• Just a Glimpse of January

    Umm, so what happened to the first month of this year? Didn’t I juuuust pack up the Christmas decorations? I’m sure you’re with me…this year is going by fast already and January was over in a flash. But it’s exciting because I feel like we’ve already accomplished a lot and some big changes are on the horizon

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  • Keeping a Clean House

    In my efforts to have a simpler, better organized home in the new year (see my declutterring post here!), I have also set a goal of keeping it a whole lot tidier too. I actually love taking a Sunday to get it all bright & shiny and our house is pretty clean for the most part

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  • My Winter Essentials

    Winters in Edmonton can be hard – long hours of darkness, colder temperatures and lots of snow. This year has been a bit milder and for that I am beyond thankful, but even still, it becomes essential to find the right products and little pick me ups to get through to Spring. We still try

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  • So Long to Laurier

    I am very happy to announce that just a little while ago, Ryan, Brendon and I sold the Laurier Heights house! All the conditions came off last week and we could toast to another successfully completed flip. It did not come without its challenges, but it was so very worth the hard work, and I

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  • 3 Tips for Taking On a Home Renovation (& a Giveaway!!)

    It’s that time again! Time for over 250 exhibitors and experts to take over the Edmonton Expo Centre for the 2016 Edmonton Renovation Show, happening next weekend! Attendees of the event will have access to some of the leading industry professionals, like Bryan Baeumler from HGTV’s House of Bryan and Leave it to Bryan!, to get the

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  • Inspired Read: Fifteen Dogs

    ” I wonder”, said Hermes, “what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.” ” I’ll wager a year’s servitude, answered Apollo, that animals – any animal you like – would be even more unhappy than humans are, if they were given human intelligence.” – Fifteen Dogs Fifteen Dogs is a story about…well…fifteen dogs,

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  • Design Tips: Decorating for the Winter

    In past years, it would break my heart to see all the Christmas decorations coming down, making it feel so empty in the house for the first few days. But this year, I had such a different mentality. Maybe it was because we had such a huge goal to declutter this January (see that post here)

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