Like most things in this house, our front door and curb appeal leave much to be desired. The trees are overgrown, the paint is tired, and the colours are boring. There's not much I can do about the trees for the time being, but I can try and liven up the rest. I took ... Continue Reading
Dining Room Progress
This photo pretty much sums up the dining room before: More wallpaper and kind of boring. We've been using the grey, white, and yellow scheme in the house, and thought the dining room was a good place to take some design risks. Enter in some grey paint and crazy yellow ... Continue Reading
Zinnia Floral Arrangements for a Beautiful Home
Zinnias are my favourite flower and they are finally in bloom! They were the stars of my wedding flowers so they will always hold a special place in my heart. Unfortunately, that means summer, and the bulk of flower season, is over. Until then, lets all make the best of it ... Continue Reading
How to Make Crab Apple Juice
One of my happiest childhood memories is of drinking crab apple juice straight from the jar at my babysitter's house. The juice was always accompanied by some tasty home-baked cookies and delightful conversation. Now that I'm older, I wanted to recreate the magic. Related: ... Continue Reading
Triumphs & Failures in my Garden
The harvest is underway and I'm already thinking about what worked and didn't work this year. There were lots of surprises this year: volunteer potatoes (that did really well despite much neglect), barely there greens and beets, peas that didn't perform, and the wonder that is ... Continue Reading
How to Renovate with Little Kids
At this point in my blog's life, most of my readers know me in real life. If you do, you've probably wondered at some point, "How does she renovate her house with a four-year-old?" The answer? I don't. Well, I do, but I use a babysitter. I send Dominic to a babysitter ... Continue Reading
Flower Friday
Despite my most positive thoughts, the dining room is not done this week for your viewing pleasure. It’s halfway there though! Just baseboard paint and a bit more wallpaper to remove. You would think that it would be so much easier because this stuff has paint under it. But ... Continue Reading
Before and After in the Living Room
Behold our former living room in all it's wallpapered glory: So obviously I'm pretty terrible at before pictures. I'll try and be better as I do the other rooms. Anyway, after countless hours of scraping wallpaper and popcorn ceiling (still not totally done ... Continue Reading
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