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“A Tisket, a Basket…” – 2

Matt Tommey – Tabletop to Pedestal

I would LOVE to have this for my dining area table!

“Even the simplest wicker basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family.” ~ Sister Parish

Matt Tommey – YouTube

A new basket is justified by its utility in personal or professional gifting, the convenience and value of a pre-packaged gift, or for retail use as a tool to encourage larger purchases and improve the customer experience. You might also justify buying a new basket to enhance the aesthetic of a space or for practical home organization needs.  (I could go on, but you get the idea – there is always a reason to buy another basket.) 🤪

Musgrove Willow

  • Storage and Organization: Baskets are functional for various purposes, including storing clothes, furnishings, or other household items. 
  • Aesthetic Enhancement: Baskets can be used to add artistic or decorative elements to a living space. 
  • Cultural Significance: The creation and use of baskets have deep cultural and artistic traditions, and incorporating them into your home can be a way to connect with these practices. 

Wabanaki Basket – Jessica Hamilton-Jones, Fine Artist

  • Personalization: You can customize gift baskets to suit the recipient’s tastes and preferences, making the gift more personal and meaningful than a standard store-bought item. 
  • Presentation: A gift basket provides a special and memorable presentation that enhances the excitement of the unwrapping experience. 
  • Versatility: Baskets can hold a wide variety of items, including food, cosmetics, or other goods, offering immense possibilities for a fantastic gift. 
  • Convenience: Gift baskets can save time and offer a cost-effective way to give a meaningful gift. 

These, of course, are works of art and well beyond my ability to actually buy them, though I’m drooling.

AND you begin to see why I banned myself from going into basket stores. I MAY be able to justify buying some for my NEW place, though….

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Duh

IKEA 2 Drawer Table

This is being delivered here Wednesday morning, and assembled by IKEA people, since they have the tools needed and we don’t – AND the things with drawers have a gazillion pieces.

Brian got me a floor fan for the bedroom so I wouldn’t have to unplug the one from the living area and carry it to the bedroom to plug it in. Moving air is very important to your comfort level, no matter what you set a thermostat for. I was happy to HAVE the fan to carry back and forth, but I was delighted when he knocked on my door and brought another fan in.

When he set it up and showed me it had a remote, he said, “You need a bedside table.” I told him I had been doing just fine, but he wasn’t hearing any of it. He said,
“You need a table for your night light, the fan remote, your phone plugged into the charger, a bottle of water, kleenex, a book, your glasses….”

I couldn’t sleep last night because I was unable to turn my brain off. The biggest problem as my sleep-starved mind saw it, was, “What if the drawer table we ordered is too wide to go beside my bed?”

I looked up the table and found out the dimensions are 40×55 cms. Our notes didn’t specify which was the width. Since I don’t speak Thai, centimeters, kilograms, celscius or baht, and have to look each up to convert until I learn the new-to-me systems (duh), I ended up at my computer doing the conversions, opening my closet door and measuring again, then doing it over again because my brain function in the middle of the night is less impressive than during the daytime. 🤪

The table is 55 cms high (21-5/8″), by 40 cms wide (15-3/4″), by 48 cms deep (18-3/4″). The spot I have for the bedside table with the closet door open is 50.8 cms (20″). I had to go back AGAIN to make sure that the table is 15-3/4″ wide and we have 20″ available. WHEW!

This is probably the last piece of furniture we will buy for the condo, and we almost messed up. AND – if any of the measurements are wrong, we CAN scoot the bed over toward the outer wall some. WHEW again.

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Additions!

Today the IKEA guys came and dealt with power tools and 46 gazillion pieces to assemble my chest of drawers.

The drawers not only have side rollers on each drawer, but one in the center of each. The piece is heavy, sturdy – though they did warn us not to have something really heavy in the top drawer and then have all four drawers open at the same time. DUH.

I used my new step stool yesterday to empty the high cabinets in my condo, taking a lot of what I found to the trash and the recycling area.

I spent most of today bagging up my husband’s things, carefully sorting, putting things in bags, labeling the bags carefully, and then storing them in two of the high cabinets I cleaned out in the living room. We will be able to find things needed at the nursing home quickly and easily now, plus it gives me more space to spread out a bit.

This freed up my closet area which I rearranged so I can find my stuff easily without a lot of standing on my head now. I then arranged things in my new chest of drawers.

I pooped myself out with all of this and ended up ‘resting’ for a few minutes, which actually turned out to be an hour’s NAP!

The changes continue, with my old people-swallowing sofa leaving this Friday between 2 and 3pm. This may collide with my wonderful housekeeper, Kuhn Nong; so we’ll be here, ready for the movers before 2, hoping they come and go before 2:30, when Nong is due to start. We will warn her if they haven’t shown up before she arrives.

I will be without a sofa until June 5th – 6 days where my living area will look extremely empty, and I will be moving around, trying to find another comfortable place to sit. 😃. I’ll send pics as soon as the new sofa arrives. This will be the last big change in the condo.

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Reorganization of Art Room

I spent several days going through everything in my art room. This was brought on by necessity, not any ‘cleanliness’ or high organization motivation on my part. I’m a slob and I tend to stash things. The shelf just above the counter top in the above picture ‘gave up.’ The supporting brackets failed, and I found the shelf hanging at half mast, having dumped its too-heavy load on the counter below and all over the floor.

I ordered new brackets and I moved everything to other areas so we could put the shelf back up. Then the first priority was to get heavy things down from the remaining shelves all over the room and make sure they were relocated to bottom shelves or in low cabinets, with the rest of any weight distributed as evenly as possible.

The second priority was to throw away as much as I could. I’m a pack rat and I agonize when I think of something that would be perfect for something I’m trying to make and realize I have thrown it away. I forced myself to get rid of a bunch of stuff which will go out in the trash today. I actually ended up with some empty parts of shelves!

There is a certain point, though, where organization can go too far. The only time my art room is truly ‘neat’ is when there isn’t anything going on in there. I guess I have to have some ‘mess’ to be able to function. :0)

So, the ‘reorganize-the-art-room’ project is now officially finished for now. It will always be a work in progress. I’m trying to continue to go through things as I play in there to see what else should go.

I’ve started work on another wood burned sign, and I have received some key chain blanks, and they will get some attention very soon.

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Star Reflections #1 Stained Glass Piece

 

7.25″ in diameter. One-of-a-kind stained glass piece by Linda and Harvey Lewis. Glass pieces are cut by hand, ground, foiled, and soldered. Came is affixed to finish the outer edge nicely. Center is striated orange glass. “Star” is striated orange and striated green glass. Background is a nice striated purple. Design by George Rough. Hole drilled for hanging with fishing line in a window. You can also hang it on the wall, affix it to a cabinet, or set it on a table with a table easel.

Please use the link above if you would like to purchase this one-of-a-kind stained glass piece. If the link doesn’t work for you, here is the URL to copy and paste into your browser –

https://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/lindalewis/142812/star_reflections__1_stained_glass_piece/fine_art/glass/stained_glass

See all my work on ArtFire

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Featured Pieces – May 15, 2017

“Indian-Blankets-2”-Original-Pastel-Painting by Nora Ruth

 

Stationery-“Deckled Edge”-Pkg-of-10 by Linda Lewis 

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Featured Pieces May 11, 2017

“Lifeguard Bear with Sunglasses” by Debbie Garrett

 

 

“Cat-Puzzle”-Original-Painting by Michael Bridges

CREATIVE ARTWORKS – Handcrafted – Hand-Painted – Unique -AHHHH!

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