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  • Pink Accents

    Pink for Boys (Pink for All!)

    A reader named Karin wrote to me with a request. "Nicole, I am wondering if you have a suggestion for…
    January 22, 2014
  • La-Z-Boy Room by Making it Lovely

    The Design Dash, and The Captain’s Retreat

    I went to North Carolina a few weeks ago to design a room with La-Z-Boy. (Note: It is OK if…
    November 11, 2013
  • Vintage Yardsticks as Wainscoting

    The Lake House Bathroom, After

    (With DIY Vintage Yardstick Wainscoting) The vintage yardstick transformation into DIY wainscoting is complete! The family lake house bathroom is…
    August 21, 2013
  • Caulking Adhesive

    How to Make Yardsticks into Wainscoting

    The vintage yardsticks that my mother-in-law has been collecting for the lake house's bathroom have finally become wainscoting. Three years…
    August 20, 2013
  • Lake House Bathroom

    The Lake House Bathroom, Before

    Last night, I started a fun DIY project at the lake house. If you have a very good memory and…
    August 15, 2013
  • Perennial Antiques

    Perennial Antiques, in Wisconsin’s North Woods

    We went to Perennial Antiques last Saturday, per this suggestion. (Thank you, Tina!) It's an antique shop about halfway between…
    August 14, 2013
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  • Pink Accents

    Pink for Boys (Pink for All!)

    A reader named Karin wrote to me with a request. “Nicole, I am wondering if you have a suggestion for pink shades in a boy…

    January 22, 201436 commentsElsewhere
  • La-Z-Boy Room by Making it Lovely

    The Design Dash, and The Captain’s Retreat

    I went to North Carolina a few weeks ago to design a room with La-Z-Boy. (Note: It is OK if you’re incredulous here. I wasn’t…

    November 11, 201360 commentsElsewhere
  • Vintage Yardsticks as Wainscoting

    The Lake House Bathroom, After

    (With DIY Vintage Yardstick Wainscoting) The vintage yardstick transformation into DIY wainscoting is complete! The family lake house bathroom is looking pretty dang fantastic. There…

    August 21, 201367 commentsElsewhere
  • Caulking Adhesive

    How to Make Yardsticks into Wainscoting

    The vintage yardsticks that my mother-in-law has been collecting for the lake house’s bathroom have finally become wainscoting. Three years after she mentioned the project…

    August 20, 201319 commentsElsewhere
  • Lake House Bathroom

    The Lake House Bathroom, Before

    Last night, I started a fun DIY project at the lake house. If you have a very good memory and have been reading here since…

    August 15, 201335 commentsElsewhere
  • Perennial Antiques

    Perennial Antiques, in Wisconsin’s North Woods

    We went to Perennial Antiques last Saturday, per this suggestion. (Thank you, Tina!) It’s an antique shop about halfway between Rhinelander and Minocqua, in Northern…

    August 14, 201330 commentsDecorating, Elsewhere
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