And the Lord said ‘Let there be WINDOWS’

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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

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

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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

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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.

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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!

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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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