Mercury Glass Meltdown!
on Nov 18, 2009The other day after class I headed out to Ikea for some much needed retail therapy! I really wanted to dress up my dining room table area and so I went to the big blue and yellow store with a plan. First on my list were slip covers for my two le...

Let the Fur Balls Fly!
on Nov 11, 2009Fur balls and hair clumps are about as common in our home as the all too familiar dust bunny! Sometimes it feels like the Wild West around here....I'll look out of the corner of my eye and a fur wad resembling a bramble bush will roll by. I swear if...

Our Red Letter Day
on Nov 4, 2009If you are wondering where I have been this past week, I was enjoying my last few moments with my husband Nathaniel before his deployment for Afghanistan. Actually Halloween fell on the day before Nathaniel's departure. I was so fortunate to have my...

Mosquito Blue
on Oct 25, 2009The past few days I've been pretty sick with flu like symptoms and have spent much of the day in bed! And I'm NOT joking when I say I'm starting to resemble a troll...swollen nose, nasty hair, you name it. Thank goodness I had all of your a...

Cure for Claw Marks
on Oct 23, 2009Remember these stools?Well they were a housewarming gift from Leah and my Dad. Leah and I searched high and low in Edmonton for the perfect cream leather stools I had in mind....finally finding them at Konto furniture store. We literally drove all ov...

The Master Plan
on Oct 22, 2009Since the master bathroom and bedroom have been on my mind I decided I would make up some mood boards and get some inspiration ideas together. The picture of the bathroom below honestly has to be one of my favorite inspiration bathrooms of all time.

Let There Be Light
on Oct 19, 2009My next major project I have planned is going to be my master bedroom! When my Dad shipped out those two burgundy sofas he also sent a HUGE dark wood bedroom set. These pieces are definitely made for a large space...so my objective with this room is...

Thank You Holly and Holly's Mom!
on Oct 16, 2009Today I had pretty much the best day EVER!!! Holly asked me if I wanted to dig through some of her Mom's vintage jewels to use on my feathered hair pieces! FOR REAL?!?! Yes awesomeness (if that is even a word) must run in their family!I had so much f...

Hollywood Regency
on Oct 9, 2009I have always loved elements of so many decor styles and one of those happens to be Hollywood Regency. I tried to mix elements of this style into my living room with the chandelier, coffee table, and white accents. In my first blog post ever, about m...

Vintage Printable
on Oct 6, 2009Last night when I got home from work I convinced Nathaniel to go for a short walk out to the mailbox to see if any mail had arrived. To my excitement my monthly subscription to Canada's Style At Home had come! As I was dozing off reading it in bed I...