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Settee Made From Antique Bed

Settee Made From Antique Bed

by John Smid | Jul 4, 2018 | J and L Furniture, J and L Repurposing Projects, Settees and Benches

This week, I took an antique headboard and footboard and repurposed it into a settee. After cleaning it, I took the footboard and cut it into two pieces, 18” deep. After doing that, I placed the two pieces next to the headboard perpendicularly. I measured the...

I Acknowledge – The Ugly

by John Smid | Feb 9, 2012 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, ExExGay - I Acknowledge, J and L Blog, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action

      As I thought about the second piece of “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” I realized something I was very passionate about that really hangs on the “Ugly.” I remember hearing when I was a child that red-headed Irish girls...
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