When we purchased our home, it was a vision of pale yellow walls with seafoam green plush carpet and an office grade drop ceiling. It was the drop ceiling that started the whole renovation process a year ago.
I always felt bad ripping out the carpet because although it’s not my personal taste, it was […]

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After discovering a great little fabric store geared for quilters, I decided that I need to learn to quilt. I could spend hours in this little store piled high with cottons in every colour and cozy wool felt. I even spotted vintage inspired chenille on my last visit. I just needed a pattern to get […]

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I’m so glad I decided to paint the tired old pine table because it’s lookin’ sharp with it’s new black paint job. The downside is that every scratch, dent and nic shows from years of dependable service, five moves plus the terrifying ordeal of being stored in a cellar that flooded. Now it just needs […]

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Paint it black, that’s exactly what I’m doing to my old IKEA pine dining set. Now that the majority of the living and dining room renovations are complete and our hodge podge of furnishings are back in place, I decided that the pine dining room furniture just doesn’t work. It’s looking tired and old and […]

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