Do you have a nostalgic love for dollhouses? When I was little I loved making dollhouse and I love making dollhouse furniture out anything and everything (no joke, I use to make side tables from those white plastic pizza savers). I had a few pieces of real toy furniture but I really preferred to make it. I suppose that's where my love of DIY and Interior Design started. When my boys were small I built them a DIY play kitchen from scratch, needless to say I had more fun making it than they did playing with it and I eventually sold it online. Today I'm sharing another DIY bucket list project, my Modern DIY dollhouse (no, my boys didn't play with this one either but we passed it onto a family friend so it'll get some use).

Are we all happy to be done with 2020? Last year brought us a lot of change, uncertainty and expanded our definition of "home". With many of us working remotely, the home became more than just a roof over our head, it became our safe haven, our all inclusive vacation, our daycare and workspace. This change in lifestyle also made us look at how our homes function and how they make us feel. We realized what works, what doesn’t and the impact it can have on our life overall. The ripple of 2020 will be felt for years to come so let's look at how this ripple will impact interior design trends in 2021:

Plaster Side Table: Oken House Studios

Do you love a good before and after? Well hold onto your caps (or is it hats? err butts? not sure of the idiom but you get the idea). Today we're revealing the Carriage Hill Project! The homeowners are a lovely newlywed couple who reached out to us in August to renovate their first home. The house, in it's original state, was oozing with potential and had so many great features; nice layout, beautiful moldings, heated floors, gorgeous backyard etc (good bones as they say in the biz). We were tasked to update the whole house and give it a more contemporary feel. We are super pleased with the way this one turned out and we can't wait to share the results with you so without further adieu here is the Carriage Hill Project Reveal.

There's nothing like turning up the Christmas music, putting on the fire and decorating the table for Christmas dinner. And, while we may not be able to have our extended family over for the Holidays this year, we can still make our immediate family table look beautiful.  Today we're sharing a Modern Cozy Holiday Tablescape in partnership with Kitchen Stuff Plus. I love the Christmas selection at Kitchen Stuff Plus, so many different looks and styles, they really are the go-to destination for Christmas!  Plus their Click & Collect process is super quick and easy (perfect for shopping during these weird times).

Did you know 545,000 tonnes of waste is generated each year from gift wrapping? Crazy right? And if each family wrapped 3 gifts in re-usable material we would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields. So this year we’ve decided to wrap all our gifts in a zero-waste manner (that means no tape too). Today, in partnership with Home Hardware, we're sharing a few sustainable gift wrapping ideas below. We know there's nothing better than beautifully wrapped present but sustainable gift wrapping can be beautiful and keep our world beautiful too!

This week we had the pleasure of touring the Silver Leaf dream home, the grand prize in the the Dream Lottery in London Ontario. This beautiful black and white masterpiece was built by Bridlewoods Homes and designed by 12 | 26 Design Co. There is something so sophisticated about any black and white design plan. The composition allows for the most dramatic contrast, the focal points are overemphasized and foregrounds are layered to perfection. Let's explore this home and the striking black and white interior design inspiration.

 

Week 3 of the One Room Challenge is here. A few things happened this week, we installed the new hardware, put up the shiplap and we received our wallpaper and sink. Today, I'm sharing a few tips for replacing existing hardware. 

Tips for Replacing Cabinet Hardware:

#1. Measure from screw to screw on the inside of the door or drawer. Aim to use the existing holes. I suppose this goes without saying but if it's a knob replace it with a knob.

#2. Select a timeless high quality replacement. Schaub & Company has a wide selection of beautiful high quality hardware. We selected a few pulls from the Northport Collection.

#3. Align the finish to the other finishes in your home. We are going with a black.

Oh and our wallpaper from Spoonflower arrived. We're hoping to have this up next week. In other exciting news Spoonflower has offered our readers 15% off rolls of Spoonflower wallpaper (excludes sample swatches) through December 21, 2020 with code ORCWall15

Be sure to check out the featured designers in the One Room Challenge and the other guest participants. And follow us on Instagram to see the inside scoop.

Next week we will be tackling the wallpaper. Stay tuned.

 

 

 

Do you have a favourite Halloween candy? Are you unwavering in your choice? Not only is it a sweet treat there is also a lot of nostalgia behind Halloween candy, especially considering how little it's changed through the years. Now there are many blogs out there talking about what your favourite Halloween candy says about your personality so we thought we'd have some fun and take a different route by helping you decipher your interior style according to your favourite Halloween candy.