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Silver Lanterns for Less

August 18, 2018 by Dagmar Bleasdale 4 Comments

Welcome to another Dagmar’s Home!

I love showing you my latest thrifty or vintage finds.

I drove by a yard sale a few weeks ago in our neighborhood, but it didn’t look like I could find anything I wanted.

But then I saw two of these silver lanterns — and snapped them up for just $10 for the pair.

They are from Pottery Barn and made really well with an opening on the bottom that you can screw open and close to get the candle into it.

They even still have the price tag on them: $39 each.

If you are in the market for silver lanterns, and you don’t want to wait to find them at a yard sale, you can often find them for less than in stores on Amazon.

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Here are similar silver lanterns on Amazon:

Silver Lanterns for Less

My silver lanterns were pretty discolored, but after some elbow grease and silver cleaner, they look lovely in our living room.

I clean silver quite a bit because I have so much of it, and I find this is the best cleaner – do you agree? It has a very good rating on Amazon.

They also make these silver cleaner wipes that not only work on silver, but also on gold, brass, copper and aluminum.

Poppy Seed Cake Recipe – German Streusel Mohnkuchen

August 12, 2018 by Dagmar Bleasdale 6 Comments

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Vintage and Farmhouse Laundry Room Sign Ideas

July 27, 2018 by Dagmar Bleasdale 2 Comments

Today, I’m writing you from Germany, where we are visiting family and friends.

Follow all our fun on Instagram! Check out my favorite cake, my favorite chocolate store, historic buildings, country life, and more.

Before we left for Germany, I took pictures of a few fun items I bought at a local estate sale in our neighborhood.

The prices were awesome! I only paid about $8 for all of these items. Can you believe it? The potholder still has the price on it!

I can never have enough pretty vintage embroidered linens — I use them as hand towels in my powder room.

This blue tray is from England, I have a collection of vintage measuring cups, and the glass is perfect to make another DIY apothecary jar like this one I made.

The Royal Crown Derby posies bone china dish makes a nice trinket or soap dish.

Farmhouse Laundry Room Sign

Reading a few blogs this week, I came across this post. Joy, who blogs A Vintage Green, wrote about making this adorable sign for the laundry room. Check it out to see how easy it was!

Here is a picture of our laundry “closet” and the little laundry signs I hung up on the wall. They are also a thrifty find.

If you don’t feel like making your own laundry room sign, you can find the most adorable laundry room signs on Amazon in all kinds of materials and designs.

You’ll find some with a farmhouse flair, with a French flair, with a vintage flair…the choices are endless.

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The shape of this laundry room sign is my absolute favorite, and the fact that it’s enamel and in this pretty blue.

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You can personalize this laundry sign – how cool would this be as a gift!

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This is a pretty wood sign for your laundry room:

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Which one is your favorite?

Vintage Farmhouse Laundry Room Sign

Consider Furniture Rental Before You Buy

July 22, 2018 by Dagmar Bleasdale Leave a Comment

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of CORT . All opinions are 100% mine.

Do any of these situations apply to you?

Moving or commuting for a new job?
Heading off to college? Starting over?
Landing a temporary assignment in another city?
Moving from place to place with the military?
Waiting for a house to be built
Downsizing or moving into a bigger place?

Do you know what all of these transitional life moments have in common? Having to move all of your belongings or figuring out which ones to sell, give away, or leave behind.

Want the freedom to pick up and go without being chained to all your “stuff”?

Here is an easy solution, but one I never considered in all the years I moved from place to place: renting furniture and decor!

I wish I would have thought of that, considering that I moved about 8 times in 10 years.

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Homemade Frozen Yogurt and Ice Pops Recipes

July 3, 2018 by Dagmar Bleasdale 5 Comments

Are you tired of lugging ice cream containers home? Do you want to try to make your own homemade frozen yogurt and ice pops at home? It’s so easy!

Here are two recipes you can make over and over again at home — no more need to buy expensive ice cream or frozen yogurt at the supermarket or from the ice cream truck in the summer!

And you’ll never have to worry again if you can get the frozen yogurt home in time from the store before it melts.

Here is my recipe for easy and healthy and yummy ice pops:

Carrot Apple Almond Milk Ice Pops

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Silver Lanterns for Less

Farmhouse Laundry Room Sign

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