I have a wobbly wooden side table in my living room. Its two shelves are painted orange and its four legs are painted light teal. It hasn’t always been these colors. The first time I saw it, it was painted turquoise and was in my dad’s bedroom next to his waterbed. I was eight years […]
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eight stunning concrete diy craft tutorials
eight stunning concrete diy craft tutorials a few years ago i was REALLY depressed. i’d just moved back to orange county to nurse a broken heart. funny, how many times that broken heart comes up here. i didn’t realize what a turning point it was in my life until i started writing for dear handmade […]
