Making the most of a small entry

images (left to right): 1 / 2 / 3 My mom teased me the other day that I'm always changing things, and I guess she's right. I pinne...

New shelves + a realtor's decluttering tips

When we were thinking about putting our house on the market, we got some great tips from a realtor about decluttering. He suggested that we ...

The most embarrassing spot in our yard (yes, it's really that bad)

In my last post, I teased that we were thinking about moving. We even had a realtor walk through our house. Our house is pretty tiny (~1000 ...

Conquering my fear of the mitre saw (holy baseboards!)

Notice anything different? We finally installed baseboards on our main floor! Actually, I installed baseboards and I did it All By Myself ...

Making progress with pillows

Our living room is slowly coming together thanks to...pillows! I found the large textured pillow at HomeSense. I wasn't sure about it in...

How to quickly and easily disguise a recliner

My leather chair makeover is complete! I found this leather recliner on Kijiji in need of a little TLC. After I repaired the upholstery , I ...

How to repair holes and tears in leather upholstery

We're making a few changes in the living room  and I've been on the hunt for a comfy leather chair. I found the perfect chair on Kij...

Making the most of odd spaces: Part 1

We celebrated Adam's birthday with his family last weekend, and his parents kindly offered to keep Hannah for a couple of nights. With t...

House Projects: My top 5 in 2014

It feels like we achieved a better house-life balance in 2014, even though we checked some big projects off our 'must do' list. We...

Glitter pine cones

A few years ago, these glitter pine cones were one of the first Christmas decorations I made after moving into this house. Since then, we...

DIY ribbon + evergreen garland

Sorry guys, I have no idea how to properly take a photograph facing a window, so bear with me.   I made this super easy garland to hang in f...