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  • Rifle Paper Co. Hygge and West Wallpaper Bathroom Design #makingitlovely

    A Guess at the Plan for the Bathroom

    A guess, because the design is tentatively based on the only design we can see from the upcoming line of…
    March 24, 2014
  • Bathroom Flowers Near the Sink #makingitlovely

    The Bathroom on the Third Floor

    It's looking cute. The black rubber-coated soap pump is the only thing that hasn't made an appearance elsewhere on the…
    January 28, 2014
  • Wallpapered Kitchen

    The Victorian House: Kitchen, Bathroom, Office, and Back Porch #1

    Here's the rest of our new house's first floor! Think of this as 'The First Floor: The Wallpapered Edition.' (There…
    August 27, 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
  • Vintage Bathroom

    Our Vintage Bathroom

    We should have done this years ago. Our house likely had both an unfinished attic and basement when it was…
    June 3, 2013
  • Painting the Bathroom

    One Week to Listing

    (We think.) The house is being photographed for its listing on Tuesday morning, and we should be on the market…
    May 30, 2013
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  • Rifle Paper Co. Hygge and West Wallpaper Bathroom Design #makingitlovely

    A Guess at the Plan for the Bathroom

    A guess, because the design is tentatively based on the only design we can see from the upcoming line of wallpaper by Rifle Paper Co.…

    March 24, 201417 commentsBathrooms, The Victorian House
  • Bathroom Flowers Near the Sink #makingitlovely

    The Bathroom on the Third Floor

    It’s looking cute. The black rubber-coated soap pump is the only thing that hasn’t made an appearance elsewhere on the blog, as far as I…

    January 28, 201430 commentsAttic, Bathrooms, The Victorian House
  • Wallpapered Kitchen

    The Victorian House: Kitchen, Bathroom, Office, and Back Porch #1

    Here’s the rest of our new house’s first floor! Think of this as ‘The First Floor: The Wallpapered Edition.’ (There will be more upstairs, too.)…

    August 27, 201377 commentsBathrooms, Exterior & Garden, Kitchen, My Office, The Snug, The Victorian House
  • 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
  • Vintage Bathroom

    Our Vintage Bathroom

    We should have done this years ago. Our house likely had both an unfinished attic and basement when it was built in 1910, so this…

    June 3, 201343 commentsBathrooms
  • Painting the Bathroom

    One Week to Listing

    (We think.) The house is being photographed for its listing on Tuesday morning, and we should be on the market June 6th or 7th. The…

    May 30, 201330 commentsBathrooms, The First House
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