All the Details on my New Desk Chair from CoreChair
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by CoreChair. I only work with brands I know and trust. All opinions are my own. How much time do you spend sitting at a
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2018 Holiday Home Tour
The Deck the Home Blog Hop is coming to a close this week and we’re ending with some holiday home decor and my 2018 holiday home tour! Check out all the posts from the Deck the Home Blog Hop Garden Clipping Door Wreath | DIY Wood Blanket Ladder Preserved Cardboard Craft Beer Coasters (gift idea) I
Preserved Cardboard Craft Beer Coasters
This week’s theme for the Deck the Home Blog Hop is “Gift for the Home” and I’m sharing a great gift for that hard-to-buy-for beer lover in your life – preserve craft beer coasters! Okay, some back story: every year Chris and I go to the Toronto Festival of Beer. It’s one of our favourite
Easy Do It Yourself Wood Blanket Ladder Tutorial
This week’s theme for the Deck the Home Blog Hop is “Wood Projects” and I’m sharing my easy tutorial for creating a DIY blanket ladder. I originally made this ladder to hold towels in our master bathroom, but last year I moved it to our living room to hold throw blankets and it’s never left.
10 Tips for Selecting and Budgeting for Upgrades
Welcome to the fourth post in my New Construction Home Blog Series. In this post, I’ll be sharing my 10 tips for selecting and budgeting for upgrades. If you haven’t read my post explaining all about upgrades I recommend you check it out first here. When the time comes, you will likely be visiting your
Visiting the Design Centre and Making Upgrade Selections
Today’s post in my New Home Construction Series is all about the builder design centre and making your structural and design selections. One of the advantages of buying a new construction home is that you have the ability to customize it to your tastes. These selections are usually made at your builders Design Centre in
The Complete Timeline for Our New Construction Home
In today’s post in my New Home Construction Series, I’ll be talking all about our building timeline – how long everything took, the delays we experienced and important dates to keep in mind. There are a lot of things that can delay a new construction home and we experienced many of them – Permit delays with the city, trade
Everything you need to know about Buying a New Construction Home
Five years ago we bought a new house – a new construction home in a small planned development going only on a floor plan and artists rendering. After we signed the papers, I came home and immediately went online to try and find any information on what I could expect with the “new construction” process.
DIY Garden Clipping Holiday Wreath
This November I am participating in the Deck the Home Blog Hop with 26 amazing home decor and DIY bloggers. Over the next five week’s we’ll be sharing inspiration for holiday decor and DIY projects. This week is all about holiday door decor and I thought I would share an easy DIY wreath using some branches
The One Tool I Use to Organize My Blog Content Calendar
I’ve been blogging here at House by the Bay for five years now. Oh my – five years? I can’t believe it’s been that LONG! Blogger is just one of the hats I wear, and every once and while I like to share the things that make my life as a blogger easier. Like an