Wandawega Blog Archive

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES // Almost ready to introduce a new product collaboration we’ve been cooking up with the amazing @tatineofficial // designed exclusively for the international retailer that we have the biggest design crush on! To launch this holiday // #thefragrantjourney // CANT WAIT TO LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG // hint: it’s more than a candle // @danetashima

Just yesterday Charlie was streaking camp in a diaper & chewing on Frankie’s toys… A week from now she’ll turn five. (I pray that she’ll still want to hang out with her mom, co-piloting flea markets when she’s all grown up) Thanks, @monicaandandy for your story. capturing these fleeting moments as it all blows by us // story on today’s profile link. // #uralxcamp

The back 25 acres of camp is very thick, wild woods- We warn folks not to venture in there after dark// @esteeveeen did not listen :) His throwback shot to the @flockoffools weekend – #livefoolish

talking with the Trib about Johnny Cash & why we hoard books

story in today’s Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-prj-me-my-shelf-and-i-tereasa-surratt-20151008-story.html   Tereasa Surratt has a tradition whenever she travels abroad: “I’ll go to a flea market or antique store and buy an old photo album.” The globe-trotting multi-hyphenate (author-stylist-creative director at Ogilvy & Mather, etc.) now has crates of them: books and books of faded black-and-white images that tell stories of dating, travels, marriages — how other people built their lives. It’s not about kitsch factor: “I won’t tear one apart to decorate with it,” Surratt says. “These albums have a soul.” Her collecting impulse extends to children’s books in other languages (for 4-year-old daughter…

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(tiny) EXPANSION complete! Welcome to the new mancave. // you’ll be sharing your sleeping quarters with a @uralmotorcycles & a bear (really). This building was built in 1925 and moved across the camp in the 30’s- it had always been a workshop & home to camp gear until this fall when we jacked it up & gave it a full overhaul. Get the tour on today’s profile link & the blog: http://tinyurl.com/oyr59sb

Welcome to the garage. Sleep tight.

After years of trying to keep the old stable clean – and having zero success – we finally decided to turn it into a combo “motorcycle + sleeping quarters.” How do you do this? Not as simple as it sounds. (Or we thought it would be.) Step 1: Jack it up! (Replace the rotten sills and get a little extra headroom.) Step 2: Build a new foundation and pour a fresh slab. Step 3: Rip out the 1920s cloth wrap wiring and get it up to code. Step 4: Insulate. Install a heater. Step 5: Add three new carriage house…

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