Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil

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Garden Treasures

In my garden amongst such giant showstoppers of delphiniums, lupins, foxglove, and coneflowers, there are tiny beauties with the most delicate of details.

Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil

December Poem

Blustery gusts, Commanding the snow, Into powdery spirals, That dance in Moon’s glow . . .

Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil

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 . . .

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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