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REASON: the original source / credit where complimented and included in my original post via link. (http://tinyurl.com/3qm42a7) but did not also include the name darren snow. a request was made to submit a public apology. this updated post serves as that.    

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FOUND. in the bottom of a trunk in junk store in Prague.

I cant read Czech, but it appears that home decorating / planning could have been part of the high school curriculum in the Czech republic. I am digging her room layouts, fabric swatches & inspirational scrap. along with this book was another one for biology (complete with hand colored renderings of the native plants of the area). so much more creative than the high school classes i remember.

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HOARDING justified. (sorta)

is it wrong to buy every single pendleton you find?(and thermos, tartan blanket, vintage fishing rod….)yes, probably. until the day you actually need it- like when you need to prop a photo shoot in under 20 minutes. then, you can rationalize your OCD behavior, at least for the afternoon 🙂

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WHAT I FOUND INSIDE THE CHAIR

when we bought camp wandawega, we found the chair in what we most affectionately refer to as ‘the raccoon room’. (the room earned its names because of the ginormous family of rodents that had taken up residency in the storage room of one of the camp cabins) THE CHAIR.we almost tossed it. it was barely a shadow of its former self.but just as i was dragging it into the dumpster, we saw that its underside had a few different colors– so we started dissecting it. to find that it had layer upon layer (and decade up decade) of shades of…

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AMAZING THREADS IN THE HOOD

she’s a block away from our front door, thank god. post 27 that is.the owner and good friend Angela Finney-Hoffman just started carrying a line of vintage clothes curated by Axis of Evelyn. and… well lets just say we cant get enough. found:1940’s mint condition toddlers outfit1960’s perfect romper dress. (bumble bee yellow with black flowers!) and too many dresses (for mom) to list. Evelyn has a great eye & the two of them make a dynamic duo check angela’s goods: post27store.comcheck out evelyn’s wares: axisofevelyn.com

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