Wandawega Blog Archive

a wandawega wedding invitation

our new friends lindsay and bobby are getting hitched.  in our backyard. literally. they’ve made this awesome save the date.(+ website and blog) heres an excerpt from their invite blog that descrives the venue… Wandawega. Camp Wandawega. Learn it, live it, love it. Prior to even getting engaged, the number one, most important, super critical, non-negotiable aspect of our future wedding was that it be held someplace that could function on every level. As lodging (for at least a hefty chunk of guests), as ceremony and reception sites, as a place for people to just lounge about and catch up…

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Designtripper in the house!

check out the most recent posting here their story: “Tereasa from Wandawega emailed me a few months back after reading the post about the Red Welly in Wales, saying that she was “so getting a teepee.” And true to her wildly ambitious, girl-who-never-sleeps form (see her treehouse for proof), she had the thing ordered, erected and decorated in a month’s time. It’s officially the coolest designtripper-inspired spawn of the year. Tucked away in the woods, just past the Boy Scout tents, the Craigslist-snagged teepee is kitted out with seagrass flooring, a futon, and vintage cooler, antique hurricane lantern and Navajo rug from her…

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VIDEO: how to move a cabin… (err… crapper )

it teeters precariously on a very unstable perch. it takes out trees, nearly blows off the trailer on the highway, almost squashes somebody- and gives us a serious case of anxiety. (check it out) THE STATS: Dimensions: 8×8 (@12ft tall) Weight: heavy enough to kill you if it fell on you. Birthdate: 1956 Birthplace: Camp Juniper Knoll (outside Elkhorn, Wisconsin) Job description: A four-seater outhouse Materials: tin roof, pine floors, wood siding Time it took to relocate: 4 hours Number of people it took: 4 men, a dog and one anxious female. Parents: Could this be the only known outhouse designed…

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Wallstreet Journal Interview

….in today’s WSJ-  They wanted to know what it feels like when your neighbors tell you that they hate your home… and, how to build a house on a thrift budget. Some pull quotes: “owning an unusual house requires a thick skin. Neighbors and bloggers can lash out at houses that look very different.” “Fits in wonderfully with the downtown parking garages” (one blogger’s comment– which is actually pretty damned funny) Needless to say, since building our house, we’ve acquired (the very necessary) skin of steel. Here’s an excerpt from today’s story: For architect Jeanne Gang, a 2011 MacArthur Fellow,…

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it. is. live. yay!

CAMPstyle. just went live. WHAT IT IS:  a tumbler site ala campSTYLE. WHAT IT HAS: the motherload moodboard of home, attire, places, people and things. WHAT I LOVE: and continually evolving collective of camp inspiration for the love of all things: camp, country, cottage, cabin, chic! dig it HERE

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