Our Turn-of-the-Century Lake House
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One Room Challenge – Week # 1
Read more: One Room Challenge – Week # 1lT’S ON! I’m excited to let you know I’m participating in the One Room Challenge! The internet makeover craze is the brainchild of Linda from…
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THE LAKE COTTAGE GETS A MAKEOVER
Read more: THE LAKE COTTAGE GETS A MAKEOVEROur house in Sweden has a little guest cottage on the land that the farm workers lived in back in the 1800’s. It was a…
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A DRASTIC BEFORE/AFTER – MY BEDROOM
Read more: A DRASTIC BEFORE/AFTER – MY BEDROOMWhen we bought our summer house in Sweden the interiors were drastically different than they are today. Ugly plastic flooring covered most of the wood…
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FIKA IN THE BARN – PROJECT PROGRESS
Read more: FIKA IN THE BARN – PROJECT PROGRESSEverything I wanted to get done to turn our barn in to a “party room” has not been completed, such as finding a pair of…
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INSIDE MY WEEK IN – BEAUTIFUL SWEDEN
Read more: INSIDE MY WEEK IN – BEAUTIFUL SWEDENI hope you had a good week. We are enjoying every minute over here and are not ready to leave. Here are some pictures from…
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What do you do with a red Swedish barn?
Read more: What do you do with a red Swedish barn?Our house in Sweden is surrounded by several red barns. Back in the day they were used for animals and hay farming, but for years…
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New Year – New Beginnings
Read more: New Year – New BeginningsHappy New Year! I hope all of you have the best 2014 imaginable. It’s always nice to turn a corner and get a fresh new…
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My new Swedish inspired carpet – The Monogram!
Read more: My new Swedish inspired carpet – The Monogram!The latest thing I’ve been obsessing over are pale pastel hues. So for my new carpet design The Monogram they were all designed using a…
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Inside my Week – beautiful Sweden
Read more: Inside my Week – beautiful SwedenI hope you have all had a good holiday, or perhaps still have a good holiday. Every summer we go home to Sweden and work…
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AN $ 800 KITCHEN!
Read more: AN $ 800 KITCHEN!My dad took charge of the renovations in the guest house and made it all come to completion this summer. So FINALLY after six years,…
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SPICING up our Swedish summer home
Read more: SPICING up our Swedish summer homeOkay…this is a post my mother will probably hate. Our sweet summer house in Sweden has graciously escaped my need to modernize and colorize. Yet…
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Has your garden ever looked like this?
Read more: Has your garden ever looked like this?When a house is not lived in full time, and you’re in a country where professional gardeners are a rare breed (Swedes do it all…
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A welcome change of scene & and pace
Read more: A welcome change of scene & and paceHope you all had a good weekend! For the next weeks I’ll be vacationing, working & blogging from way out in the Swedish country side.…
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Snowstorms, flight delays and lost luggage
Read more: Snowstorms, flight delays and lost luggageAfter THREE days, YES THREE days of travel, we’ve finally arrived at our house in Sweden. Thursday, after sitting for hours on the runway in…
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My summer house in Swedish magazine
Read more: My summer house in Swedish magazineIt amazes me how far ahead magazine editors have to plan. Last July Jennifer Jaunsch came to do a story on my house in Sweden…