Adios Chairs!

Tuesday was my day off, and was a very productive day off indeed. I finally got around to craigslisting my old white fabric parsons chairs, ...

For the love of Chiavari

Before: Dining chairs from afar Before: White fabric parsons chairs After: Glossy white Chiavari chairs

The Never Ending Headboard Debacle

I don’t know why, but finding a headboard has handsdown been the hardest design dilemma I’ve faced during our year here. Ok, I do know why- ...

Vintage Sideboard Revamp

I went through a serious Danish/ Mid Century modern phase a couple years back. I scoured craigslist hoping to find some incredible treasures...

Gone be the gallery

I've been working on a picture gallery wall for our dining room for weeks now. Despite loads of inspiring pictures out there, I just hav...

The Elephants in the Room

Ok, they’re not  quite  elephants, but our new couches are certainly on the heavy set side. With a textured greige fabric and chunky arms, o...

A (practically) free room makeover

Although I already summed up  our painting experience , I left out a major key piece. The wallpaper. That darned wallpaper. I bought it almo...

A paint by any other name... would still not be fun to apply

Yesterday was wallpaper paint day. A day I had long dreaded as wallpapering and painting are two of my least favourite things to do in the w...

Step by Step

A very bland dining room/great room just begging for some love. And the possible wallpaper/ wainscotting combo for the wall right of the din...

Second thoughts on kitchen cabinets

So,  my kitchen post  from earlier this week got the wheels a turnin in my head again. I just couldn’t let my idea rest (or put my ultimate ...

All up in my kitchen

This is our kitchen. It was one of the main reasons we decided to purchase our townhome. Overheight cabinets, tons of storage space, and a b...

And at first... there was light

I guess in order to get to point B in my master plan to decorate our townhouse, I should probably start at point A - how we came to be in th...

To Do: Decorate Townhouse

I’m not a very good blogger. If I reach 10 posts this year I’ll certainly be giving myself a big pat on the back. I’m also not a very good t...