Remember our friend Laura at Vacilando Quilting Co.? She made our beautiful "Boat Quilt" as well as two navy blue "Subway Totes" for the boat. Well, she recently started making waxed canvas, roll-top versions of her Subway Totes and so I chose this navy blue ticking material and asked her make us two more totes.…
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We recently commissioned a quilt for the boat from our very talented friend Laura Preston. Her company is Vacilando Quilting Co., and you should follow her because her work is fantastic. Our quilt arrived the other day and we're super excited to take it to the boat, but for now, here are…
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Now that we've spent about a hundred days/nights in our Nordic Tug (since the end of September 2014! Can you believe that??), there are a few details in Nordic Tugs that we think Airstreams should have. 1. Locking cabinet/drawer pulls Obviously, the real wood (sapele) cabinetry in the Nordic Tug…
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We finally decided on some new chairs for the boat: the Wineglass Bay Chair from Seattle Boat Chair Company, in navy. We had a short list of requirements that included: easy to store, comfortable, marine environment-friendly, and nice-looking. The "easy to store" requirement turned out to the trickiest part. The…
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We picked up one of these sweet little lamps (Fatboy's Edison the Petit) this week to use on top of the aft closet in the boat (and anywhere else we want…it's portable!) It's LED, has three light settings, is rechargeable, and has a whole bunch of cute lampshades (called Cooper…
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Turns out that researching boat decor is just about as fun as Airstream decor. Related articles We Bought a Boat!
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The fine folks at Turnco Wood Goods made us this gorgeous sink-top cutting board a couple weeks ago and we love it! Tiffani and Deke worked with Turnco Wood Goods (based on Whidbey Island) to come up with the perfect size and edge shape to fit the Airstream sink, which…
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I just picked up a pair of these magnetic salt and pepper shakers: I think they’ll be great to keep on the table in the Airstream. And hey–half the footprint is always a bonus! (Made of beech wood with embedded magnets to help attract them to one another, $35.) Also,…
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Well aren't these nice? Kinda high end for camping, but still worth ooohing and ahhing over, don't you think? This is the Martin Safari Chair in Leather, from Lewis Drake British Campaign Furniture, $695. Durable buffalo hide leather seat with reinforced corners quickly slips over the frame. Weighs only 13 pounds and…
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Alright, so we got our new Bike Friday Silks in Eugene last week and we LOVE them. (Mine is the white one, Kevin's is the black one.) I love it more than any other bike I've ever had, and I seem to have done the same thing with this bike…
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