Maya's nursery was the last room in the bungalow (our house pre-reno) that we re-did. She was born in August and we started our renovation in July the following year, so she lived in her first room for just under a year. It was a sweet little space that I had loads of fun finishing while my belly grew bigger and bigger. Some snapshots of that room: That last photo was the day we started ... View the Post
How To Choose and Install Gold Hardware Pulls in your Kitchen
I'm all about the gold and brass and copper these days. Are you? I have migrated over to the warmer metal tones over the last decade, and especially during these last few years when all things gold have become on-trend again. So, it's probably no surprise that when I was choosing the finishes for our kitchen, I immediately gravitated toward gold hardware pulls. Finding the ... View the Post
Black Wing Chair Review: The Structube Polo
We've been making progress on decorating our living room and I wanted to fill you in on two big moves we've made recently: 1) finding some fabulous wing chairs and 2) painting our door trim black. Let's back up a sec to what the room was looking like just a little while ago. The layout came pretty naturally once we had the built-in's done. We used to have two sofas in our old living room, ... View the Post
Kitchen Countertop Options: Quartz That Look Like Marble
Let's chat kitchen countertops. Specifically, quartz that look like marble - that gorgeous gray and white carrara marble. During our own kitchen renovation, choosing the countertops was just about the hardest decision. Here we were below, after doing our IKEA cabinetry install, but still countertop-less... Happily, what we ended up with was the kitchen of my dreams! Want to get the ... View the Post
How To Style Built In Shelves
I took you through the more nitty-gritty of building the fireplace built-in's, and now it's time for the pretty stuff. Getting to pull my decor stuff out of the boxes they were packed in and get my styling on was SO FUN. Hello, beauties that I haven't seen in almost a year! This is my happy place, guys. A reminder of where we left off with the built-ins... And what it looks ... View the Post
How To Choose The Right Gray Paint
The bathroom is inching sooo much closer to the finish line. In a house with tools and dust everywhere, and many not-even-close to finished spaces, this room feels like a little gem. We didn't do things in the right order in this room as we just desperately needed it to be functional, so one of the last tasks was getting it painted. Obviously this would have been much easier before all of the ... View the Post