Caroline Starr Rose

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Summer Art Project

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It was time for the old $5 bookcase to go. I needed something bigger. And bluer.

I found this in an antique store over in Nob Hill (Albuquerque, not San Francisco),

 bought two cans of paint — La Fonda blue and Woodrow Wilson white, 
and voila! 
Please don’t point out that it’s already very full. I’m trying to overlook that fact.
I added some color to my Navigating a Debut Year poster, too.

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Filed Under: books and reading, home, the writing life, this and that

Comments

  1. Sonia Gensler says

    August 20, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    Gorgeous!

    I’m still looking for the best spot to hang my “Navigating a Debut Year” (more like “navigating a writing life”) poster. My office is a wreck right now, but soon I will turn in this revision and sort myself out. 🙂

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    • Caroline Starr Rose says

      August 20, 2012 at 3:44 pm

      Writing life is a better name.

      I’m often digging out from piles on my desk.

      Reply
  2. Michelle Davidson Argyle says

    August 20, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    You painted that my favorite color. My toenails are that color! I recently went through a lot of my books and got rid of about 200 of them. Still, my bookshelf is full! I don’t know where I put all those other books before. Insanity.

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    • Caroline Starr Rose says

      August 20, 2012 at 3:45 pm

      Isn’t it a perfect color? Very New Mexican, I think. I have a hard time getting rid of books, though when I do, more always creep in to take their place.

      Reply
  3. Sarah Noel says

    August 20, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    Caroline! It looks perfect! What a great way to add color and showcase your books. 🙂

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    • Caroline Starr Rose says

      August 20, 2012 at 3:46 pm

      Glad you like it. I’m really pleased with the way it turned out.

      Reply
  4. Liesl Shurtliff says

    August 20, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    So cute! I LOVE the color, and I think bookcases are meant to be full to bursting. With books, of course. Not others stuff.

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    • Caroline Starr Rose says

      August 20, 2012 at 8:39 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  5. Valerie Geary says

    August 22, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    Love it! Please make me one. Thanks. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Caroline Starr Rose says

    August 22, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    Yes, ma’am. You may have one, along with a pack of sparkly pencils. But you have to come to Albuquerque to claim it.

    Reply
  7. Jackee says

    August 24, 2012 at 3:34 am

    Hmm… blogger just lost my comment on this but it was along the lines of… one of my favorite things to do is repurpose something old into something unique and useable. And this is absolutely beautiful. WTG! Thanks for sharing.

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    • Caroline Starr Rose says

      August 24, 2012 at 1:00 pm

      Thanks, Jackee. Glad to know you’re back blogging.

      Reply

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