Kitchen tips: Oven-baked fries and the best dipping sauces

source: Pinterest via Blogging Over Thyme We almost always make our own oven-baked fries (it's so easy! they're delicious!), but we ...

Oversized family photos

Do you guys remember the oversized Ikea frames I picked up for a steal a while back? I've decided to hang one at the end of our freshly...

Painting a white door white

Lately, it feels like I can't check an item off my 'to do' list without adding two more. Know what I mean? I finally installed n...

New flooring in the entry!

The entryway flooring is down and I installed it completely, 100% by myself. Adam did hold the planks for a few jigsaw cuts, but that was it...

Little drummer girl

Like her father, Hannah seems naturally drawn to the drums. She's taken to standing at the top of the basement steps and saying, "D...

Choosing a runner

This week has been all about painting, but I'll soon be switching gears (yay!). We've got flooring to install in the hallway and ent...

Painted hallway

Slowly, but surely, we're making progress on the staircase and upstairs hallway. I finished painting the walls and trim this weekend (wi...

Our home's colour palette

Now that hall and stairway painting is happening (not quickly, but happening), we're DONE picking paint colours. For walls, anyway. Sinc...

The best $75 I've spent in awhile

    January is the month to get organized, at least judging by all the "storage events" going on. Adding shelving to our basement ...

2014 Home Goals

I started painting the stairs and hallway last week. It's slow-going, since I can only paint when Hannah's asleep and the ceilings a...

The year ahead

We're bracing for yet another big storm, so I thought I'd share a few photos I took at my in-laws' over the holidays. It's ...