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Beautiful Conch shells. Beautiful setting. I love seashells. I collect shells. I must have over 5,000. I can't come home from the beach without shells. I polish all of them. My house is always a mess because of my shells. Drawers are filled with shells, boxes are filled with shells. Glass jars are filled with shells. Glass door bookcases display my large, unique shells from the Carribean.

Broke my heart to sell one house with the swimming pool and deck I had inlaid in shells, although I made the buyers pay through the nose for that feature because "she" loved it. I was young then and it took me 6 months to accomplish the work to my satisfaction.

I've finally decided precisely what I'm going to do with all my small and medium size seashells, so I've been to Michael's & The Home Depot to purchase all the supplies for "my projects." Glue, glue guns, clear plastic that looks like glass, decorative bolts etc.

I'm going to cover Dr.O's old, sea chests from his Navy days with my shells to use them as coffee tables and end tables. They're not level now, but they shall be and the wood is very worn and the 3 rows of slats that wrap around the chests stick out about 3/4 inch which is perfect to glue the shells in between. Ditto for the top, except the slats are about an inch higher so medium size shells can be used along with the smaller shells and the flat Sand Dollars.