Her Octopus Garden

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biography

Hope Ammen
A lot of rich people spend a lot of money on a lot of ugly things. Now if f I was a millionaire, I think I would buy only beautiful things. I am not a millionaire. However, there is a satisfaction in simply finding beautiful things. It's nearly as fun as having them. Just less expensive. So rather than filling my shopping cart with all these beautiful things, I will simply put them in Her Octopus Garden.

I can't wait to have my own house...

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

...Simply so that I can begin decorating said house with all of the things I have in mind.

One of those first things would involve taking my staircase and turning it into this--a bookcase staircase:

One 0f the coolest things I have ever seen. Remind me again why would I have a boring staircase when I could have one like this?

And just to make it extra special, I am going to dedicate an entire shelf to all those books from childhood that I convinced my mom to save. To think, all of my favorite books as a kid will be at my fingertips...(err, more like toe tips) from "Max, The Bad Talking Parrot" to "Days with Frog and Toad." Mmm...

The other shelves will be lined with musty, antique books. They will have dust in-between their yellowed, cracked pages, and will smell old and rustic when you open them. It's a requirement.

And then, just to top it all off, I will have a swing hanging in the corner of the living room at the base of the staircase. That way, after I have sat on the stairs (err, bookshelves) to search through each book until I find the perfect one, I will then take my selection to the swing in the corner and will swing and read the afternoon away.

I knew this was a good idea.

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