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Posts tagged “metal”

How To: Clean The Metal Around Your House

Getting things clean doesn't always necessitate a trip to the grocery store, or drug store. Click through the jump to see how some of the above household items can get your dirtiest metal items clea...

Look!: Discount Store Find

While out at a local salvage store in Kansas City, we came across these. Not being 100% sure what they are, they intrigued us. They sat tucked away with the "manly tool and construction materials" ...

Look!: This Bench Is Made From What?

Always having been a big fan of taking old items and turning them into something new, we thought this bench deserved some recognition. At first it caught our eye because of it's beautifully chipping ...

Be Here Now

Tucked away on the "Square" (if you're a local), or downtown area of Independence Missouri, lies Be Here Now, a Home Decor and Design Center. Click through the jump to see the sea of pictures that...

Roundup: Floor Vases

If you have thumbed through any of the recent catalogs to hit your mailbox (or inbox), you might have noticed a growing trend. Floor Vases. Sure they have been around for a long time (think Egypti...

Roundup: Ice Cream Bowls

The summer heat is kicking into high gear. So turn on the fan, kick back and have yourself a bowl of ice cream or head out to play in the sprinkler like you were a kid again. Click through the jum...

Salvaged Goods in KC

Habitat for Humanity runs the Re-Store in Kansas City, Mo. It sells goods that have been salvaged out of houses for contractors and homeowners alike to use. Most days of the week it is packed to the...

Ideas From The Farm and Tractor Store

When shopping around for things to furnish your home, one doesn't often think about making a visit to the local Farm/Tractor store. As visions of plaid and John Deere Green dance in your head, clic...

Aluminum Pergola

Just $700 in materials and a way with welding created this modernist pergola with universal charm. It caught our eye and the last few rays of afternoon sun. ...

Finding Unlikely Inspiration

Reading magazines and watching all the design shows can be fun and informative, however, it's all too easy to over do it. Sometimes it can be the smallest thing that truly sparks your imagination and...

Finding Art at the Art Fair

They’re festive. They're crowded. They take up all the parking. So we braved a local art fair in search of any desirable items NOT rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Possible? Judge on. ...

Urban Outfitters Kashmir Tray

When we were a child, we visited our next door neighbor’s home quite often because – well, because she was always feeding us cake but mainly because she always had the most interesting things arou...