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Luxe Austerity: Make it Better: Fixing a Hole in a Cashmere Sweater DIY
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Products Worth the Price. High End / Low End. Make it Better: Easy Projects DIY. Friday, August 23, 2013. Make it Better: Fixing a Hole in a Cashmere Sweater DIY. It has, however, recently acquired a couple moth holes. Not at all willing to give this sweater up just yet, I took a few minutes to stitch them up. Continue reading for the quick hand-sewing instructions I was taught to stitch up small holes in a sweater. Needle and thread of the same, or a slightly darker shade. The next step will correct this.
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Luxe Austerity: About Me
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Products Worth the Price. High End / Low End. Make it Better: Easy Projects DIY. I moved to New York City after school, where I was shocked by suddenly being unable to afford many of the activities I enjoyed. So, using the tricks I learned from my preppy upbringing, I eventually learned to stretch a dollar into five. Contact me at LuxeAusterity[at]gmail[dot]com. Luxe Austerity: Tightening your belt without wrinkling your designer dress. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Yankee Frugality for city living.
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Luxe Austerity: High / Low: Tights
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Products Worth the Price. High End / Low End. Make it Better: Easy Projects DIY. Thursday, October 24, 2013. High / Low: Tights. Last night the temperature really dropped in the city. I was at a benefit party in Brooklyn, and without the addition of heat from the buildings in Manhattan that shelter us a bit from the cold, one could really tell that winter is almost here. Since tights are thicker, and therefore sturdier, than nylon stockings, the fabric is not so delicate that one gains anything by buying...
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Luxe Austerity: Return to Sender
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Products Worth the Price. High End / Low End. Make it Better: Easy Projects DIY. Wednesday, November 13, 2013. Around this time of year, when the fallen leaves start to give off that certain fall scent, and one by one each of the stores begin to switch over to their Christmas music, one cannot help but allow her mind to skip ahead a few weeks to the holidays. Right now, just before the streets become crowded with holiday decorations and tourists, but after the smelly warm months, New Yorkers always seem ...
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Luxe Austerity: Make it Better: Mending Tights DIY
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Products Worth the Price. High End / Low End. Make it Better: Easy Projects DIY. Thursday, November 20, 2014. Make it Better: Mending Tights DIY. I live in tights from October through April. I have lightweight ones I pull out first and return to storage last, as well as nice, thick woven pairs of stockings, which get pulled out with the serious winter wear. I usually buy cheap tights. After all, whether it's fixing sweaters or tights, the woven fabric still requires a nice - darn - weave. A CUP OF JO.
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Luxe Austerity: Christmas Trees and Wreaths
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Products Worth the Price. High End / Low End. Make it Better: Easy Projects DIY. Wednesday, December 4, 2013. Christmas Trees and Wreaths. Wreaths in Bryant Park ready to be put up. Ever since I moved to New York, I've been conflicted about buying Christmas trees and wreaths. Not because I don't want them, but because they are so expensive here! And worse, they start loosing needles before they've even been paid for. The prices of the trees in the city are, understandably, more expensive than in the coun...
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Luxe Austerity: Traveling to Target & Ikea
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Products Worth the Price. High End / Low End. Make it Better: Easy Projects DIY. Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Traveling to Target and Ikea. I see these stores as very useful for certain things – either for finding furniture that fits a particular space for the time being and will be upgraded later, or for finding small and useful household items, particularly those for the bathroom. Here’s what I bought on my most recent trip to Ikea (in Connecticut) and Target (in Maryland), if you'd like to see. If you'...
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Luxe Austerity: Christmas Wreath Tip for Apartments
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Products Worth the Price. High End / Low End. Make it Better: Easy Projects DIY. Thursday, December 11, 2014. Christmas Wreath Tip for Apartments. Apartment Door Christmas Wreath. I love the smell of Christmas wreaths and Christmas trees, don't you? My favorite part of hanging a wreath on our apartment door each year is getting a whiff of the evergreens every time I enter and exit. I think it makes me take a deep breath and smile each time. Soaking the Christmas Wreath. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Luxe Austerity: Cheap Trick: Stationary as Art
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Products Worth the Price. High End / Low End. Make it Better: Easy Projects DIY. Thursday, May 30, 2013. Cheap Trick: Stationary as Art. Remember how much fun it was to get something in the mail as a child? Now that email has assisted in creating a mailbox full of business letters, donation requests, and bills, I find it to be just as thrilling as when I was a child to receive a hand-written note. Theres only one rule that I know of, babies - God damn it, youve got to be kind. View my complete profile.
