Blue Collar Design

(all photos contain treasures from my Saturday trip to the flea market…

total cost of treasures?  $21

paint color above from my ongoing study re-do: SW Reflection

paint color criteria?  napping)

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Once again, the path to creativity,

a sort of blue collar method bequeathed to me by my mother,

began yesterday

by working up a sweat in my garage.



Interestingly enough, I had two conversations this past week

(one with a dear friend and the second with my oldest daughter Heather)

about the

restorative,

rejuvenating,

redeeming,

re-focusing

powers

of working hard in the garage,

when it is at least 100 degrees outside.




(Fitz and Floyd pitcher)

After an ‘oh my gosh’ trip to the flea market ,

where the rains had apparently soothed the irritability in

usually grouchy vendors,

and other shoppers were actually

handing me things,

I drove home to a big hot mess in my garage

that I just couldn’t stand anymore.

(decorative plate)

Before I started though,

I did something very important that I highly recommend.


You must do this.


I went to El Pato (local restaurant chain) and bought a bag of

crushed ice for $1.95.


I then filled my Bubba Keg insulated mug (blue collar design tool)

with ice and bottled water

and drank it to the bottom

over and over and over again.



When I needed a jolt of caffeine,

I filled it with Diet Coke .





(Windsor Ware dishes 27 pieces)

And so it began.

And in the midst of moments in my digging

where I thought

‘What’s that?’

or

‘this is ridiculous’

or

‘I’m glad no one can see this’,

the fog lifted

and new ideas about

arranging things in the study,

the small chandelier I will be hanging in the hall bath,

my wait on the upholsterer and my gray velvet couch,

the ornate frame I put in Hauler 2 to take to the glass company for a mirror,

and ideas about vintage items from Mexico for the little house,

began to surface.

(bottle  $1)

(Bordallo salad plates)

(Wedgwood Nautilus Collection dish)

Thank you Mother.

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Thanks Rhoda!