When we found out we were expecting, I was so excited to get started on the nursery. Even before I knew if we were having a boy or girl, I knew I wanted a very calm, neutral and serene space. I wanted lots of pops of white to make the room feel crisp and airy. I'm really happy with how Harper's room turned out and I can't wait to share it ...
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DIY Gold Polka-Dot Art: Perfect for a Nursery, Bedroom or Any Room!
I love DIY projects---especially ones that make a big impact for little cost. When I saw this piece of art on Pinterest awhile ago, I pinned it and had intended to replicate it for our master bedroom. But when I started to design our baby girl's nursery, I thought the whimsical polka dots would actually be perfect for the space since ...
Decorating with Words & Giveaway!
I love the look of framed prints to liven up walls and add a modern look to any room. One of my readers, Stephanie, who is a print shop owner, blogger and photographer based in my hometown of Toronto has an online shop with her own custom-designed prints and she sent me one for our home: I love the verse on this print and the pretty ...
Master Bedroom Update: New Campaign Style Nightstands
Decorating has always been one of my biggest passions. I truly believe that coming home to a space you find beautiful and relaxing improves your day-to-day life. Having said that, our master bedroom has always been very blah to me (and still is). I don't love that it doesn't have a lot of windows and that overall is just feels really boring. ...
How to Make Your Own Christmas Ornaments (They Make Great Gifts Too!)
When I was a teen, I had this crazy idea one day that I was going to make over our Christmas tree. I was bored of the traditional looking trees and wanted something completely different. I decided to do a pink and gold theme and even spray painted old ornaments we had gold so I would only have to buy new pink ones. While I was doing this, I ...
Home Updates: Restoration Hardware Curtains for the Kitchen & Dining Room Chandelier
On Saturday, we had Kyle, our handyman from One Call Home Handyman come to our home to install our Restoration Hardware curtains, our Overstock.com chandelier and to wall-mount our TV in the master bedroom. Some of you may recall that Kyle installed our original chandelier over the island in out kitchen. We were so thrilled with the ...
Dining Room Updates- Almost Done!
I am so incredibly thrilled with our dining room! We are still waiting on the curtains and the chandelier to be installed, but I wanted to show a quick update about how it's looking in our space. As you know, we have an extremely open floor plan, so it was important for us to get a table that made a statement so that it stood out in its "own ...
Tufted Dining Chairs For the Win
I am SO excited to share with you that we finally purchased our dining room chairs today! I am still contemplating doing different head-of-table chairs (either ones with side arms or maybe even doing something totally different like wicker for a mix of textures) but I'm absolutely thrilled with these tufted chairs I found at a local store ...
Home Updates: Dining Room & Window Coverings
Getting window coverings and a new dining table have been a long time coming. We've lived in our new house for nearly a year and have done quite a bit already---but we're still rocking Ready Blinds (which are awesome, BTW) on our windows and never use our super uncomfortable IKEA dining table (not much of a dining table if you never use it!) After ...
Hung Up (on the walls)
In our last house, we didn't hang a lot on our walls because we knew we wouldn't really be there for a long time. In this house, I want to hang more art, mirrors and everything in between to truly make it feel like a home (because, hey, walls get lonely).Though I'd still like to add even more artwork and mirrors, I think we're off to a ...