[DIY & Creativity] Romantic Venice Book Nook 🛶 2/9: The first wall begins


Previously…

1: The Gondola


Okay, I’ve gotta confess something. I feel really… Weird? Bad? About posting an update when I haven’t done a lot. This will be such a small improvement from yesterday! But I didn’t have time for more, and I just love to share my progress with you people, as little as it may be. Am I forgiven?

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I’m so eager to keep properly building my Romantic Venice Book Nook, but this week is just so hectic at work and I’m just so tired when I make it home. Then I have to clean, and cook dinner, and cook lunch for the tupperware for the next day, and eat my dinner, and watch something, and… Well, you get the point :rofl:

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But I always try to find some time to relax and build before bed, as short as it may be sometimes. I do promise the incoming updates will be longer!

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(Well, that’s also because I like to do one step of the manual each time, and steps 1 and 2 are so short lol. The incoming ones are longer, you’ll see!)

Anyway! For step 2 we’ll be taking the first steps on decorating one of the walls of the Book Nook (not sure yet which one lol), so this is what’s needed for it:

Oh, I think I never told you guys this, but… I see many updates and photos from other people having their proper workspace, their building mats, their decorative showcases, and I’m just always building my kits on my sofa little tables. It makes me feel so amateur :rofl:

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I’m comfortable working there, what can I say lol.

Well, the first thing I had to do is this tiny… What’s this? A window? A door? I guess I’ll find out soon enough! Or later on at least. It can be easily opened to the front or to the back as you can see, which is nice.

The only problem is having a door without a place that will lead to! What’s the worse that could happen?

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Actually, that door/window/thingie fits in one of the walls! That’s just so cute. I’ve always loved the designs printed on the outer side of the walls of any Book Nook, they’re usually gorgeous. And yeah, there are so many thing to fit in this wall! But we’ll get there. Not today (mostly) though.

So after fitting the door, it’s… It’s sticker time! Yay. Those stickers look so nice and detailed, but it’s a bit tricky to stick them properly and align them to the space they’re supposed to fill, not one inch of deviation in any direction.

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So yeah, those three images you see on the wall weren’t originally printed there, they are stickers!

I guess they’ll look better once the wall is properly decorated around them? Right now they just look so randomly alone in an empty colourless space :rofl:

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That’s a problem we won’t work with today, sadly. There’s only one remaining thing to do today, and that’s giving the first sticker some life.

So we’ll add a small ledge and some columns to it. Now that’s something else :stuck_out_tongue:

I woudn’t expect columns to go there, but this is Italy, isn’t it? Italy was mainly built by Romans. And Romans looooooved columns. So much. You have absolutely no idea how much, actually. Trust me, I’ve been there.

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So… Yeah, sadly this is it for today. Tomorrow I’ll do my homework! Don’t hate me too much. :stuck_out_tongue:

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See you/read you around!

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Its looking great so far, i would love to go to venice

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Thanks a lot! I’m eager to go there as well.

So beautiful. Lovely booknook

It really looks like it is! I’m starting to dive deeper into the world of Book Nooks though.

It’s really amazing. so beautiful

It looks very good already. And even a little update is an update. :wink:

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Thanks a lot! Truer words were never spoken :stuck_out_tongue:

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Oh I totally understand you. We all have those days that we’re just too tired. At least you got to play a little with your book nook :blush:

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Indeed I did! It’s that mixed fight in my head between “I really wanna build this” and “I wanna take my time with it” :rofl:

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Wow, thank you for sharing those details. They truly looking really lovely.

Thanks a lot! I’m starting to feel more and more interested in the world of Book Nooks at this point.

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It’s normal with everyday life, there are days when I don’t build anything.

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It depends on the person I guess :slight_smile: for me it’s easier to build a bit each weekday to relax before bed when there’s an alarm and a workday the morning after.

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I gotta say Rolife made so many beautiful book nook. Really impressed with the designs.

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They have! I’m more interested now in buying and building more of them.

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I’m sure you will grow this collection in no time. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Thanks! There’s also the fact that I don’t have too much space left at home until I buy more shelves, so Book Nooks are pretty convenient for lesser space :rofl:

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It is. I agree. It took less space compared to the others.

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@TheToday its going to look great ! Enjoy the build ! Xxx

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