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  1. Siouxsie Q
    November 6, 2013 @ 9:59 am

    Tres chic!
    And yes, damnit, you’re succeeding in making me feel that your house is way nicer than mine. šŸ˜‰

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    • Diana C.
      November 7, 2013 @ 1:19 pm

      Me too; now stop it! I love the table… alot. But it would have been one of those items that, unless I squinted my eyes to see the sparkle in the diamond in the rough, I too would have passed up. Great eye… and even greater eye finding a man willing to not only carry it for you, but transform it into the beauty it is today. I’m all kinds of jealous over here!

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  2. Susan
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:00 am

    Looks, beautiful, Victoria. I love how you are able to see the future usefulness of something. Upcycling at it’s finest. Well done.

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  3. Jacqui
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:02 am

    I am bonding with you Madame! We have a similar affection for “crappy ” stuff that is transformed through our endless creative talents. Love the end result even if it doesn’t work in your bathroom! I enjoy your blog and share it often. Have a great grand and groovy day!

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  4. Joyce
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:03 am

    I announced recently that we should tackle one tiny estate sale project per weekend until the garage is empty. My husband did some quick math and said we would be well in the throes of dementia before we could park both cars inside again. I feel your pain.

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    • tammigirl
      November 6, 2013 @ 10:04 am

      I think you are living my life with my husband in my garage. Please clean it up, so we can park a 2nd car inside before snow falls. I’m inside, baking us cookies.

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      • Carollynn
        November 6, 2013 @ 1:46 pm

        Hey girls, I not only have a two car garage, but neither of our cars have seen the inside of it, and we live in snow country!

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    • Kiki
      November 6, 2013 @ 2:48 pm

      Joyce, Tammigirl, Carollynn
      you made me smile and grin….. since we moved to France, we DO have a very large garage but can’t use it because the entry is right in a bend of the street and anyway, it’s filled with…. well, I let you guess!
      Now I have to read the rest of the comments or VEB will love me even less….

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  5. tammigirl
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:03 am

    It is darling in the bathroom! I love how we, as bloggers, are able to drag the one super-cool thing in our house around to every single spot in the house and photograph it, having the whole world believe, indeed, our whole house is super-cool.

    I have a nugget of awesomeness in my house. Enough that I could have one, maybe two super-cool rooms. Wait! That’s what I actually have? The other square feet? They are jealous.

    I think this shelf would fit in my master bath. Please send it to me. Also? Keep the mirrors. They are fantastic.

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  6. Jeri D.
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:04 am

    You have a talent I don’t for seeing the possibilities of crudey stuff. I would have passed that right by and it’s adorable!!!

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  7. Meredith Beckhardt
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:05 am

    It is sooooo beautiful! What a dramatic upcycle!

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  8. Sandi
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:06 am

    I understand Paul’s Clamp-addiction. It’s really very practical. I can’t tell you how many projects in OUR house have been interrupted – sometimes for a LONG TIME – due to clampus-interruptus.

    I think your medical cart is a thing of functional beauty and therefore a joy forever.

    And you have an amazing eye for making things LOOK SO PRETTY.

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  9. Patina and Company
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:07 am

    Brilliant! I am so with you on the last 10% of a project . . . hey, we are mainly here for the inspiration part, aren’t we?

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  10. Patricia
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:08 am

    I too have suffered the pangs of “unbuyer’s remorse”. It’s the stuff I didn’t get that haunts me … and then drives me furiously to try to find the exact thing again, over and over. Hence, my collection of inkwells and ink stands; all to replace a charming inkwell bound into a book shaped travelling case. I passed it up because it was too expensive and over the years, spent 20 times as much on inkwells. Best to give in right away and buy the damn obsessive object. It’s cheaper in the long run.
    I LOVE your charming table. It looks wonderful and will work perfectly anywhere in the house. Sure, your house isway nicer than mine but I have more inkwells!

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    • scaloot
      November 7, 2013 @ 2:28 am

      oh so true “Best to give in right away and buy the damn obsessive object. Itā€™s cheaper in the long run.” I have lots of non-buyers remorse and lots of ‘make up for it’ objects

      BTW that table is a great grab Victoria and you can continue to stage it all over the house

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  11. Elaine
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:09 am

    Clearly, you are meeting you contractual obligations! Your house looks way better than mine. Very much enjoy your blog in spite of the massive inferiority complex my house is getting.

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  12. JamieAbe
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:10 am

    I love it! And the whole “last 10% of a project” thing is totally me. That’s why the trim on my bathroom has remained unsanded and unpainted for the last year…maybe two. I’ve lost track. Anyway, I’m glad that I know where I need to go when the apocalypse hits and there’s a shortage of clamps…..we definitely DON’T have enough!

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  13. Brenda Schweder
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:11 am

    You make me smile (and laugh out loud) EVERY week!
    Thank you!!!
    oxxo!
    -b.

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  14. Suzanne
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:11 am

    I think the potty next to the table, in basement…. should be your next project! Plant stand???? šŸ˜‰

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  15. Sarah
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:12 am

    Ooh, I kind of like the mirrors! I would have run right towards this, too–anything on casters, really. When can we expect your post on that portable toilet? (Which, incidentally might be one of the few items NOT improved by the addition of casters. Yikes!)

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  16. Sunnie Mitchell
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:19 am

    When you bought this I thought “Yes, yes, yes!! Er, what is she going to do with this? But…YES!!’

    Now that you’ve shown us what to do with it, I’m thinking ‘YES-YES-YES!!’

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  17. Laurie
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:21 am

    It’s darling. I think you’ll love this table because it’s one of those really handy sizes. I swear I could use a dozen of them throughout my house. Every place you sit, you should be able to put your mug of tea down.

    Thank you for admitting the purpose of staging. I knew it! I knew that was what everyone is doing which is why I’m always refusing to properly stage. Well, also it’s a lot of work and I’m just not a big fan of the work.

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  18. Emily @ Two Purple Couches
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:25 am

    Love it! I am a notorious project-unfinisher, too. I have a veritable graveyard of half-finished crafts to prove it.

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  19. Amy Robbins
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:26 am

    Love this, and I was busted looking at this at work because I laughed out loud at your last sentence! Thanks, thanks a lot!!,

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  20. Debbie
    November 6, 2013 @ 10:28 am

    I love it!!! In the picture it looks perfect in the bathroom, you are becoming quite proficient at staging!!!

    I look forward to your post every week!

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