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Planning our Backyard Oasis

One of the advantages of a new build house is that it is a blank canvas – you have a lot of freedom to create exactly the home you want. The landscaping is no exception. When we bought our house (from plans) I started dreaming about the backyard oasis we could create. It looked a

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Garden Featured

Create a Bird, Bee and Butterfly Garden

  When we moved into our house we decided we wanted to create a bird, bee and butterfly garden. Not only did we want to attract these beautiful creatures (and help save the bees!) but pollinators would help increase the yield of our fruit & veggie gardens – I call that a win-win.   Our

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Office Makeover

Office Makeover Reveal

A little late, but my office makeover for the spring One Room Challenge is done! I was so close to finishing in six weeks this time, but alas, other projects ended up taking priority (which I’ll be sharing soon!). Remember what our office used to look like? Dark! Cluttered! Those tall bookcases!     And now:

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Office Makeover Mess Feature

Office Makeover Week 5: Casey Makes a Mess

This week is as much an update about my office makeover progress as it is about the patience my partner Chris has for me and these makeover projects. Weeks 4 & 5 always seem to be the time when “Casey makes a big mess” – and he just rolls with it! I send him photos like

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Week 4 Jack

Office Makeover Progress Weeks 3 & 4

You may have noticed that I did not post an update on my office makeover last week. I’m sad to say  my dad passed away on April 16 after a year-long struggle in hospital and I decided to take a break from the blog and social media for a little while. The office, however, ended up being

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Office Makeover ORC Week 2

Office Makeover Week Two – Design & Planning

Hey guys! Welcome back to week two of our office makeover for the Spring One Room Challenge.    I finally start piecing together a mood board using colours I like and photos from Pinterest – I think the finished product shows the warm, inviting feel I want the room to have:   Image sources (clockwise

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One Room Challenge Week 1

Office Makeover – One Room Challenge

Can you believe it’s already One Room Challenge time again? I feel like we just finished our kitchen…oh wait..we did just finish! Um, actually guys – Chris still needs to do some trim work so we’re not 100% done…but when is anything really 100% done? Amirite?   Anyways! In an attempt to not bite off more

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How to Sew Curvy Quilt Blocks

How to Sew Curved Quilt Blocks

Some of my favourite patterns include curved quilt blocks. I love curves, and maybe because I started sewing curvy blocks early in my quilting obsession I’ve never been scared of them…but a lot of people are.  I get it.  Curves can be intimidating. But they don’t have to be! My secret weapon to sewing curves? PINS.

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DIY Floating Shelves

DIY Floating Shelves tutorial

If you checked out our kitchen renovation you might remember that I totally convinced Chris to replace one of our cabinets with floating shelves. I did not think he would go for it, because…you know…cabinet space…but he did!  Winner!    We decided to do the shelves before we did our tiling so we made sure

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