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Making a DIY Office Desk out of Wood

After painting and stenciling our office walls (check that out here), next up was to start to move some furniture back into the room and I wanted to start with my DIY Office Desk. The original desk was not only less than beautiful to look at, but was way too deep for our double-duty office/guest bedroom. We needed something that would be nice and narrow, offering plenty of desk space for our ... View the Post

Stenciling A Wall: Tips and Tricks

Stenciling A Wall: Tips and Tricks - One room that we have neglected up until now has been our office-slash-guest-bedroom. Our house is 3-bed/2-bath, but since we rent out the basement as a 1-bedroom apartment, that second bedroom upstairs has to do double duty. Here's the room (sorry- ultra messy) pre-makeover. It had been the place for all of our old furniture and a too-bright turquoise paint ... View the Post

make this: fabric covered bulletin board tutorial

Since moving back to our pad in June, my jewellery storage (and specifically my necklaces) was pretty lack luster. Case in point: Yep, my necklaces were hanging from some random nails on the walls. It was looking uuuugly. So when I spotted a few DIY cork boards up on the blogosphere -- like this one by Aubrey and Lindsay and this one by [email protected] -- I was inspired and kicked my ... View the Post

Sunday Morning at the Stittsville Flea Market

This past Sunday, we went on a little flea market adventure. We started the day with a couple of bagels and cups of coffee (isn't that the best way to start a Sunday morning roadtrip?) and hit the road. Here are all the juicy details of one of our favourite stops: the Stittsville flea market. If you're in the Ottawa area, the Sttittsville flea market is about 20 minutes west of the city and is ... View the Post

How to Make a Faux Capiz Chandelier

Now that our wedding is over, I'm full on into home projects again, specifically a DIY faux capiz chandelier. One of the first projects I tackled was one I had been itching to try for months. Have you seen those gorgeous capiz chandeliers, like this one at the home depot or this one from worldmarket? Well, I've always loved them and when I saw a few DIY versions floating around in the blog ... View the Post

Our Wedding in the Woods

After several weeks of wedding project posts (scroll back to see how we DIY'ed everything from our favours, to table decor, to the seating chart), I think I've just about come to the end of my wedding craft frenzy. So I thought I would cap things off by doing a little post about the day itself. It was perfect -- it was everything that we had hoped for and it just felt like us. Relaxed, fun, and ... View the Post