Get Organized for Back to School!
With just three weeks until school starts for us, I can imagine that many parents like myself are getting a little stressed out. Yes this was the longest March Break and summer ever on record and we do need to get our acts together and get back to some sort of routine again. But I’m sure many of you feel the same that this year there’s heightened stress and anxiety over going back to school. I’ll be honest while I awaited back to school with joy in other years (if you know that Staples commercial I am thinking of, that’s me rejoicing at the thought of back to school), I…
Backyard Inspiration: Creating Our Outdoor Oasis
We’re only a few weeks into the summer and already it has become for us the place to be! especially this year where we aren’t going anywhere and there will be no vacations, our backyard needs to be our getaway and outdoor oasis. While I love it out there, our patio set is starting to show some wear and tear. Understandably so, it’s about 10 years old and not going to lie my kids love to jump all over it! With all these sales happening right now and a bit of time on our hands, I’m thinking now might be the perfect time to give our backyard a bit of…
Easy Ways to Update Your Backyard for Summer!
Summer officially arrives at the end of the week but with the weather we’ve been having lately it feels like it’s already here. Is your backyard ready for summertime and outdoor living? Over the last few years the backyard has become an extension of the inside of our home. Many of us spend so much time out there, entertaining, dining, playing and just relaxing so it makes sense that we naturally want to make it as comfortable and beautiful as possible. And especially this year where many of us are spending most or all of our time at home due to social distancing, the backyard has become even more important. …
How to Update Your Living Room This Spring!
It finally feels like Spring is out there today! The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and the flowers and trees are beginning to bloom! With the current pandemic and cooler weather we’ve been having, it was a little hard to believe Spring was actually here. And with Spring, I tend to think of fresh starts, renewals and specifically giving the home a bit of a refresh! With most of us now staying home and working from home, we’re also spending a lot more time looking at our home and thinking about what we wish we could change and update. Plus with a lot more time on our hands…
Put a Little Love in Your Home
It’s just a few more days until Valentine’s Day and today I think we’re finally going to get around to decorating a bit! I think you all have figured out by now that I love all of the holidays and love to decorate our home for each and every one of them, including Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is such a fun holiday to decorate the house. I personally love decorating with traditional colours like red and pink but also like to incorporate gold, rose gold and black and white into our home decor too! And since there’s only 4 days to go, of course we need items that will get…
How to Add the 2020 Color of the Year To Your Home
Hi everyone! Thought I would take a break from vacation planning and focus on one of my other passions today – home design and decor! Since it’s still the beginning of the year, I’m excited to kick us off with some tips I came up with recently over at Nikou Design Inc. on how to incorporate this year’s colour of the year into your homes! Pantone announced the 2020 colour of the year as “Classic Blue”. I couldn’t be happier or more excited because it just so happens to be my favourite colour as well! Blue is classic, timeless, calming, peaceful and tranquil. It’s also very versatile and I consider…
How to Style Your Mantel for the Holidays
Holiday decorating is in full swing at our place this year! One of the three trees is up! Yes, I said three – I love Christmas and we do a lot of decorating around here! While we’ve got some more decking of the halls to do, today’s project was the fireplace mantel. If you have a fireplace you need to decorate it for the holidays. It’s a must! I mean, I actually think it’s a rule! Santa does come down that thing right? Aside from the Christmas tree, the fireplace mantel is the perfect focal point in your home for the holidays. And it’s pretty easy to style up your…
5 Easy Ways to Deck the Halls for the Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and I honestly can’t believe I haven’t decorated the tree or the house yet! Maybe this weekend amongst the birthday parties, kids’ activities, dinners and other things we’ve got going on! I love decorating for the holidays but anyone else feel like it’s just so hard to squeeze it all in? It’s funny because I came across a service today where home stylists would come into your house and decorate for the holidays for you. At first I thought, wow that’s genius! But then I actually started thinking it just wouldn’t be the holidays for us if we didn’t trim the tree…
Go Plaid or Go Home!
It’s not even the middle of November yet and we already had our first snow storm of the year! I know, crazy right! Ah, life in Canada!! It’s a snowy day out there and I have to say all I want to do is stay indoors and get cozy! And when I think cozy I also tend to think plaid and lots of it! It also makes me think of Burberry but that’s besides the point! I think my motto has always been “Go Plaid or Go Home” or something to that effect! So as you can see my love affair with plaid has no end! Not sure what it…
Easy Tips to Get Organized for Back To School
Hi everyone! How did you all survive the first week of school last week? I have to be honest while it was nice having the kids home for the summer, we did need to get back to some sort of a regular routine so back to school has been great for that! And I’ve been trying to make it a little less stressful this year too by getting ourselves a bit more organized! Yup, it’s true! Aside from the laundry pile-up, I’m a bit of a neat freak. As a kid I would colour coordinate my closet and I’m not going to lie I love a neat desk space…
