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Travel Spotlight: Copenhagen’s Culinary Gems

Did you come here for something in particular or just general Riker-bashing? And blowing into maximum warp speed,…

by Nicole Balch August 11, 2019

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Did you come here for something in particular or just general Riker-bashing? And blowing into maximum warp speed,…

by Nicole Balch August 10, 2019

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Piled everything over here to dust the coffee tabl

Piled everything over here to dust the coffee table and I kinda like it. Traysure.

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I really should find something better than a bathm

I really should find something better than a bathmat to keep these two from scratching up the headboard while they birdwatch, but at least everything matches. Including the cats.

I’m hoping to have the bathroom walls all fixed

I’m hoping to have the bathroom walls all fixed up by the end of the day tomorrow. There are spots like this corner that I put together so long ago and still love, and then spots like the bathroom that have been untouched until now. A slow renovation and slow decorating doesn’t make for quick paced reveals, but it makes for a home that continues to make me happy. 🖤 #thelovelyvictorian #makingitlovely

Down to two wallpaper contenders, and two tile col

Down to two wallpaper contenders, and two tile colors too! This is so much fun.
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I’ve been trying to find the right green/brown f

I’ve been trying to find the right green/brown for the kitchen cabinets. I’m between the two wallpapers you see here, and I may have stumbled across the color I’ve been searching for! While watching the @farrowandball Colour Trends stories, they showed Pantalon from their archives. No samples or swatches are available though - I might just need to order a quart and see?

(More about this color in today’s Stories, and I’ll add them to my kitchen highlight.)

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I now own a scaffold! Really, I should have gotten

I now own a scaffold! Really, I should have gotten it sooner, but hey it’s here now.

I probably have one more day’s worth of scraping at the most, if I’m not done by the end of today. FINALLY! I want to get to the fun part of painting and wallpapering, but there’s a lot to do still. I have to scrub any glue residue off, seal with Gardz, patch, sand, clean, prime with Shieldz, and then it will be ready for new paper! Ah, but first I also need to sand the woodwork, fill holes, caulk and prime, put a fresh coat on the beadboard, paint all the rest of the woodwork, and prime and paint the ceiling too. THEN I can wallpaper! A few light fixtures to install too, and I’ll be just about done and ready to move on to the kitchen.

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I’m probably about half done with stripping the

I’m probably about half done with stripping the wallpaper in here. It’s slow-going but I’ll get there! (My arms wear out before my resolve.) People: prep your walls before you wallpaper! Future homeowners will thank you instead of uttering curses under their breath in awful 12-hour wallpaper stripping sessions with little progress.

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