I’ve updated this guide for 2014. HERE. Whenever I talk to people about Pies & Puggles, I generally describe it as a blog about thrifting with a heavy dose of cooking and DIY. This inevitably leads to a discussion of the thrift stores I like best in the Northern Virginia area so I thought IRead more
Reader Elaine asks: I have two mid century chairs that were oil finished and then left outside. the wood is now grey. I want to rehab the wood(teak) I believe, and then stain and wax. How do I go about rehabbing the wood? I was going to start with sandpaper. Do you have any suggestions? Read more
I make resolutions all the time. Why wait for the new year when you can make a resolution today? Of course, that doesn’t mean I fare any better than resolvers of the new year variety. I have vowed not to buy clothes for a year (two Augusts ago), to get dressed every day for aRead more
This year was a strange one. Right around this time in 2012, I was still in California after my brother’s wedding. I was dreading going back to work in a place where I didn’t feel safe. I no longer trusted myself to do my job and I’d convinced myself that no one else thought IRead more