Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil

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Summer Memories, Poetry

Butterfly wings and tire swings, At my Grandma’s place . . .

Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil

Winter Poetry

Matching photography with poetry or finding photography that matches poetry is often inspiring . . .

Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil

Mixing the New & Old for Christmas Table Décor

So, open those china cupboard doors and rummage in your silver drawer and start to decorate your table . . .

Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil

Salvaging and Repurposing Part IV

As touched upon in last month’s article, the desire to create a connection between the barn dwelling and the outside surrounding elements . . .

Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil

Salvaging and Repurposing Part III

. . . My builder fashioned the actual charging station out of wood scraps left over from the dining room ceiling, . . . this little shelf has six phone-charging cables fed through the wall and into the mechanical room behind.

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Salvaging and Repurposing Part II

In converting this horse stable into our home, I wanted to leave the rail, trolley, and grapple intact as testimony to the original function of the stable, but I also wanted to give it a new purpose.

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Salvaging and Repurposing, Part I

Can imagine my elation when my husband and I purchased a defunct 1920s horse stable on the St. Lawrence River back in 2019 and I found several plastic bins of old light fixtures hidden in a corner . . .

Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil