Behind the Dream: How we’re financing our home renovation

Ok guys. It’s that time. In the spirit of keepin it real, we’ve decided to address the screaming purple elephant in the room because frankly, a lot of people are nosy curious. Seriously, we’ve had neighbours see our house going up & do everything from dance around the issue, to flat out ask what we do & how much we make! So today we’re talking about money.
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Confessions of a BlogPodium virgin

I have a confession to make.

Well a few actually. But the first is I’ve spent the better part of this week in a post-vacation funk. Does that ever happen to you? You spend a week in tropical bliss – away from the stresses of your daily life – only to return & have it all come crashing back down on you?? Surely I’m not alone in this. Well today, I’ve made a decision to pull myself out of the funk. I’m back to blogging today because writing always makes me feel better & I’m choosing to let go of the “everyone else’s recap is already so much better than yours is going to be so why bother” mentality that has been stifling me & keeping me from writing this post. Read more

5 years. A 4 year old. 3 addresses. 2 hearts. 1 lifetime.

5 years ago today on a rainy afternoon, perched on a cliff at the edge of paradise, I married my best friend.  Although we’d been together as a couple for many eight years prior, that day was the beginning of a new chapter for us.   Read more

Getting BlogPodium ready!

As some of you know, this Saturday Kes & I are attending BlogPodium, a conference for Canadian design and lifestyle bloggers where we’ll get to meet & network with 250 professionals, & fellow house obsessed bloggers like ourselves! This will be our first blogger conference so I’m incredibly nervous excited!

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A slice of shoe heaven: 20 years of Louboutin

My name is Tash & I’m a shoeaholic. There. I said it. Anyone who knows me well will tell you that this isn’t the most shocking admission I’ve made. And anyone who’s met my mother will tell you that I come by this affliction honestly, lol! So when good friend & Image Consultant Angela of Endless Possibilities Image Consulting (EPIC) invited me to attend the Christian Louboutin exhibition at Toronto’s Design Exchange, you can imagine that it took me all of half a second to accept. Read more