Dahlias

*Sigh* — I went to the St. Johns Farmers Market yesterday and I found a new love. It’s a flower. A special flower. A flower, I rediscovered. We went to have breakfast, get some produce and listen to live music and home I went with a big bunch of dahlias...
Upcycling Trunk: From Box to Storage Table

Upcycling Trunk: From Box to Storage Table

    It is hard for me to pass a cool looking vintage trunk at the thrift store! Or at the curb…. Within one week, i came across two and got both of them. We just moved across the country and we don’t really have any furniture. So I turned one of...
Updating a Curbside Treasure

Updating a Curbside Treasure

        I found this great table at the curb, two blocks from my house. It was heavy and crazy big, I couldn’t lift it let alone shove it into more car (since I couldn’t lift it but it wouldn’t have fit anyways). About half an...
My (Culinary) Life as a Pastry Chef

My (Culinary) Life as a Pastry Chef

Welcome back to Throwback Thursday! Like every Thursday, I am writing about my past culinary career as a chef. In 1996, I started as a chef apprentice at the Steigenberger InselhotelĀ in Southern Germany. Besides other departments in the kitchen, I was trainedĀ (at...
Upcycling: From Favorite Shirt to Favorite Pillow

Upcycling: From Favorite Shirt to Favorite Pillow

Turn shirt inside out Place existing pillow on shirt Draw around pillow Keep 1/2 inch allowance, cut square / rectangular Pin in place, stitch along seam Unbutton, turn pillow cover right side out Insert the pillow and button back up   And there’s your...