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Exploring Reading, PA: Liederkranz Oktoberfest & Renninger’s Antique Market

October 18, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale 4 Comments

This is a sponsored post I wrote on behalf of Go Greater Reading. The Greater Reading Region of Pennsylvania is an easy destination for a daytrip or a weekend get-away for culture and outdoor enthusiasts living 2-3 hours away.

Road trip! You don’t have to ask me twice to go on a road trip, and last weekend I was invited to visit Reading, PA – “Where Art & Culture Happen.”

There are so many things to see and do there that I had a hard time deciding what to do first. There are opportunities to explore arts & culture at every turn and many outdoor activities.

There are a lot of year round activities like Goggleworks [Read more…]

Restyling Our Blue Cottage Living Room Of The Blue Cottage

October 15, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale

How do you restyle a room: do you start from scratch or work with your existing furniture pieces and then add new ones?

Today, I finally get to reveal our living room makeover! And I’ll tell you about my design process.

I’ve worked with Sauder Woodworking Co. twice before, and this time they challenged me to pick one Sauder piece, to showcase its versatility and functionality, and to pair it with a complimentary piece.

We have a long and narrow living room, with a fireplace on one end of the room and the TV on the other side. I decided to focus the makeover on the TV side.

Our living room was nice, but now looking back, it needed some love. [Read more…]

Thrifty and Vintage Find: Currier and Ives Mirror

October 13, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale 13 Comments

I rolled out of bed after midnight, just before my phone died and wouldn’t have reminded me again that I need to get up and write this post.

After a video call in the morning with a new social media client I’m really excited about, I spent the rest of the day with Landon.

We had lunch together, walked around Katonah and bought a few little gifts for my mom’s birthday, L bought a new LEGO set with his own money, and then we played soccer before we drove back home.

I read him a story and got him to sleep, and fell asleep next to him, like I often do. But I had set my alarm and it woke me up, several times. I kept hitting the snooze button.

It would’ve been soo much easier to just stay in bed, and I was tempted, but this is what entrepreneurship is about — I can spend the day with my boy on Columbus Day, but then I have to make up for it at 1 in the morning.

And now that I’m sitting here on the couch, watching Ladies of London, I’m excited to show you my vintage and thrifty finds!

Let’s do this! [Read more…]