A design & lifestyle blog by kristina
About a year or so ago, my mom and her fiancé Nick started the process of designing and building their dream home on a huge acreage property. After wanting something a bit more customized to their wants & needs, they decided to enlist the help of Ryan and myself instead of going with a builder.
Recently, I was approached by Parachute Home to talk about my summer sleep essentials, if there was indeed anything I did to get the bedroom ready for the hotter temperatures. After browsing their lovely site and drooling over their luxury bedding & decor, I was so excited to jump on board! There are most definitely some steps
When we renovated the Capilano kitchen, we decided to close off the window that awkwardly looked into the neighbour’s backyard. When we did this, it was the perfect opportunity to fill the space with some open kitchen shelving. I found that in doing this, it broke up the line of cabinetry and drew the eyes into
My apologies for the lack in posts everyone! I can explain! I have probably had the busiest few weeks in a long while. Not only was work busy, but I had my final presentation in my CAD design class. And holy, was this project a ton of work! I literally spent over 20 hours on
Yesterday you saw our complete demolition of the Capilano house. Today, I am excited to show you some design plans for the kitchen! I decided, contrary to our last flip, to do a more modern look in this space. All the wall paneling in the Forest Heights home inspired us to create a gorgeous living room
When we moved into our house 3 years ago, it was virtually done head to toe. But we wanted to customize it and make it our own…one room at a time. I FINALLY got around to our second bedroom after we moved our office into the basement and I am very excited to share the
When it came to my 2014 goals, I started off the year with many! And I actually did accomplish a lot of them, surprisingly! But for this upcoming year I decided I wanted to make one, great big one. I want to take risks! I want 2015 to be all about pushing myself creatively, professionally
Decorating my home for the holidays is one of my absolute favourite things. I blast the Christmas music, take out all the boxes packed from the year before and go to town! I recycle a lot from the previous year; but, this Christmas, I did manage to add a few more new details. And the
Sooooo?!? Did you all go crazy over the black friday weekend?? I actually did get some shopping done for Christmas AND Ryan and I bought a new TV for our basement, which is exciting! But I mostly stayed inside with our horrible winter weather! And now…Only a few hours left to take advantage of the