Approximately 5 years ago, I bought a fixer upper. I needed to find somewhere quickly to live within a certain school district for my two teenagers and myself. I looked at renting and almost found something when my brother found two townhouses for sale in a complex across from one of the schools. I had…
I try to repurpose furniture whenever so I can save money to put towards other purchases that I can’t DIY, AND its the right thing to do for our environment. So when I was styling this bedroom in my townhouse that I was selling, I wanted to make this a girls room. The other bedroom…
Welcome back to Week 7 of the One Room Challenge! I have been sharing the past few weeks all the ups and downs of doing a kitchen & dining room renovation with supplier and labor shortages. Its been quite a ride but I’m blasting through. I’m tackling my kitchen & dining room doing a MAJOR…
Welcome back to Week 2 of the One Room Challenge! Last week I shared how I’m tackling my kitchen & dining room doing a MAJOR renovation to get my townhouse ready to sell. I know, a bad time to sell, a house, but it is what it is. Read all about my story for Week…
I am so excited to be participating in the Fall ‘22 ORC. If you’re not familiar with the One Room Challenge (ORC) it is a bi-annual design event where participants, Designers & DIYers like me, from all over the world, share the process of transforming one room over the course of 8 weeks. This is…
Curb appeal for your home is the FIRST impression that people make when they pull up to your house. Walk across the street right now and take a really good impartial look at your house. What does your curb appeal say? Is it contemporary and update to date? Or tired and dated? Your patio set…
Updated: January 31, 2022 I was driving along the street to pick up son #1 (the oldest) when I came across this AMAZING street find. This beautiful WOOD not laminate, but WOOD coffee table was on its side just begging for me to pick it up. Of course I obliged rolling it (can you roll…
I’m all about making my curb appeal of my house look amazing. Whether it being a fresh new door color, or something simple like updating planter urns, your curb appeal gives the expectation of how the rest of your house looks. It makes that first impression, and of course, we always want to make a…
Updated: October 12, 2020 Lake House Rental Investment Property HGTV has a couple of new popular shows out called Vacation House for Free and Scott’s Vacation House Rules. Both shows focus on helping vacation owners turn a ho hum vacation property into a stunning retreat to rent out to vacationers who are willing to pay…
Beach House Rental Transformation I buy fixers uppers in sought after neighborhoods. I look for the worst house in this case cottage on a good street and overtime renovate to either flip it or to rent it out. This 1930’s cottage is a minute walk to one of Canada’s top beaches, Sauble Beach. Yet over…
Updated: September 30, 2020 What project do you want to tackle right now if you could use a power tool? Is it to build a cute bench for our outside patio? Put up those higher baseboards to make your livingroom look more sensational? Is it to be able to do some of those DIY projects…
It’s back! The One Room Challenge where 20 Featured Designer and 400+ Designers/Bloggers (that’s me!) take ONE room in their home and transform that space over 8 weeks. I have a BIG to do list as I’m giving this 70’s something townhouse a total refresh one room at a time. I bought another fixer…