Sometimes my husband has amazingly smart ideas, even if they are a bit off the wall. Like when we were standing in Lowe's this weekend, innocently thinking that we could walk into that store and pick up only a single box of nails to hang some photos on the wall... As...
Some days it's hard for us to believe that we have been in our condo for nearly nine months. At this point, we are just aching to make it a bit more "us." Since we bought the place furnished, there is a lot of furniture here that isn't exactly our style. But we're...
Stefan and I have done a lot of renovating and decorating together over the last 14 years. But we often find that the smallest changes can make a huge impact. And that happened once again with this project. Since we've been getting into the renovation and decoration...
We have a nice-sized kitchen in our condo and there's even space for a Newfie to pass out in the middle of the floor. We like the layout and the fact that there are lots of cabinets, especially since we happen to own a lot of kitchen stuff. We like food and cooking at...
Planning a party over a festive period is one of the most exciting and creative times of year. For example, in the lead up to Easter any party for children or adults means you can have so much fun with party food. It is the perfect time to let your imagination run...
If you really want to spring clean your home, you need more than a feather duster. For a fresh look worthy of the season, you need to go about decluttering and streamlining your interior design for a minimalistic and sleek result. Read our tips for achieving this...
As you've probably read by now, we moved back to the U.S. in October 2013. It was a rather major decision for us, and one that was spawned by many things. But in the back of our minds, we always thought about returning to America. We absolutely loved our time in...
I haven't talked much about our move back to Florida or our surroundings, but I plan to change that going forward. So be on the lookout for lots of new posts. But for now, I want to focus on one particular new addition to our place that feels like it was just made for...
While purging and getting rid of things before our big move "across the pond," we started to take note of the fact that we have a LOT of old wine cases. When we moved into our farmhouse in 2006, they were one of the MANY things left behind by the previous owners. I...
About 6 months ago, I was thrilled to get a brand new Doxie One scanner. If you are not familiar with them, they are totally cute, super portable scanners that have revolutionized the way I think about paper and living my life without it. In fact, where we were in the...
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