by Kristen on January 2, 2012
Hello! I hope you had an amazing holiday season. Ours was filled with family, friends and food. I also hope Santa was good to you. This year, he was very good to me. But enough about last year, let’s look forward! Today I want to talk about our front entrance. It seems fitting since this [...]
by Kristen on April 18, 2011
Today was supposed to be the big reveal for our bedroom’s paint job but sadly we had a paint related mishap. On Friday night Eric and I came home from work and declined all social engagements because we were determined to get our bedroom painted by the end of the weekend. To keep on schedule [...]
by Kristen on February 7, 2011
After nearly 10 months of just living in our house we have started to tackle a few design projects. Last weekend on a bit of a whim I convinced Eric that we should build and upholster our own bed frame. One week later we have completely finished the project! Over the next few days we [...]
by Kristen on January 11, 2011
Want to know how to make easy, stylish and affordable wall art? If you answered yes than this tutorial is for you! I know this tutorial is not super original or ground breaking but it is such a great solution for affordable art. I know I want to change my wall colours and I am [...]
by Kristen on November 9, 2010
I am off work this week enjoying a stay-cation and our house is a disaster zone. One my my goals this week was to get the house really organized. I am a woman on a mission and as a result I have neglected my blog. I think step one to having a stylish house is [...]
by Kristen on November 4, 2010
Last week I bought a desk off Kijiji for $10.00 I bought the small solid wood desk from the original owner. The previous owners purchased the desk 55 years ago and were selling it in preparation for downsizing their home. I have big plans for this desk… stay tuned! Tweet This Post
by Kristen on November 1, 2010
I hope you had a fabulous weekend! I managed to squeeze in lots of Big Box Detox goodness that I will post about later this week. I have been building my own kitchen table over the past few months and it is nearly complete. In addition to this I started my Christmas knitting. I can’t [...]
by Kristen on October 4, 2010
I am not sure what it is but lately I have been drawn to colorful kitchen cabinets. I think one of the greatest things about colored cabinets is that they have the potential to transform out-of-the-box mass-produced kitchen cabinets into something that looks high end and custom. HGTV hosts Colin and Justin as well as [...]
by Kristen on July 30, 2010
Apartment Therapy readers you may remember a bungalow belonging to Amanda from Here’s Looking at Me Kid. From this post you may remember the fab over sized”I don’t care too much for money” sign from Amanda’s stylish bedroom. A few months ago Apartment Therapy featured DIY instruction to make this sign at home on your [...]
by Kristen on May 9, 2010
When EBN and I were college students everything in our apartment came from IKEA. Today we continue to affectionately refer to all this furniture by name. You may be familiar with our friends Gorm, Malm, Pax and Hemnes. Now that we are in our new home I am trying to incorporate my own personal [...]