Hello! I've come back from our week-long vacation to Antwerp, Belgium and Amsterdam, the Netherlands (more on that soon) and was lucky enough to enjoy warm spring weather while I was there. Back here in Toronto, we still have snow on the ground so I was thrilled to have this brief break from...
I've got the bedroom renovation on the brain... here's a few of my favourite inspiration pics. I love the colours, the textures, and the feels of these images. How they'll translate into a singular bedroom 'look' is still beyond me. This room is going to be a tough one to design! ...
There has been a lack of posting around these parts lately. HandyMan and I have been tied up with the selling of Mama HandyMan's house. She lived in the house for 40 years so you can imagine the amount of packing, purging, and cleaning we've had to do Luckily, the house sold in...
You all know that HandyMan and I love Ikea, and we especially love to "hack" Ikea products and customize or personalize them to suit our home. Our hacks range from the big (like the Expedit bookshelves in the home office), the not so big (the Pax wardrobes in the nursery), and the small...
I've been on the hunt for a carpet runner for our entry stairs for a while now. We found and ordered one back in January but the company went bankrupt (another victim of this global recession) before the rug was delivered so the hunt continues. I came across these from Dash & Albert...
HandyMan and I are doing a bit of nesting and cleaning this long weekend, at our house and MIL's house. MIL has these chairs from the 1970's. We love the lines but the chairs definitely need to be restored... the wood needs refinishing and the stained leather replaced with new leather, or maybe...
Lindsay wrote in recently with her bedroom design dilemma:I have no choice but to block a window with my bed. My room is VERY small. I really want a headboard but am not sure if it is appropriate to block the window. (There is still another window on the adjacent wall.) I guess...
With the light at the end of the tunnel now visible, I’ve started to think about the final touches for the bathroom. Like what art to put on the walls. I’ve always loved art in a bathroom. It can bring liveliness and warmth to a sometimes clinical space. Seeing as I love taking...
