Reno Diaries: Silver Linings and Wood Burning Stoves

What beautiful weather we’re having – in typical fashion now that our wood-burning stove is finally in there’s a heatwave. Not that I was really…

Reno Diaries: Getting Ready for Winter

I can’t actually believe that is the subject line of a post when we haven’t even had a proper summer yet so far, but in…

Lifestyle Chatter: Caramel Ripple Brownies

Do you ever pick up those recipe cards at the supermarket? I always grab them and then they sit on my shelf in the kitchen,…

Interiors: Planning a Kitchen

The other night I was lying in bed waiting for Pete to come home and I started looking on Pinterest. Ah, Pinterest. The drain of…

Lifestyle Chatter: My Pilates Progress

Image courtesy of Pinterest Before I get on my soapbox and start preaching about how amazing my life is now that I’ve started Pilates, three…

Reno Diaries: Recreating a period hallway

Part of the joy for me in owning a period home is the possibility you have to try and enhance some period features or recreate…

Interiors: Dreaming of Bathrooms

In all the posts I’ve written about our home updates and plans so far, the bathroom has rarely featured, if at all. Which is surprising…