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Well, whaddya wanna know?  Here's the plain and simple truth:  My name is Rebekah Tennis and I love design.  I love paper, the way it feels, its weight and texture.  I love extra special touches on little things: homemade tags on gift-wrap, old stamps on an envelope, and twine on nearly everything.

My husband, business partner and all-around solid rock Matt would probably tell you that he likes tools - lots of 'em, finding the perfect way to do something, taking things apart, and precision in everything. 

So you might as well have guessed by now... we are the perfect match for an old letterpress studio. Together we farm rice and have a small but adorable two-year old son, Cameron.  This keeps us fairly busy, but whenever we have a spare moment, we crank up our 102 year old Chandler and Price platen press and pull some prints. 

There's more, oh yes, there IS more - but that's what this blog is for.  Take a look around, get to know us, our great town of Chico, California and our beautiful presses.


Tag Archives: black

around the house: the nursery.

Once upon a time, I started blogging bits about our home decor and remodel.  I showed you a few rooms from our home:  the living room (in several seasons), the kitchen (and its remodel), the outside, and most recently, our guest and master bath remodels. But we do have other spaces I haven’t shown you...

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guest bathroom reveal!!

It’s here, it’s here! It’s been demoed, remodeled, styled, primped and photographed – it’s d-o-n-e.  Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d like to introduce to you our new guest bathroom. (happy dance, happy dance!) Let’s start with a bit of review… we embarked on the “both bathrooms” remodel (our phase two) in January.  Remember this original inspiration...

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it’s bathtime, um, again.

Howdy to you all on this rainy yet fine MLK day! I’m back to give you a glimpse of the guest bath plans I alluded to earlier. If you recall (and you should be able to because it was, well, only two posts ago) we are attempting the impossible and biting off two bathroom renovations...

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midweek inspiration: napoleon’s chambers.

If you’re like me, sometimes the middle of the week can be a challenge for inspiration. One of the difficult things about being a designer is that most of the world operates on a nine-to-five schedule (we all know the song). So, while I might find my design inspiration sipping coffee in a parisian cafe (who wouldn’t?) or have a wonderful “a ha” moment looking at the crisply turned autumnal leaves whilst visiting an apple farm, those muses do not follow a standard 40-hour workweek.

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kitchen remodel: source list

Well, we made it through kitchen week!  I hope yesterday’s post didn’t kill you – it was so loooooong.  Just understand, I felt a need to show my gratitude towards the people who graciously put their time into making a “how-to” so that complete strangers can have an easier time doing projects.  And wanted to...

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kitchen remodel: the cabinets

We’re halfway through kitchen remodel week – and we’ve reached …the cabinets.  Cue dramatic music. Grab yourself a latte and have a seat. Painting the kitchen cabinets myself was probably my most successful DIY ever.  It was also definitely the longest, most time consuming, heart-wrenching, drag-out-dirty project I’ve ever done.  And so worth it.  I...

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