Albion Gould
makes & travels
I have a fascination with fascinators and when I was given the opportunity to use the new Cricut Explore, I knew immediately that that’s what I wanted to make. (Say fast felt fascinator three times fast!) I’m in the Cricut Design Space STAR! competition and this is my first entry. The category is fashion and …
I’ve been wanting to start updating our kitchen since we moved in. It’s totally functional, but it’s kinda boring and outdated. We have a built in kitchen desk that really needed some personality and I wanted it to be a comfortable place to work. So that you have a point of reference, here’s what we …
It’s been a while since I’ve shown you any dining room progress. You’ve seen peeks if you follow me on Instagram, but here’s an actual reveal. I know. Really. So, do you remember when we started on this long and failure-prone journey? You can read all about our decorating slump, light fixture and stripes, our …
This post contains sponsored content. There’s so much that goes into a happy and inviting home. People notice when it’s been cared for on the outside, which makes them want to see what’s on the inside. Our house is a fixer-upper, and while there’s still a ton of work we need to do, a really …
Once we made the decision to take down the painted wallpaper in the dining room, we got to work. This is what we started with: It’s not pretty. We decided to us this chance to make the room everything we wanted, even if it takes longer. We decided on this as our new baseboard. It’s …
When we left off, our intrepid painters were pulling away the tape to reveal the finished stripes on the dining room wall and it was time to get to work on the trim. And so we did. It’s such a glamorous job. We used a three step process. We cleaned it with TSP, primed it with …
