Archive for month: December, 2013

30Dec 2013 56 Comments

Project Santa: Laundry room reveal

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The laundry room is complete. It nearly killed us, but after two weeks, an unthinkable number of late nights, an ice storm, a power outage, a stomach bug, and the final push of nearly 46 hours straight, we were able to pull it off just in time for Christmas.

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20Dec 2013 1 Comment

Project Santa: Laundry room progress + paint

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Happy Friday friends!! Well, Project Santa is well under way and if you’ve been following our behind the scenes progress on Twitter and Instagram you know that we created a workspace in the basement to stage and dry fit everything.  By measuring and taping off the dimensions of the laundry room, it basically it gave us a place to plan, construct, & assemble all the elements to see how things would all fit together before we got into the actual space.  It also allowed us to do all that, without forcing my parents to go without a laundry room for 2 weeks while we carry out our little transformation.

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11Dec 2013 19 Comments

Project Santa: Laundry Room Makeover

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If you’ve been following our journey, you know that we’ve been living with my parents since we sold our first home last summer to embark on building our Dreamhouse. In the nearly year and a half we’ve been back home, there’s almost never been a time that they haven’t put our needs above their own. Read more

07Dec 2013 0 Comments

Guest blogging on kitchen frolic: 2013 Cookie Advent Calendar

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With just 18 days until Christmas, holiday preparations are in full swing all around us. The malls are full of eager shoppers. Everywhere you look there are strings of lights & holiday decorations. But one of my favourite things about this time of year, is the baking.

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06Dec 2013 9 Comments

Design Week: The Exterior – It’s reveal day!

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Today is the final day in our Design Week series! We’ve taken you behind the scenes on the exterior, from inspiration, material choices, and the many, MANY decisions on colour. Now it’s finally time to see how it’s all coming together.  So without further ado…here it is!! Read more

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