Lessons learned from BYW 2.0

Over the past month, I've been taking Holly 's online course, Blogging Your Way 2.0 , and I wanted to share some of what I've le...

Nursery closet

These are some in-progress shots of the closet in the nursery. The hole in the floor (which the old homeowner just carpeted over!) is fixed,...

Style at Home's cottage style issue

We don't have cable, so whenever I travel for work I always take advantage of the opportunity to watch a little decorating tv in my hote...

Working weekend and a garden update

{Clockwise from the top-left: peas, cucumbers, yellow beans, and zuchinni, carrots and lettuce} I spent the weekend working (my company only...

Guest Posting at Living Savvy

I'm super excited to be participating in Tiffany's Spray Painters Anonymous series over at Living Savvy today - make sure you click...

DIY bathroom reno reveal

During our recent road trip, we made a stop in Kingston, ON to visit our very talented friends Anne-Claire and Martin. Not only are they bot...

Summer road trip

Because we just may be crazy, Adam and I decided to take a whirlwind road trip through Quebec and Ontario (crazy because I'm 7+ months p...

Organizing your sewing supplies

Recently I volunteered to take on a few sewing projects for family and friends. Coupled with my own sewing projects, it basically meant that...

Chic & Cheap Nursery

My nursery shelves are featured in a post about decorating ideas for small spaces on Cheap & Chic Nursery today! How cool is that?! He...

Hey Monday

Wildflowers picked from the woods behind my mom's house. Also from my mom's house, these books were among the many she's been sa...

{29 weeks} Nursery shelves

As soon as I finished sewing the curtains for the nursery, I couldn't wait to install the floating shelves I found at Home Depot over ...

How to make any pair of curtains longer

Remember these curtains?  {pretty curtains, but not taking advantage of the room's tall ceilings} They were the perfect length for the ...

A garden update

Back in April, I shared our plans for the yard this year. Last weekend we had some mulch and topsoil delivered, so Adam added more mulch to...