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Comment on Making it Yours (MIY) Series by 10 Nesting & Food Blogs We Follow for Inspiration | Livemore™

10 Nesting & Food Blogs We Follow for Inspiration | Livemore™ — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:53:51 +0000

[…] just about anything look 1000% better. From transforming and updating her Victorian home to the Making It Yours series of posts that follow the imagined life of one piece of furniture, Nicole’s blog […]

Comment on Dressing in Dresses Again by Jennifer Laura Living

Jennifer Laura Living — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:46:17 +0000

Oh man that white 2 piece dress is so dreamy!

Comment on Harping On by Kacy

Kacy — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:32:00 +0000

I feel a guitarlele would not be out of place in your acoustic collection. Something to consider!

Comment on Harping On by Judy

Judy — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 22:02:10 +0000

Somehow I lost you,
I assumed you had become so busy with family etc that you had stopped for awhile.. I am 82 now and so happy u popped back into my life. I always found you fascinating, so unique and still following your own personal “yellow brick road” except in your case it would be much a path of a completely different “color”!

Comment on Harping On by LaurLou

LaurLou — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:44:44 +0000

This was delightful. I am wholeheartedly along for this musical dream-fest!

Comment on Harping On by Tara

Tara — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:56:06 +0000

I gave away my beautiful teal upright piano in anticipation of a move and not having enough room for it in the future house. My husband bought a keyboard to help me sooth the loss. But we are in the same boat. My brainstorm which we have not implemented but might work for you too is to build a pull out drawer in a bookcase. You could pull it out like a desk drawer, play, and then tuck it back to bed once you are done.

Comment on Harping On by Cyndi

Cyndi — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 19:34:17 +0000

Lots of new things I learned about musical instruments from your article. I own a cello and a piano. And have learned a lot about these two instruments as well. My lowest string on my cello costs about $300 to replace. You can find cellos from $100 to $100,000 and up. Some people don’t know what they are selling so you could luck out with a better instrument for cheap. Best thing is to find a good shop or luthier. Chicago is full of good luthiers in case the need arises.

Pianos can be really cheap! My friend had a grand piano and came across a rebuilt Steinway that she wanted to move up to. She couldn’t sell her old piano. She couldn’t give it away either!!! There are tons of pianos on the market. There are so many evidently, lots just get tossed because they can’t be re-homed. Lots of old uprights are made of beautiful wood. It might be something you could put your keyboard in as the innards of an old piano might be beyond repair. Or with some looking you might be able to find a decent piano that someone needs to get rid of for free. Moving a piano isn’t cheap but in my experience you need a piano mover to move a piano to avoid damage. Still only would be a minor cost to a new piano. Fun fact! The legs on a grand piano are “wedged” on. They aren’t screwed on. And grand pianos are easier to move than upright or spinet.

So I now own my friend’s grand piano that I never dreamed I could afford. I got a good deal on it. Not quite free. It will be passed down to my son who is already thinking they don’t want a grand piano. Hopefully I’ll be gone by that time!

One more thing, people make incredible things out of old piano cases; bars, bookcases, storage units.

Comment on That’s Number 8 by Jacqui Bennetts

Jacqui Bennetts — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:25:26 +0000

Oh yes the gun, as a teen when I got the second pair the gun shot the piecing sight down and out the bottom of the lobe. Not the intention so it was done again

Comment on That’s Number 8 by Julie

Julie — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:57:21 +0000

Beautiful! When I turned 18 I celebrated by going to Claire’s and getting a second piercing all by myself. My parents would have allowed it, but I loved not having to get permission!

Comment on That’s Number 8 by Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:22:05 +0000

My uncle pierced my ears when he was in med school (I was also the guinea pig for med students to come and listen for my heart murmur, and at our dr’s office, where my mom was the nurse, I was often called upon to demonstrate that throat swabs were no big deal for reluctant young patients). Anyway, my uncle decided to pierce my ears up a bit from the usual spot because he thought it would hurt less. I’ve often thought I didn’t have room for double piercings, because of that decision, but this post sent me to the bathroom mirror for renewed consideration!