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  BE HAPPY FOR THIS MOMENT. THIS MOMENT IS YOUR LIFE. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/be_happy.html#DcV4TxeolGoIUgfX.99 Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/be_happy.html#DcV4TxeolGoIUgfX.99 Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/be_happy.html#DcV4TxeolGoIUgfX.99 I DARE YOU NOT TO DANCE AND THEN NOT TO CRY! THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES IS TO BE HAPPY. DALAI LAMA

Remember a few months ago when I posted this sneak peek at the trunk full of treasures I scored?   By far the best score of the day was a set of 5 lacquered Pagoda style armchairs in a most unusual color. Finding new dining room chairs was the final phase in upgrading our circa 1960's Thomasville Dining Room Set.  Here is a photo of our dining room with the old chairs. Several years ago we found this 48" round McGuire glass top table on craigslist.  A few years later we scored this buffet at an estate sale.   And then a few months ago we completed the transformation when we found this set of 5 chairs at our local salvage yard. I never did find the 6th. Someone must have beat me to the punch and nabbed it as they were priced individually at an astonishing price of only $38 each!!! I've always said, patience pays off! I cleaned them up and placed them around the dining room table. ...

Ok, so what do you do when you spy an interesting leather bag, which is totally awesome,   complete with the requisite patina, that takes years to acquire, but unfortunately is missing part of the strap?   Well my friends, you just need to think outside the bag!   No sooner than I paid the $8 price tag that it dawned on me that it would make a fabulous waste basket in my son's room. Of course it goes without saying that it could  hold or store any number of things but I really love the idea of re-purposing it into a unique waste basket the best!   It's the right size and shape,   and can hold a good amount. And the best part is the broken strap can still attach to the opposite side where it becomes a handle when it is time to empty the trash!