New Home | Sneak Peek

As promised here's a sneak peek at our new home. Yup, we're pretty darn excited! Many of you have asked about our decor and I'm excited to say I definitley have lots of plans & ideas. We're focusing on lovely pale grey's, creams and creating interest by layering lots of texture. For the master bedroom we'll be keeping things white & airy and adding grey damask wallpaper to our ensuite bathroom. Lastly, the second bedroom will be converted into a full office + will house my online shop, which by the way, will be re-opening once we move! Lovely, right?! If you'd like to see more of my inspiration for the new space? Be sure to check out my pinterest boards... beautiful spaces, for the home and office inspiration! xo

Home Tour | One Last Look

I won't lie, it's pretty bittersweet sharing our home on the blog for the last time!! Of course we're over the moon about our new place... but, this was the first home that Martin & I purchased together and it's hard to say goodbye. Sigh! As for a new home update?! We're excitedly doing a walk-through with our developer next week, and move early April. I'm definitley excited for all the extra room we'll have and I love the aesthetic. Everything is white and we'll have wide plank hardwood. Haha, which I'm pretty sure I've said like a million times! But that part's got me really, really excited. If ya couldn't tell already! ;)


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A Beautiful Life | High End Home On Any Budget

Hello, it's so great to be back after a wonderful long weekend spent with family & friends, we celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving and it was awesome! Today, I'm sharing my second installment of "A Beautiful Life" and writing on how to create a high end look for your home without breaking the bank. We're currently in the process of updating ours and I have lots of fabulous and practical advice to share with you. For each category listed, you'll find inexpensive tips on how you can do it for less!



Clean and happy home // Prior to starting a decorating project... I love giving our home a fresh coat of paint, shampooing the carpets, cleaning our upholsteries and re-sealing our kitchen floor grout + back-splash if need be. We typically do this every couple of years, and for us, it's definitley worth the extra money. Even when we were renting we replaced the kitchen lino, added new kitchen cabinet knobs, repainted and added our own drapery. It makes all the difference!

Paint old furniture // This is a tried and true favourite! There's nothing like painting an out of date dresser a gorgeous creamy white and adding gold or brass hardware. I'm always amazed at the result! For my projects? I use Benjamin Moore paint and Restoration Hardware knobs. My favourite is their traditional violet glass knob. Perfect for a bedroom or vintage armoire. Plus, talk about affordable!

Wallpaper // Adding gorgeous wallpaper to a feature wall gives instant appeal and definitley lends a more high end look. We're hoping to add a wallpapered wall to either our dining room, or around the fireplace. However to keep costs down we'll be choosing a stencil instead of going with traditional wallpaper. The plan is to paint our room white and then add a sheer metallic grey damask stencil to our feature wall. I can't wait, I've seen it done and it looks amazing!

Pillows // We just bought all new pillows for our couch and I love them. They add instant luxury and coziness. However, they can also get ridiculously expensive, our trick? We bought several neutral ones from Ikea and then added two high end pillows for a final touch of pizazz. Totally worked and we saved money as a result. Fab, right?! 

Frames // I love scouring flee markets for gorgeous frames and then either painting them white, or covering them with a silver or gold leaf treatment. So easy and it looks like you spent a ton of money on fancy, schmancy mirrors!

Curtains // They can get so expensive, especially if you're looking for something luxurious and that will create a statement. We currently have very simple ones from Ikea, in white, and we're planning on doing a dip dye treatment to give them a more custom look. From what I can tell, the treatment looks ridiculously easy and I know it will add the perfect amount of drama to our living room!

Art // I love framing beautiful fabrics, typography, black & white photos, vintage postcards or even old handwritten letters. Skies the limit, you definitley don't have to spend a ton of money to create a gallery wall in your home. My favourite trick? Is to mix frames & mediums, here's an example of a wall I love!

Investment piece // When it came to choosing our furniture we went for a good mix of high & low. I believe, every room needs at least one great investment piece as it instantly elevates the look of the entire space. For us, that meant a high end coffee table and a designer sofa (ours is a dark greyish colour). Both of these items do so much to give our home a more high end feel.

Can you tell I'm really home obsessed lately? We've really been getting into it over here! But how can you not? It's so much fun! I'll see you a little later this week for a favourites/wishlist type post. Otherwise, I'm taking it easy and currently on antibiotics, ugh, my cold turned into a terrible infection with some very scary complications. So lots of rest for me!! xo

Home Tour | Part 2... Our Dining Nook

I'm back with part two of our home tour. Yay! I love putting these posts together + taking photos of our space... even if interior photography isn't really my strong suit - I love it all the same! And speaking of love? I'm pretty in love with our dining nook, we decided to paint it a lovely brick red a few years ago and we haven't stopped oogling over it since. It's warm, inviting and looks great against our beige walls and dark chocolate hued kitchen. One day, I'd love an all white home, perhaps for our next place we'll choose an all white canvas. But in the meantime, colour it is! ;)

We're excitedly working on several updates for our home this year... adding hardwood floors, a new gallery wall, area rug, drapes and gorgeous custom throw pillows. Once we're all done, I hope to have our home professionally photographed. But in the meantime, I hope you enjoyed these! And did ya notice Scout in the last shot?! Ha, photo bomb! xo

PS - You can peek at part one of our home tour, here. I photographed our patio a few weeks back!

Home Tour | Part 1... Our Patio

A few months back I did a quick iphone tour of our home. However, I thought it be fun to do a more detailed tour and break it up by room. Over the next few weeks, I'll be doing just that! I thought it only fitting to start off with our patio since it's still warm & lovely out. Admittedly, it's not the easiest space to take photos of because it's pretty tiny! But, we love it all the same... we BBQ out there, have a view of birch trees & evergreen mountains, plus most importantly we can watch the sunset!

Voila, the end. Quickest little patio post ever - right? As for our items... our side table, patio table + chairs and pillow are all from Ikea. Next year, I'm hoping to add a few hanging lanterns and a chevron sisal rug. I love a good homey patio! xo

a tour of our home

Hello! Today, I'm sharing a quick little tour of our home, which is brought to you via my trusty iPhone camera. I've been meaning to do this forever and can't believe I just got around to it now. So bad, but so me!! When it comes to our space, we're still wanting to add hardwood floors, swap out our gallery wall and buy a new area rug. Hopefully, I can feature updates of our home here & there on the blog throughout the year... if that's something you guys would like to see?! I also have a few DIY's that I'd love to share!!

We bought our home five years ago, and immediately fell head-over-heels for the over-height ceilings, mountain view and the fact that we're surrounded by the most breathtaking nature. We have the cutest village right down the street with adorable boutiques, restaurants and fantastic coffee shops. Our complex also has an outdoor pool, hot tub and a ton of private amenities like a fireside lounge, theatre room and tennis courts. The list goes on! In the summer, we love to hike with friends, barbeque and then dip in our pool - such a wonderful treat!

As for our home decor? I wanted to create a space that was warm, cozy but still modern. I love the beige walls, moldings and I'm a huge fan of our red accent wall. For the furniture, we focused on mostly white upholstery and dark wood. Since our kitchen is dark and our space is super open, I wanted everything to feel cohesive and have good flow. Martin & I are slowly starting to dream of a second home... but for now we're loving and enjoying this one so much. Hope you enjoyed the tour! xo

PS Have you done a tour of your home recently? Leave a link, I'd love to see!!