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Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and are enjoying the holidays. We had a wonderful Christmas! We visited with each of our families and ended Christmas at my parent’s playing with my brother’s new game for his Wii U, Black Ops 2. If you haven’t tried playing a video game since super mario brothers […]

Choosing kitchen appliances

Warning- if you are not shopping for appliances, most likely you will not find this interesting. Until recently I couldn’t tell you what appliances my friends had. I didn’t know what a sub-zero fridge was and had no clue how much the nice looking ovens with the red knobs were. 4 Years ago my husband […]

Updating your living room

I went to the Marilyn Denis Show last spring,  Michael Penny was on and he showed us simple ways to update your living room What are the differences? well let’s start with the coffee table… Spray painting an old piece of furniture is a very easy way to update your look with low cost. If […]

More finds at the Christie Antique Show

Can you believe it’s September 12? I feel like I’m still in August! It’s been a crazy but fun month so far, the Toronto Film Festival is on – you can find me hiding out in Toronto viewing movies, trying out new restaurants or stalking celebs;) In the midst of the TIFF action, I was at […]

Our renovation has begun

Happy Monday! I just wanted to give you an update on our main floor renovation! We always had an idea of what we wanted to do with the main floor so we didn’t think it would be too difficult putting it on paper. Once we met with a friend of Matt’s to help us get […]

Sunroom Transformation

When we first started this project last summer we debated on whether or not to put money into the room, maybe it was worth it to tear it down and put the money into other projects? We decided that it would be a room we would enjoy and to keep the extra space in our […]

Sweet Taste of Summer

Summer is finally here and we kicked it off in the best spot… a cottage! We are very lucky to have our sister-in-law’s parents graciously allow us to come up to their cottage throughout the year. Winter is nice but I love the cottage in the summer, I’m sure most people do. My favourite spot […]

Happy Father’s Day!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Special mention to my dad, it was a tough start for him in 2012 but here we are on Father’s Day and he is getting back to his normal state – Couldn’t be happier!! He picked me up on his motorcycle last week and went for a ride… […]

Life is better with Stripes

Most Canadians know that when they see these stripes they know it is from Hudson Bay Company aka the Bay. It seems like it all started with the point blanket. The blanket was introduced in 1780 but it wasn’t until around 1800 when the iconic colours were introduced. So what do these colours mean? according […]