I will be taking a little break from blogging.Recently some continuing kidney health issues need my attention. I dont know how long it will be, maybe just a bit. When I feel up to more pro...
My 13 year old son/garage sale buddy and I are heading off today to check out a bunch of sales. It is sort of our ritual on these early Saturday mornings in May and June. We hit our local Tim Ho...
Today I thought I would share our master bedroom bay window area.Our master bedroom sits at the front of our home, over the garage, and this bay window area provides so much light. A few weeks ago I ...
I have found some great deals at local garage sales these past two weekends, but this Lane cedar chest is my favourite find.I was at a yard sale on the street behind our home and asked the lady what ...
Last weekend I went to a craft sale at the Milton Farm Museum and found a few things for our home. I am always looking for ways to improve organization in our home and this pine cabinet was desi...
Im sharing the addition of this freshly painted arch mirror to our ensuite master bath today.The before of this heavy oak mirror I bought for $10 on kijiji:This is the shelf with beach figurines I ha...
I finished the makeover on my garage sale solid pine drop leaf table today.I have been busy planning and adding more pops of blue to our home because blues in any shade make me happy. This garage sal...
We have lots of pillows in our home and I have sewn the covers for almost all of them.I love seeing pillows in home decor shops and cataglogs like Pottery Barn, but usually those prices just dont wor...
Aqua, turquoise and just about any shade of blue really makes me happy so I am using a light turquise instead of my usual white to paint my newest furniture find.Garage sale season has begu...
This is the pillow I intended to photograph and post earlier this week when I posted another pillow for the second time.I sewed it with an envelope back, using leftover white denim, drop cloth fabric...
When I found this little night table at a yard sale about 8 years ago, it was painted black and needed some help. Funny enough the insides of the drawers were spotless. Light coloured wood with ...
I sewed a pillow slip for our family room with a torn edge ruffle.We are enjoying a gorgeous and sunny day but I was having trouble getting good inside photos. I really need to get more familiar with...
Im needing a little more guest bedroom inspiration today and I found some in my inbox.The antique Quebec bedroom set we were planning to pick up didnt work out. Lesson learned though, I shouldnt blog...
Wishing you a Happy Easter!"Christ is Risen, Alleluia! Truly, He is Risen, Alleluia, Alleluia!"We celebrated our Easter weekend, starting with Good Friday Solemn Mass, and then last night a l...
I think I found the perfect bed for our basement guest bedroom.This set was made in 1927 in Victoriaville, Quebec and I am so happy that the grandchildren of the original owners decided to sell it. &...
It might be because I am yearning for blue skies and gardens full of spring and summer flowers on this cold and rainy day, via styleathomeor it could be that my style is evolving again, but I kn...
I always struggle with the accessories part of decorating a room. I usually end up trying a few things before I settle (or just plain give up!)Our basement guest bedroom is currently getting a makeov...
Another piece of furniture got a makeover for the guest bedroom in our basement.Our guest bedroom is still evolving as I search for affordable items to use but today I am sharing the newest addi...
I love spring and look forward each year to lightening and brightening our home with Spring decorating.It might be that I was born in the spring, or just that after a long winter we so look forward t...
I love taking an old or dated piece of furniture and giving it a new life.This sturdy desk was a curbside find in our neighbourhood on the first big garbage day after a long winter. This is the day t...
We took a trip to Toronto on our March Break this week to visit the Hockey Hall of Fame.(Warning lots of pictures but the architecture sort of makes up for it I hope.) Located in a former histor...
One of my March Break projects is coming along nicely. I am helping my sister paint her kitchen and I am very happy to say the painting part is finished.I love the look of new paint and freshly paint...
Do you ever have so many projects on the go that you just dont know where to start? Or what to finish? I tend to start more projects than I finish.One thing I have been working on is freshe...
I check our local kijiji (like Craigslist) daily for furniture deals and havent found anything affordable for a while now. That is until this weekend.From the same seller, right here in our town, we ...
I love mason jars and today I am sharing my updated collection all in one spot.Mason jars are just so appealing and practical. My favourites are the aqua jars with zinc rings and matching a...
These flowers are really brightening up a windy and wet weekend.Our snow has melted (hopefully we have seen the last of it but that is not for certain) and we have had more rain, ...
I found an old Staffordshire ironstone platter at the local thrift store earlier this week.Ironstone is proving to be challenging to find in our area so I was thrilled to find this one at the bottom ...
Chalkboards have been around in the blog world for a long time now, but I finally got around to making some. I saved a bunch of dated framed prints that were given to us, but I didnt find the ch...
My brother-in-law Bob gave me this old grinder that belonged to his great grandmother. He said I would appreciate it (and hes right!)It is made in Germany, probably fairly old since it belonged to hi...
This is the newest frame I added to the gallery wall in our living room.Originally I was going with all black frames, then I tried some pine frames, and after I painted this old frame white I was ins...
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