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[serene]

Went to San Diego last week to see my mom and the Munchkins. Lassoed sogwife into hosting craft night while I was gone. Got to see firecat and her sweetie (is she on LJ? I can't remember), which was really wonderful, when I got home. Also wonderful were the amazing surprises awaiting me in the house. sogwife had: taken our freecycle table, sanded it down, and painted it in our color scheme; made us new living-room curtains, a pillowcase, and a lampshade drape, also in our color scheme; and made me a *Spider-man shower curtain*! (Long time ago, I posted a "guess which theme our bathroom has" post and never let the cat out of the bag -- it's superheroes. We have Powerpuff Girls towels, and Hulk soap, and a Superman mirror, and so on.)

There's a total of 468K of images behind the cuts:



Here's the curtain -- it's hanging in the living room so that I have enough room to take the photo:



She designed and made this -- the Spidey stuff is sewn on, not bought that way. Here's a close-up of one of the appliques:





Here are two views of the way-cool table. When we got it, it was bright purple, and pitted/gouged all over:








The curtains:



A closer look at the pattern on the sheer part (the black part is gauze, too, so these curtains let in more light than the ones that came with the place):












Isn't she amazing and generous?

Comments

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

That table rocks! I have no patience for painting straight lines, so I so appreciate it when others do! :-)

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Fantastic!

[firecat]

The table came out great!

[halibut.livejournal.com]

Magnificence!

I love the shower curtain! :-D

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Wow! Can I borrow her? :)

[lcohen]

the thing draped over the lamp scares me because i once had something like that catch fire. the table looks faboo!

[deedeebythebay.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm commenting with nothing to say because I can't see the pictures. But usually when I comment, the pictures show up. Someone told me if I right click on the little red x and ask to see the picture it will show me but it doesn't. So this long post is just to say "I WANT TO SEE THEM TOO!"

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Should I email them to you? Or you can try going here and clicking each link in turn:

http://www.serenepages.org/images/gifts

[deedeebythebay.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Now I got to see them.

I'm most impressed with the table and I love that bowl.

Congratulations on such treasures to come home to.

home decor goodness

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

very nice! that table rocks. so does the spidey shower curtain. the living room pattern reminds me of japanese mokume gane. nifty!

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I love that table. :)

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Me, tooooooooo! I didn't hate it before, and now I like it even more.

Re: home decor goodness

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I googled mokume gane and found http://www.mokume-gane.com/ -- very, very cool.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

*grin* That would be up to her. :-)

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I actually take the thing off the lamp when it's on. It scares me, too.