Craft Room Update

April 28, 2012

It’s been a long stretch since my last post. No, I have not run out of projects to work on. In fact, it’s just the opposite - too many projects and too little time to blog about them. The one project that is on going and continues to keep me busy is “Project Craft Room”. [...]

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Room Service: What’s Good for Sarah is Good for Me

April 8, 2012

Remember the days of Room Service? That’s how long I’ve been following beloved Canadian designer Sarah Richardson. While I consider myself a fan, some of her more recent designs, particularly on Sarah’s House season 4, are not as much my style as her work on previous seasons or on Design Inc. That being said, the [...]

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Hooked on Homesense

February 27, 2012
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Last week I blogged about my great office library chair find. I thought $139 versus $699 was a pretty good deal. Relatively speaking it still is an awesome find but this week’s Homesense find will be hard to beat. Even hubby who was initially a reluctant player in my weekly bargain hunts was fully on [...]

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Look What I Found in the Clearance Bin!

February 17, 2012

Homesense, how do I love thee, let me count the ways… 1. Le Creuset Dutch Oven, $169.99 2. French Style accent table, $16 3. Accent chair, $135 These are just a few of the bargains I have managed to find at our local Winners/Homesense store - the most recent being the accent chair that fits [...]

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Tour Our New Home Office Library Space

February 9, 2012

After many months of planning (not to mention saving), our new home office library space is now complete! Finally we have a permanent place for our books, paperwork and desktop computer. This is the first renovation project we’ve ever done and our experience was surprisingly pleasant. We watch enough of Mike Holmes to know that [...]

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Home Office Renovation Progress

January 19, 2012

Unlike my ambitious DIY playroom storage and media cabinet projects, I’m happy to report that our home office renovation is progressing quickly. Why is that? I’m not sure I should tell. Are you ready for this? I hired someone to design and install custom cabinetry and flooring in our office space. Yes, I know I’m [...]

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New Year, New Project

January 15, 2012

How does a home loving, design obsessed, HGTV fanatic couple ring in the new year? By taking on another house project of course! We are starting 2012 with a pet project that we’ve been quietly working on for the last 6-8 months. After much talking, planning and budgeting, we are finally renovating our den/home office [...]

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Makeover a Plain Jane Desk with Chalkboard Paint

October 21, 2011

There is no rhyme or reason to the order in which I take on and complete projects! One minute I’m sewing or baking and the next I’m crocheting or building something. My latest project is a desk makeover. We bought this desk for our guest bedroom about two years ago because we needed something simple [...]

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Prowling for Bargains at the Big Box Orange Store

October 4, 2011

Guess what we did this past weekend? We went and bought ourselves a carload of goodies from Home Depot. We weren’t planning to buy so much but you know how it is when you have an eye out for bargains… Yes, that is a big rolled up area rug in our vehicle. And yes, it [...]

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How to Make Your Billy Bookcases Unboring

September 26, 2011

Last month I mentioned the tale of my three billy bookcases. Good old faithful billy bookcase 1, 2 & 3 have been a part of our family for 9 years! Although they are in good condition, the colour and look are not right for what we have in mind for our basement family room. See [...]

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