It's the most wonderful time of the year and today is one of the most exciting days. It's the Seasonal Simplicity Home Tour week and today I get to invite you in for a Christmas home tour. If you've ...

Are you freshening up your home for the season? With the forced seclusion, many of us are turning our attention to our homes. And I think that's a great thing - living in a beautiful, cared for home ...

Welcome and thanks for stopping by! If you're new here, I'm a Toronto-based blogger with a fondness for traditional architecture, transitional style, and plaid who loves to fix up her new old house, ...

It's really beginning to feel like Christmas! The gifts are wrapped, the tree is decorated, and I've watched about half of the Hallmark Christmas movies ;). Our living room becomes the heart of our ...

Over the years, I've shared many ways to bring holiday cheer into your home. There is no shortage of inspiration around here and I thought I would put all of my best Christmas ideas in one spot. There ...

It looks like Barney threw up on my basement walls doesn't it? We've had the three exterior walls covered with spray foam insulation. We debated going with batt insulation, but in the end, we felt the ...

I really shouldn't be writing this post. Not that it isn't post-worthy - it is - but if anyone should be talking about this house: ...its HandyMan. This is the house that started it all. This is the ...

A personalized ribbon banner that will stand up to snow, rain and wind! SO FUN and it looks awesome (almost glowing) from the street. Here's how I did it: - I made a design in Photoshop and printed it ...

School... are you ready for it? It's just a few days until we're back to early morning wake ups, packing school lunches, and routines. I don't mind the routines that ...

Looking for small gift ideas? These small gifts are great as stocking stuffers, for office gift exchanges or acquaintances, or as add-ons to larger gifts. When they're bad or off the mark, they can ...

Sean and I have been dreaming of renovating the back deck all summer. Maybe it was romantic visions of making french toast topped with strawberries in our new kitchen and enjoying it out on our deck ...

Earlier this week, I was invited to rewardStyle & Anthropologie's first ever blogger event in Toronto. I know - they must have mixed me up with some fashion blogger ;) But, while I usually gravitate ...