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let’s talk about mold, baby…

Forgive me, as these renovation posts are far from categorized chronologically, as we’ve been working on the home for four months before releasing it to you lovely folks. On the bright side, that means I know how the story ends (sorta). Down side? I can’t remember which steps we took first to turn this fixer-upper

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odd: cheese rolling in gloucestershire.

In Gloucestershire, during the month of May, cheese chasers risk serious injury for the chance of winning a muddied cheese at the bottom of a slippery hill. A bizarre tradition indeed, but I suppose it’s no less odd than stuffing our faces w/ turkey in November. Also? Cheese is yummy. I’d say that’s a fair

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the chess set gets a makeover.

Remember ‘The Art of Chess’ exhibition from 2005? It’s back and heading to Milan, chocked full of ten outstanding contemporary artists and their re-imagined chess sets. Field trip, perhaps? Speaking of chess, I’m sort of aching for these chess pieces (although I have no idea how to play the game!). p.s. Want to sponsor Design

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let’s go hazmat.

I’ll be totally honest: I had no idea what a Hazmat suit was before embarking on this house project, but eh — I’m teachable. When we first purchased our home, we had found that the previous owners bolted three years prior, leaving the house abandoned, vacant — and with a leak. Needless to say, there

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