Don’t throw the pa-ast away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When everything old is new again
Peter Allen wrote the song for “All That Jazz” in 1979. There are a lot of videos of it but I thought you’d like his performance with the Rockettes.
Sister Parish said, “You can never achieve anything in a house unless you have things that have been passed down and you find a place for them for yourself.”
A contemporary designer, Jeri Barchilon de Souza, has deemed that “Wonderful rooms look as if they might have been done 200 years ago or yesterday.” In the reissue (everything old is new again?) of Cottage Living’s Fresh Ideas there’s a suggestion to rediscover wallpaper. Designs have changed and many stylish, updated versions of time-honored patterns are available. New colors and new techniques have also been introduced. Look at the properties of Casart-repositionable, removable, and reusable. The harlequin design has been around for a long time and even padded material for wallcovering, but combine the Casart Halequin removable wallpaper design with a the faux padded look and add a pop of orange, pink or lime and you’ve got something that is definitely new.
Idea: Try wallpaper when you want to make a room appear larger. Big all-over patterns create a sense of depth.
Idea: For a finished look, use leftover wallpaper scraps to cover switch plates and outlet covers.
Idea: Turn a closet into a faux armoire. Line the inside with wallpaper and add glass-front doors for a nook for a desk or a TV.
Tip: Make sure seams are hidden by lining up the pattern exactly and try not to place seams in corners.
– Lorre Lei
Here, on the 81st day of the Gulf oil spill, everything old is new again! Half a world away in Taiwan as the oil spill unfolded, Nobu Su had a “light-bulb moment” to convert a supertanker to suck up oily seawater, siphon off the oil and dispense the cleaned water back into the Gulf. A shipping mogul with a 10 figure net worth, Su spent millions to convert the A Whale into the world’s largest skimming vessel. It arrived on June 30 but still needed a Coast Guard commitment to test it. A hired high-powered New York law firm plus a news media blitz drummed up the necessary support. Accomplished in 81 days!
Over the last 25 years environmentalist, scientists and the fishing community have joined to work tirelessly and successfully to clean the waters of Lake Pontchartrain fouled by human activity. Over the holiday weekend, 1000 pounds of tar balls were corralled in the lake.
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