Vintage Three Drawer Dresser in ASCP Old White
This vintage three drawer dresser was a garage sale find from a neighbouring street that I picked up in September. I painted it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White.It is a solid wood piece and...
View ArticleOur Christmas Mantel 2015
Today I am sharing our fireplace mantel decorated for Christmas. The board and batten and shiplap on our fireplace/TV wall is finally finished and for the first time since we bought our home 17 years...
View ArticleOur Rustic Farmhouse Christmas Home Tour 2015
I'm joining the Link Party at Jennifer Rizzo's Holiday House Walk 2015 and sharing our Home Tour.Welcome to our Rustic Farmhouse Christmas Home Tour! If you are visiting for the first time, my name is...
View ArticleOur Rustic Christmas Kitchen 2015
Two weeks today is Christmas Day! I hope you are getting everything you need done and are taking some time to enjoy this special time of year. Earlier in the week I shared our Rustic Farmhouse...
View ArticleOur Rustic Christmas Living Room 2015
I can hardly believe that Christmas is this week! It has been a busy month but I wanted to share more photos of our front living room decorated for Christmas. I shared our full Christmas Home Tour here...
View ArticleOur Rustic Christmas Family Room 2015
I hope you are enjoying these last few days until Christmas. It is hard to believe that tomorrow night is Christmas Eve! We are in the Christmas spirit here, even if our typical snowy and cold southern...
View ArticleWinter Dining Room and Vintage Agricultural Ironstone
Yesterday I shared our winter living room. Today I want to share our winter dining room. Our dining room is a smaller space so I like to keep it simple and light year round. There are only a few...
View ArticleComputer Table and Tool Drawers Makeovers
Late last year I changed the computer area of our family room by making over our old dining room table into a desk and rusty tool drawers into storage drawers. I'm finally getting around to sharing...
View ArticleOur Farmhouse-Lakehouse Dining Room and Plans
Happy June! Today I am sharing our dining room where I am working towards a farmhouse - lakehouse style. I love farmhouse style furnishings and the simplicity of lakehouse style.When I painted our...
View ArticlePainted Buffet In Country Chic Paint's Cobblestone
Is there a place in your home where you keep trying out different 'temporary' pieces of furniture until you find the one that is just right for the spot?I'm happy to say I finally found the additional...
View ArticleFront Porch Canada Day Decor
Happy July 1st and Happy Canada Day to my Canadian friends. Today is my first day of summer vacation and I am looking forward to lots of relaxing, some travel in our beautiful province and more time to...
View ArticleFrench Provincial Buffet Makeover
This summer I worked on quite a few projects and I'm just getting around to posting some of my completed pieces. This French Provincial Buffet makeover had a bumpy start but ended up being a great...
View ArticleHGTV Home To Win Season 2 Stars and Adding Architectural Interest To Plain Rooms
Recently I was invited by HGTV Canada as a blogger to be part of a phone conference roundtable interview with host Sangita Patel and Canadian builder/design stars Scott McGillivray, Bryan Baeumler and...
View ArticleOur Neutral Fall Living Room Tour
Continuing on from the Fall tours of our kitchen and dining room, today I am sharing our Fall living room. For this season I have cozied up our very light front room with textures, cozy throws and some...
View ArticleThree Drawer Dresser Painted General Finishes Lamp Black
Today I am sharing the second dresser that I painted with General Finishes Lamp Black Milk Paint.GF Lamp Black is such a pretty black and a really easy product to use. It only took two coats for...
View ArticleSpring Dining Room
The snow is still melting and it is cold here but some sunny days have inspired me to lighten our home for Spring. Today I am sharing our dining room and an Easter tablescape.Our dining room is simple...
View ArticleMMSMP Ironstone Table A Year in The Making
Have you ever had one of those projects that you gave up on because it just wasn't working out? I gave up on this little table for a year before taking it back out and trying one last time to finish...
View ArticleOak Buffet and Hutch with Fusion Mineral Paint in Coal Black
Black is one of my favourite colours for painted furniture. This past week I updated this solid oak buffet and hutch with Fusion Mineral Paint in Coal Black.I had been wanting to try Fusion Mineral...
View ArticleRustic Farmhouse Table in ASCP Old White and Provence
Today I am sharing a farmhouse table that I have been working on. I love farmhouse tables. First I started out with a base coat of ASCP Provence and then ASCP Old White. I waxed with Annie Sloan soft...
View ArticleWood + White Barstools Makeover
Barstools are handy for extra seating and make great easy to move side tables. We will find lots of uses for this wood and white pair of barstools with grain sack inspired stripes.I sanded down the...
View ArticlePedestal End Tables Makeover
This weekend I painted two different but similar pedestal end tables for our living room.We have been using a round pedestal table on the window side of the couch and I was happy to find a similar...
View ArticleSummer Living Room Tour
Before I make some minor changes to our living room and decorate for Fall, I thought I would share some photos of our white, grey and turquoise living room in late summer.Our white slipcovers need...
View ArticleWood Chalkboard For Our Kitchen
I finished a large chalkboard for our kitchen and I love how the pine stained frame looks with our Simply White and Revere Pewter wall colours.After painting and selling several buffet and hutches I...
View ArticleOur Fall Farmhouse Kitchen
Today I am sharing our kitchen with some simple Fall decor. Last week was hot and humid here in southern Ontario but after heavy rains on Saturday it cooled down quite a bit. Fall is definitely in the...
View ArticleNeutral Fall Dining Room Tour
Welcome to our suburban southern Ontario home. While my guys were up north on Sunday I took some photos of our dining room decorated for Fall. Okay, a lot of photos. I like using neutrals in our home...
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