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Host a Gorgeous Garden Party (On a Budget!)
I love hosting casual get-togethers outside during the Spring & Summer, and it’s even more fun and challenging to make them look beautiful on a budget. Want to throw a little outdoor party on a budget? Bring elegance to your outdoor gathering with these inexpensive ideas.
Make a Potting Bench from Pallets & an Antique Window
Learn how to build a potting bench from pallets, recycled lumber and an antique window with this step-by-step tutorial. This rustic, shabby chic DIY is perfect for your farmhouse style garden!
How to Hygge in Summer – Cozy Porch Decor Ideas
By now, you’ve probably heard of the term Hygge. It’s a Danish term that’s been trending over the last year or two and it was my word of the year last year. The Oxford dictionary describes Hygge as “a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being”. While it’s a…
How to Grow Hardy Shrub Roses
Roses are one of my favourite flowers, and after a few years of having a couple of varieties of them in our garden, I’ve learned how to care for them well so that they thrive. Let me share with you my tips on how to grow beautiful, hardy shrub roses in your garden that will…
Chunky Crochet Chair Pads Pattern
These DIY chunky crochet chair pads are soft, squishy and a great addition to any farmhouse chair. I made them for our new breakfast nook, and I’m sharing the simple crochet pattern for these chunky crochet chair pads with you today.
Spring Garden Preparation | Zone 3 Gardening
Spring has sprung, and that means it’s time to think about the garden! We live up in Zone 3A where it’s very cold, so while we still have a large amount of snow on the ground we can start planning our garden and planting our seedlings. Let me show you how we prepare our Zone…
How to Use Color in Home Decor
As much as I enjoy a base of neutral colour like white or soft grey, I LOVE adding in pops of colour through accents and accessories in my home! As part of my Simple Decorating Tips series, today I want to share with you some simple tricks on how to use colour in your home…
5 Home Decor Essentials You Need
If you love decorating your home like I do, starting with a base of timeless decor essentials will serve you well year after year. You’ll use these 5 things over and over again, and they’ll never go out of style. You can spend a lot or a little on them depending on your budget, but…
Make a Chunky Crochet Heart Banner
Valentine’s Day is one of our favourite holidays around here! Ever since they were little, my girls loved to decorate for it and celebrate it together as a family. We like to litter hearts everywhere, bake special treats, and my hubby always buys our girls special gifts to express his love for them. It’s the…
Easy New Years Eve Table & Decor Ideas
As I was rolling ideas around in my mind for a New Years Eve party table setting design, the only thought that came to me was simple. Honestly, friends, I’ve been so tired lately and I’m really ready to take a break over the Christmas holiday season. As much as I love celebrating both Christmas…
Make Upcycled Mason Jar Cozies & Sweater Ornaments
Do you remember the mittens I made last week with sweaters I found at the thrift store? Today I’m going to use the rest of the sweaters to make some cute little Christmas gifts and decor! Let me show you how to make these adorable mason jar cozies and Christmas ornaments out of thrifted sweaters.
Rustic Glam Holiday Decorating Ideas for the Bedroom
Today I’m so excited to share with you a project I’ve been working on with The Brick. Introducing: My Brick Home – Your style guide for holiday decorating, plus monthly prizes! Read on to see some of my Holiday bedroom decorating ideas and how you can win a grand prize home shopping spree (up to $36,000), &…
Unicorn Inspired Christmas Tree
My daughter Little A’s 6th birthday is on November 20th, and we’re going to be celebrating it unicorn style this year! She loves all things unicorn, so we both agreed this would be a fabulous theme for her party. When I purchased a new Christmas tree this year for the Holiday season, I decided that…
Peel & Stick Shiplap – One Room Challenge Weeks 5 & 6
If you’ve been following along on my blog & YouTube channel, you’ll know that we’re attempting to make over my parents’ master bedroom in their new lake house over the course of 6 weeks as part of the One Room Challenge. This week, I’m sharing our progress that includes a shiplap look ceiling treatment and a gorgeous…
One Table, Two Looks: Fall & Winter Tablescape Ideas
Creating tablescapes is one of my favourite things to do, so when I recently got to work in-studio with The Brick on some table setting ideas, I was in DIY decor heaven! Let me share with you two beautiful tablescape ideas that will take you from Fall to Winter this year, and how well they both…
We got the BEST news! – One Room Challenge Week 4
If you’ve been following along on my blog & YouTube channel, you’ll know that we’re attempting to make over my parents’ master bedroom in their new lake house over the course of 6 weeks as part of the One Room Challenge. This week, we got the BEST news!
A Modern Navy & Orange Nautical Kids’ Room Makeover
As much as I appreciate a bright white room, I love shots of bold colour so much more! With the help of BEHR PREMIUM PLUS ULTRA® Interior Paint & Primer in One and the 2018 BEHR Colour Trends Palette, I got to infuse a little boy’s bedroom with the most delicious shots of colour, turning…
Flooring & Paint Choices – One Room Challenge Week 3
We’re a little behind in One Room Challenge updates this week as we’re patiently waiting for the drywall and priming to be completed in my parents’ lake house master bedroom. (You can see what I’m up to be reading through Week 1 here and Week 2 here.) Meanwhile, we’ve been nailing down flooring and paint…
5 Easy Ways to Create a Calm & Clean Home This Fall
Do you long to create a sense of peace and tranquility in your home this Fall? I certainly do! As someone who’s prone to anxiety, I’ve learned that a few simple cleaning and organizing routines help keep my panic levels in check and instill a sense of calm into our home. They’re also really easy…
Spooky Glam Halloween Decor Ideas on a Budget
“Spooky… but not too spooky!” These were the directions 5 year old Little A gave me while we were planning our Halloween decor this year. We don’t usually decorate too much for Halloween, but this year we wanted to do a few things to make our house look “spooky, but not too spooky” for the…
It Looks So Different Already! – One Room Challenge Week 2
It’s week 2 of the One Room Challenge, and even though I haven’t even touched the space yet, it looks SO different already!
