Trash Talking
I’ve had to adjust, moving from a city of nearly a million people to a municipality of only a few thousand. Sure, there’s a proper city within an hour’s drive but with only about 100,000…
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How to Style and Use Open Shelving …
I’m so happy that many of you found Monday’s post, re-assessing my kitchen open shelving, useful! There were some excellent questions (and suggestions) raised in the comments, so I’ll be adding to that post later…
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DIY Dog Platform for Back of Ram …
I don’t even know what to call this project, so let me just explain the problem it solved. But first let me preface the explanation of that problem by professing my love for our truck. …
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DIY Turquoise Bulletin Board
We have big plans for the lakehouse office: a chic DIY desk for two, a pair of beautiful new office chairs, fancy lamps – the works! While we focus on the kitchen, though, I’ve…
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A Good Look for the Office Nook
I have this weird history with my home office: no matter where I’ve lived, I’ve never been completely satisfied with the decor. The townhouse office had a lot of black and dark brown and was…
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Rubbermaid Configurations Closet Organizer Review
We installed a closet organizer in the orange bedroom closet and it’s incredibly satisfying to simply pull out a garment, instead of rooting around through heaps and boxes. We loved the maple-look closet fitting in…
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A Foolproof Way to Organize a Shoe …
Amid the chaos of painting, unpacking, and tearing apart the kitchen, it feels promising to open up a closet door and see orderliness. I’d like the kind of closets where everything has a home. I’m…
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Paint the Inside of Your Closet a …
Although the lakehouse feels more spacious than the townhouse, and comes with the added bonus of a detached guesthouse and huge detached garage, it has one fewer bedroom than the townhouse and an awkward, 5-foot…
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Paint a Basement Door Mint and Create …
After we spruced up the basement landing/stairwell . . . . . . the door to the basement remained sadly un-spruced. It had been painted white and given new brushed silver hinges and door knob…
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The Kitchen and I, We’re Cool …
Since adding the vintage Hungarian posters, the kitchen is a fun place to be. They are HUGE and (fashionably) fill up the whole wall with saturated colour. I love the statement they make against our…
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