Albion Gould
makes & travels
We work hard on making sure our home is nicely decorated and comfortable. We paint, hang pictures and artwork, pick out our furniture, fixtures, etc., and find rugs to suit our look. We want people to come into our home, look around, and comment on how nice it is. What we often don’t think about, …
This past weekend we went to the USA Eagles v New Zealand All Blacks rugby game. Scott introduced me to rugby early in our relationship and I fell in love with the game instantly. I’m lucky to have had my first experiences of the game with the All Blacks and they’ve been my team ever …
I was recently asked to curate a clipboard for Hometalk on Home Exterior Upgrades. I jumped at the chance because we are in the process of doing many ourselves. The amazing and inspirational projects I found on Hometalk were unreal and I’m so excited to share some of them with you! Just click on the picture …
Our poor small bathroom went on pause while we worked on other projects around the house. We finally finished a few of the in-progress pieces in there. The wallpaper is hung. It may be my current favorite thing in the whole house. I painted the cabinet. I decided to go dark because the wallpaper is …
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 …
