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posts having to do with: fixer-upper

Spending time in front of the micro-vision

May 12, 2008 – 4:27 pm

(Not that micro-vision)
I decided to start fixing up the parlor the other day, as I’ve really had an itch to clear a proper space for some wall hangings. Before starting work on the mold and rotting wood, though, I wanted to play a little work music (or eine kleine werkmusik, as Mozart might call it) [...]

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Something nice to decorate the parlor with

May 7, 2008 – 2:20 pm

I’m just back from Christie’s, where I attended the sale of Impressionist and Modern art in the hopes of picking up something nice to spruce up the parlor. I’m a bit ashamed to say I was caught up in the enthusiasm over the big-ticket Monet painting, ‘The Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil,’ and bid past my [...]

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