Wandawega Blog Archive
Happy (de)Hoarding in 2016. From our camp to yours. #OneRoomAtaTime
Highlights of last year at camp… Lots of tents, tree houses and kids- evidence that we’re all still just kids, I guess Happy New Year! // #2015BestNine. #TinyHousesOfWandawega
NOW OPEN. THE SPORTS ROOM. Drywall dust has finally cleared, 12 years of gear weeded. // Camp rule No.1: It doesn’t cross the threshold if it’s newer than 1950. // No.2: Only stock via “Found, Free or Flea” (cause we’re total cheapskates) // No.3: We don’t believe the antique equipment is meant to be “wall hangers” – so we expect ya’ll to put this gear through its paces // “before & after” Tour on today’s profile link, today’s blog post & here: http://tinyurl.com/j2z9hhj
The New Sports Roooom!
HOW TO BUILD A SPORTS GEAR ROOM IN 129272 EASY STEPS. GOTTA START SOMEWHERE.. evict the field mice. demo the plaster. (discover a false wall with no studs) de-wire. (cloth wrapped?) re-wire. insulate (for the first time in 90 years) rip up the carpet. gross beyond words. find and rip up the linoleum (50’s?) refinish the pine floor boards. source the exact ‘National Park Service Brown’ pantone shade. (makes my heart happy) wainscott clad the walls (chair rail down). more staining. paint the walls. OOPS. and damn. wrong gray. paint again. sand some 70-year-old lockers. hit em’ with black. black lacquer…
2016 goals for all of us from Charlie & Frankie
Digging through albums this Christmas, I found a photo of my grandpa & his sister sledding in 1910. // “Home is where you go to find solace from the ever changing chaos, to find love within the confines of a heartless world, and to be reminded that no matter how far you wander, there will always be something waiting when you return. – Kendal Rob
“My husband got me a bunch of pocketknives for Christmas” (never thought I’d say this and be happy about it) New Old Stock warehouse find- research for the next project // thanks, Tater. // #BestGift
HOME for the holidays. Home to 5800 folks, 110 years of fish frys, 1 Abe Lincoln museum, and to 8 generations of my family. “Beardstown” was named for its founder, Thomas Beard. // this is the road I grew up on, and always come back to. To get my perspective back. //
