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The lodge is among the largest in this Nordic heritage fraternal organization, and the building, an old Buick dealership with red carpet and walls, is decorated with Norwegian folk art, Viking carvings and rosemaling.

The best attempt is the simplest: a stunning curtain of Swarovski crystals, arranged in patterns that blend traditional Norwegian rosemaling imagery with “Wonderful World of Disney” sparkles and swirls.

She sometimes uses patterns from rosemaling books she has collected, but has designed some on her own, borrowing elements from here and there.

So Koehler practices the art of rosemaling - a Norwegian decorative folk style of painting that uses stylized flowers and scrollwork designs.

One room hosted many objects from the early-settler era, nearly all of them of Scandinavian origin; things I recognized from home, all the rustic antiques with Norwegian rosemaling.