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  • Five years ago, part one.

    Five years ago this month, Evan and I were living in agony as we waited…and waited…and worried…and waited some more to hear about whether we were indeed going to be able to…

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    Dining room corner.

    This is one of my favorite corners in the house. It’s in the dining room, the darkest part of the house. It does get some light midday, but because it’s at the…

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    The living room has a black wall.

    Perhaps a more fitting title for this post might have been, “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”—because yes, I’ve painted another wall black. But really, can you blame…

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    Many pictures of my hallway.

    Yay! The hallway is DONE! I took a ton of really redundant photos. It’s just so hard to get the right perspective in a 33-inch-wide space, particularly one that’s lacking in natural…

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    Less than productive (& to-do!).

    Posters: Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names, Pop Chart Lab // Apple Papple, Elisabeth Dunker And then, alas, there are the days when I somehow manage to get nothing done. The days when…

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    Did I mention it snowed?

    I’m sure you’re tired of hearing about the huge snowstorm we had in the Northeast over the weekend, but boy oh boy…it’s really gorgeous out there. This is the view from our…

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    Wallpapering the hallway (in progress!).

    I’ve been wondering for a while what I should do with my long, skinny hallway. I knew I wanted to use Julia Rothman’s Pieces wallpaper from Hygge & West, and I’d pretty…

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    Door Sixteen by night.

    There you have it, the full extent of my Christmas decorating this year. Just a straw wreath on the door, hung in time for St. Lucia Day. I’m just too tired and…

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