creative concepts and contracting: Beautiful Stayton Oregon 3 bedroom Home - $205,000 - 02/13/09 10:41 AM
Beautiful Stayton Home 1933 E Santiam, Stayton, OR 97383 View Map An absolutely charming home! Features include, newer siding and windows, newer furnace and hot water heater, central air conditioning, gas fireplace, warm and inviting paint colors, updated kitchen, fenced, private, yard with mature landscaping, fruit trees and large deck. Perfect home for entertaining outside or indoors. 100% financing available! Contact Jennifer Fidler of RE/MAX INTEGRITY ALBANY BRANCH Phone: (541) 619-8176
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creative concepts and contracting: Blow Up Bed Adventures - beware as size matters! - 07/13/08 10:58 AM
This week I purchased a queen sized Glacier's Edge Anywhere Air Bed at Fred Meyer (Kroger).  The Anywhere Bed has received great reviews from other stagers on active rain, so I bought with confidence.  Knowing that Murphy's Law has occurred more than once during a vacant staging, I decided to do a "test" of the bed in my own living room. 
Went up easy -- looked small-like a full -- I checked the package -- says queen -- hmmm
Got my queen sized bedding -- did not fit -- was too big -- rechecked package again.
Got my tape measure -- actual bed … (12 comments)

creative concepts and contracting: Revived again at the Dollar Store - updated with final pictures - 07/01/08 04:01 AM
I was in a hurry and broke this vase before it even was out of the sack from the store!  It has sat in the laundry room as a painful reminder of my carelessness.  I was so inspired by many of the Dollar Store ideas I read on the Active Rain Group Staging Crafts & Creatives , that I felt compelled to see what I could do!  Here is a picture of my damaged vase - the top has a large piece missing and it is cracked all the way down.  I super glued the glass so it was sturdy but … (17 comments)