Pink + gold painted jewellery dish

I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend! I finished painting the lower cabinets in our kitchen and I'll share some photos after I ins...

An organized, but still unfinished, closet

After I finally got around to painting my closet, I took some time to sort through my clothes - again - and added a few more things to the g...

DIY striped closet

On Friday, Janice's freshly-painted dressing room  inspired me to do a little painting of my own. Back when I painted our bedroom, I thi...

DIY jewellery storage

Lately, I've been trying to deal with our junk. You know, all that stuff we don't need, can't use and pretty much ignored until ...

Turn a tablecloth into window treatments

Fall is officially here, which means lots of rain in Halifax. I happen to love a good rainy day, except when I'm trying to photograph my...

Around the house

I've ticked a bunch of things off my to-do list lately, although none are particularly blog-worthy. Since this blog is essentially my on...

Closet woes

Since Hannah was born, the worst part of my day is getting dressed each morning. OK, maybe not worse than trying to soothe a fussy baby at 4...

Summer Pinterest Challenge: DIY stenciled closet

When I heard about the Summer Pinterest Challenge , I knew it was the kick in the butt I needed to check another nursery project off my list...

Maximizing storage in a tiny closet

Last time we talked, the nursery closet looked like this: Not great, but a definite improvement over this: Wow. After removing the existing ...

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,...

Got slats? Repairing a bi-fold door

Last week I shared some of my goals for my home in 2012. I couldn't have picked a better time to take it one room at a time - I've g...