Fall Cleaning & Organizing Checklist – Free Printable
Fall is a time of renewal and jumping back into routine, schedule, and a full family calendar. It’s also a great time to give your home a thorough cleaning as you prepare for the winter months. As much as I groan at the thought of cleaning, I know that I am so much more productive…
Cozy & Natural Thanksgiving Table Setting
You don’t need to spend a lot of time & money to make a beautiful looking table setting this Thanksgiving. Let me share with you my cozy & natural Thanksgiving table, and make sure to visit all of my fellow Canadian blogging friends’ Thanksgiving table ideas at the bottom of this post!
Make a Fall Fairy Garden Wreath
Why is everything so much more exciting in miniature form?! I could lie and say that I like to make doll house things and fairy gardens because my girls love it, but the truth is that I love minis just as much (if not more!) than they do. This Fall fairy garden wreath is an…
Top Family-Friendly Alberta Campsites to Drive To This Summer
Now that Our DIY Camper is almost done (I can’t wait to share the final reveal with you!), we’ve scheduled several camping trips within easy driving distance this summer. While we always like driving into BC to enjoy the mountains and the ocean there, we love exploring our home province of Alberta even more. With help…
Summer Bedroom Cleaning Routine & Refresh
As a DIY and home decor blogger, I’m usually showing you the styled and cleaned looks in our home. Today, let me show you how our bedroom REALLY looked this week and how I cleaned it up and styled it for summer!
Modern Industrial Basement Makeover
While I enjoy decorating rooms in our own home, I love to makeover my friends’ rooms even more! It’s such a privilege to be able to work with my friends and family to DIY and decorate their spaces. It’s also super fun – can you say paint party?! You might remember that I was helping my…
Mood Board: Modern French Country Patio
Patio season is short here in Alberta, so we really need to take advantage of every sunshiny minute! Even though we have a lot of other projects going on this Spring (like our little camper renovation and my parents’ house build), we wanted to finally make a patio behind our home. We have a walk-out…
How to Clean and Style a Cotton Canvas Hammock
It’s week 2 of Outdoor Extravaganza, and me and my blogging friends are sharing some outdoor decorating and entertaining ideas with you today! As soon as it finally warmed up here, I couldn’t wait to put up my romantic crochet edged cotton hammock in our back woods again. Let me show you how I washed…
Make a Paint Dipped Succulent Log Planter
A paint-dipped log planter for your succulents – it’s everything you never knew you wanted! This cute little project is simple, quick, and it’s a great one to involve the kids with. Let me show you how easy it is to make this fun log planter for your succulents this Spring, and make sure to…
How to Make Hidden Tab Drapes (Video) | One Room Challenge Week 3
It’s already half way to the finish line for this season’s One Room Challenge and I’ve made laughable progress. It’s been snowing here, we took a break from lots of things for Easter, and the kids are wild and cabin-feverish, so not much has been done. I’ve been doing things in a sort of backwards…
5 Home Decor Choices I’ve Never Regretted
Since we’ve built our home – and since I’ve grown in my knowledge of home design and decor – we’ve made a lot of different home decor choices and acquired some new furniture and accessories. I’ve been really happy with most of the decisions we’ve made with our home decor, though their have been some “misses”….
A Romantic & Inexpensive Floral Valentine’s Tablescape
I’m a sucker for romance. Give me ALL of the roses, candles, twinkling lights, poetry, and soft music, please! I almost like saving money as much as I like romance, so this year I gave myself the challenge of creating a dreamy, Valentine’s Day tablescape using only items I had on hand. Surprisingly, I think it…
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Make Heart Shaped Beignets for Valentine’s Day
I’ve only ever heard of beignets from the Disney movie The Princess and the Frog. My girls enjoy that movie, and our dear heroine, Tiana, makes beignets in her New Orleans Cafe. Recently, I was curious about what they were exactly, and then when I found out that they were essentially baby donuts smothered in…
Mood Board: Modern Rainbow Toddler Room (Little B’s Bedroom Makeover Week #1)
When we built our home, my hubby thought it would be a good idea to design it with 4 bedrooms just so that we’d have an extra. We had two daughters at the time. I reluctantly agreed that having one extra room wouldn’t be a bad thing, and we built our home with four bedrooms….
Behind the Scenes: Blogging Office Essentials
After blogging for almost 8 years now, I’ve come to love a certain group of items in my office. They’re my “essentials” that help me get through the day-to-day (still fun!) work that blogging has become. If you’re interested in becoming a part time blogger or a full time blogger like me (it’s still feels…
Hygge: Finding Joy & Magic in the Ordinary (My 2017 Word of the Year)
Happy 2017! I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas break. We are technically still on holidays as the kids are home from school for one more week, but both the Hubby and I are ever-so-slowly getting back into our work this week. For the last few years I’ve chosen a word that…
Cleaning and Organizing After the Holidays: A Checklist
Christmas time can be a little chaotic, a little messy, and the addition of new toys and other gifts might make your home feel extra cluttered. Having a concrete post-holiday cleaning and organizing strategy can help make the holidays feel less messy and more relaxing! This coming year, I’m determined to do a better job…