Friday Furnishings
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Friday Furnishings: You Can’t Catch Me, I’m The Gingerbread Man
You know how you don’t really notice the prevalence of something until you start looking into it? And then that thing is everywhere? That’s how the DCGF feels about gingerbread houses. Don’t laugh! This is serious business, dear readers. I recall as a child poring over the December issue of Good Housekeeping for their annual [...]
Tags: Friday Furnishings, gingerbread, green, holidays
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Friday Furnishings: A Historical Perspective
Being a full-time resident of D.C. oftentimes means that one overlooks or forgets about all of the great offerings of the District until something big happens. It’s been years since I visited the Washington Monument and months since I’ve stepped into a museum. I mean, I look down my street and see the Capitol building [...]
Tags: D.C., Friday Furnishings, history, Smithsonian
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Friday Furnishings: Drink Up!
If you’re anything like me, you’ll be throwing tons of parties this holiday season. Wait, scratch that. If you’re actually anything like me, you’ll be throwing zero parties this holiday season (Entertaining is hard, said Barbie), maybe attending a couple, but secretly wishing that you had the magical ability to put together some fabulous soiree [...]
Tags: CB2, eco-friendly, Friday Furnishings, parties, recycling, Teroforma
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Friday Furnishings: FYI – DIY, Plus The Goodwill Challenge, Part 3.8
Tomorrow, dear readers, will find your very own DC Goodwill Team at the Washington, DC Green Festival, a huge event featuring speakers, green businesses, and children and teen pavilions, the latter at which we’ll be stationed. And what, pray tell, is Goodwill doing to have for teens? Why a great activity wherein we transform t-shirts [...]
Tags: cats, DIY, Friday Furnishings, green, lamps
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Friday Furnishings: How Low Can You Go?
It seems to be a curiosity of Western society that we prize furniture that gets us as far off the ground as possible. Extra-deep, pillow-top mattresses? High-top tables and barstools? It’s all good. But throw us a tatami mat and we recoil in horror. Who wants to be close to the floor?! Turns out a [...]
Tags: CB2, Friday Furnishings, Jasper Morrison, The Container Store, Umbra, Unica
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Friday Furnishings: Smoke and Mirrors, Plus The Goodwill Challenge Part 2.7
Maybe it’s because I live in such a diminutive apartment that I love mirrors. They’re said to make small spaced look larger, and I’d like to think that’s the case. Mirrors can possess a nearly magical power, when you stop to think about it, especially when used to harness images in an unexpected way, such [...]
Tags: Andy Warhol, Anish Kapoor, art, Friday Furnishings, mirrors, Target
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Friday Furnishings: "Boo!" For Big Kids (And Goodwill Challenge Part 1.5)
Oh, so much to talk about today, dear readers! As you probably (don’t) know, October is the busiest month for Goodwill retail stores. Why October? One word: Halloween. Everybody and their mother stops by for a costume or some accessory to augment their festive party looks for this egalitarian holiday. How many other times of [...]
Tags: candelabra, Damien Hirst, Friday Furnishings, Halloween, holidays, Macy's, Pottery Barn
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Friday Furnishings: Goodwill Challenge Part 1
Alright, dear readers, full disclosure: the DCGF is in no way “crafty.” Sure, I had my shining moments in 4-H at the county fair a few years back (champion ribbon in gift wrapping, anyone?), but a latchhook rug here and there does not an artist make. I know so many talented gals and guys who [...]
Tags: Alessi, DC Goodwill, Friday Furnishings, thrifting
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Friday Furnishings: The Wish List
Since it’s almost Christmas…um, okay, not really. Since it’s almost my birthday…um, okay, not really. Oh, heck, because it’s Friday, the DCGF is putting together her wish list for furnishings. There are just those handful of things that – if perchance I ever come across a large sum of money and, after haven given away [...]
Tags: Flexform, Friday Furnishings, Marc Newson, Phillipe Starck, Roche Bobois
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Friday Furnishings: Bid ‘Em High
Oh, dear readers, the Fashion of Goodwill Gala and Silent Auction is almost here! In the immortal words of the Pointer Sisters, “I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it!” In a little break from the usual Friday routine, and in keeping with the spirit of the Gala, I want to give you an [...]
Tags: antiques, auction, Friday Furnishings, The Fashion of Goodwill, vintage