My Little Girls Bedroom – Fun and Functional with Ikea! Partner Post to Cassie’s Bedroom I would like to introduce you all to Maggie, my 7 year old daughter. You think I’M spunky? Wait until you meet this little spark-plug! And yes, those are 3D glasses without the lenses. She put them on about 2 […]
‘Mom, What’s That Weird Smell?’ Cooking With Kylie
Kylie’s In the Kitchen (better call for Pizza) Today we’re taking a break from our weekly decorating sessions to talk about a topic close to my heart…cooking. You would think that as a decorator, my skills would also carry forward into the kitchen (a la Martha Stewart). You thought wrong – dead wrong, which […]
Our Family Room – The Evolution Never Ends
A Dark Family Room Gets a Fresh Facelift See the more UPDATED version of the family room here: Our ‘Real’ Family Room – The Final Reveal! Our home is like a revolving door of paint colours – keep spinning and the colours will keep changing! And the furniture…and the accessories…and the husbands – because […]
Our Modern Farmhouse Dining Room Makeover
The Evolution of Our Dining Room: From Mossy Gold to Gray Related post: Our Kitchen Remodel – No More Maple! I know, you’re probably thinking, ‘Hey crazy-pants, didn’t you just FINISH your dining room?’ Yes, I did, but that was SOOO last year… Now this colour palette didn’t just ‘happen’, it was inspired by our […]
Girls Bedroom: Black is The New Pink
Teen or Tween Decorating Ideas: Girls Black, White and Hot Pink Bedroom If you’d asked me 9 years ago if I’d ever paint my little girls room black, I would have said ‘not bloody likely!’ Fast-forward 9 1/2 years later and you’ll find me knuckle deep in black paint, red wine, and loving every minute of it! […]
Painted Wood – Church Pews
Paint Wood Furniture Ideas : The Church Pew Poooooor poor Tim. Here’s how the saga of the church pews went down… K: Honey, let’s go for a drive with the kids. T: Sure, where are we going? K: Oh, let’s just toodle around downtown. T: Alright. K: Oh, can you just pull in here for a […]
Our Living Room: New TV Stand, Décor and More…
Our 8 Foot Long TV Stand – Because Bigger IS Better Related post: Our Modern Farmhouse Style Dining Room I didn’t know what to title this blog post. I changed it about 5 times before I decided on,‘The biggest bad-ass TV stand you’ve evah seen! Okay, so that might have been the wine talking (the truth) […]
Our Entryway – Colour, Décor and More…
Entryway Decorating Ideas – Featuring Our Home! Check out our NEWLY reno’d entryway here: Our Entryway Remodel – A 2 Storey Revival I don’t share my home with you guys that often – not because I don’t want to, but because I don’t want to BORE you to DEATH because if I were to post on […]
Pawprints on My Soul
I’m taking a little detour from our usual chitchat about Decorating to share a story with you. It’s not edited to perfection and certainly not grammatically correct. It’s not anything but the story of a girl and her dog. For those of you who’ve ever loved a dog… I was 20 years old and looking for […]
Our Family Room – Livin’ on the Edge
Family Room Decorating Idea: Live Edge Sofa Table for the Hubby To see the updated version of our family room with this table, read this post: Our ‘Real’ Family Room Makeover – The Final Reveal No, livin’ on the edge does not refer to that one time I ran out of wine, it refers […]
My New Home Office : Sliding Barn Door and More!
My Home Office : Sliding Barn Door See my NEW Office Remodel here: My Home Office, A Black and White Affair I finally have a sliding barn door in my house. A real, hunka hunka rustic reclaimed wood with metal track sliding barn door. Oh wait, I think I forgot to mention that I HAVE A SLIDING BARN DOOR […]
Our Craft Station – Organizing Ideas for Kids Crafts
Our Kids Craft Station (and my obsessive need to be organized) Since my girls were wee babes, I envisioned days filled with pipe cleaners, beads and a glue gun. I pictured us sitting around a table in our full crafting glory with our trusty juice boxes and wine glasses at our side. However it’s often ‘out […]
5 Ideas For a Kids Art Gallery Wall (Our Home)
5 Kids Art Gallery Examples in my OWN Home I’ve always loved my kids artwork. From their early day scribbles to their present day masterpieces, each piece gives me a glimpse into their magical little minds and I love what I see. Well, I don’t love what I see ALL the time as many pieces include […]
The Painted Piano Episode – Think Pink…
Nothing is Sacred…Nothing is Safe…HIDE ALL YOUR WOOD! For those of you who are lucky enough to know me well (wink wink), you know I occasionally suffer from a ‘wee bit of anxiety’. Anxiety = Painting. Some people drink when they are stressed. I paint. And drink (just joking…kind of). Here’s the problem. My lil babes are […]
Open Layout Dining Room and Kitchen – Budget Friendly
Our Open Layout Dining Room This is an older blog post but has been updated! Our dining room is like a revolving door of colour and furnishings. You are now entering the madness… When we bought our home (3 years ago) it had a ridonculous layout with a ridonculous wall between the kitchen and dining […]