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We’re knee deep in the depths of summer here in Texas, and that means the start of many indoor projects. We still have a ton to do on our Project House, from baseboards to trim, to fixtures, outlets and larger. After the intensity of the kitchen remodel, we’ve taken a long break from anything resembling work on our home. Things also got busy, and we suffered from either a lack of time, money, or both.

Now things are calming down, and we can stop and smell the roses (and hopefully the sawdust and lacquer).

In an effort to get rid of a lot of what hasn’t worked, we began trolling craigslist and eBay for things that would. E made some incredible finds. We paid obscenely low prices for our favorite 1950s and 1960s dressers and credenzas (or as our friend Wes refers to them, “that boring Mad Men shit”).

Our front room is starting to resemble a furniture warehouse, as we try to make room elsewhere for some of these great scores.

First stop on the project train? A room-by-room, whole house purge of items. I’d love to go through with big black trash bags. I’ll settle for E’s stock of Rubbermaids.