MacBook or no MacBook, the blog must go on…

If you remember last week was all about the window install (I know, how could you forget right?!). Well this week we were all geared up to kick off another Design Week & talk about all our plans for the exterior of the house…

And then I spilled coffee on my MacBook.

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Ready or not. Halloween is coming!

Halloween is in exactly one week. And we haven’t started working on our costumes. Aaaaaand cue panic!

Anyone who knows us well, knows this is the time of year where we go all out. There’s just a certain satisfaction that comes from taking a cool idea, applying some brainpower & a few crafting skills and executing an EPIC costume. The fact that I was blessed with a partner that feels the same is nothing more than kismet. Read more

The window install: Going up in a ‘glaze’ of glory

Remember how excited we were when our windows finally arrived?? Well now we’re even more excited (if that’s even possible) because the windows are being installed and they’re even sexier than we imagined they would be! That’s right I said sexy…and I’m talking about windows. Have a look at the pics below and try to argue with me… Read more

The day we pretended to be on HGTV: Our PARA Blog Crew Submission [Video]

This is going to be embarrassing…

When we attended BlogPodium a few weeks back, one of the announcements we were pretty excited about was that PARA Paints was launching the search for their 2014 Para Blog Crew.  We knew instantly that we wanted to apply because we thought it’d be fun to shoot the submission video – that AND we do have an ENTIRE house to paint, so figured we’d have no shortage of content to blog about should we be chosen. Read more

And the Lord said ‘Let there be WINDOWS’

See that?? That right there?!?! That is me doing my happy dance.

After nearly FOUR MONTHS of sourcing, quoting, choosing frame styles, then re-sourcing, re-quoting, picking colours, making custom orders, manufacture lead time, and of course what felt like ENDLESS waiting…. Read more