SHARING MY FAVOURITE READS FROM THE WEEK Oh my gosh, I can’t even believe another week has flown by already! It’s been another week of trying to catch up on all the things around here – the basement reno, the deck build (which has been at a standstill for a few weeks now), my teaching work and of course all…
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Weekend Reading #65
Neutral Farmhouse Fall Home Tour
come see our home all cozied up for fall with this neutral farmhouse fall home tour. The mornings are growing crisp, the leaves are just starting to turn – Fall is most definitely in the air and I for one am SO ready for it! Of all the seasons, Fall has always been my very favourite. It’s made of all…
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Weekend Reading #64
SHARING MY FAVOURITE READS FROM THE WEEK Whew! What a whirlwind of a week it’s been. I don’t know about you, but between back-to-school for our kiddo, back-to-work for me (just part time teaching thank goodness!) and basement renovating, I’m so lost, I’m not sure I even know which way is up at the moment. I’m sure looking forward to…
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A Few Cozy Living Room Updates
Our living room has seen a few cozy updates this summer and I can’t wait to share them with you! Like so many others, with all this extra time around home this Summer, we managed to find all sorts of projects to tackle around the house. Last week I shared our plans for finishing the basement and over on Instagram…
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Cozy Rainy Days
5 ways to cozy up a cold, rainy day. We had a pretty slow start to our Summer here in Northern Alberta, with most of July bringing cooler, almost Spring-like days with a whole lot of rain mixed in. Luckily, our August made up for it with an almost month long stretch of Summer sun. I’ll tell you, nobody appreciates…
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Weekend Reading #63
SHARING MY FAVOURITE READS FROM THE WEEK Happy Friday friends! I hope you had a great week! Ours was a VERY busy one around here! On the home reno front, we definitely made some progress. Brady managed to get our current concrete patio demolished, making room for the piles to be installed for our new deck. We also had our…
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Currently | Life in September 2020
SHARING A QUICK UPDATE ON ALL THINGS {CURRENTLY}… Well my friends, I have to say, we had a pretty busy August around here. If you’ve been following along on Instagram, you’ll already know that we dug up most of our yard a couple of weeks ago and we’ve been slowly putting it all back together ever since. You may be…
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Weekend Reading #62
SHARING MY FAVOURITE READS FROM THE WEEK Happy Friday friends! I hope you had a wonderful week! It may not look like it from this photo, but we made a ton of progress in the yard this week, filling our 7ft deep plumbing a sewer trench and running the gas and electrical out the new garage site. We’re currently waiting…
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Our Renovation Wish List – 10 Renovation Projects we’d Still Like to Take On
It’s been more than five years now since we first moved into this old house from the 70’s and, as I look back, I can’t believe how far we’ve come in that time. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can catch the entire before + after tour of our home here, but I think it’s safe to say…
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Cozy Basement Design Progress + Mood Board
sharing the mood board for our cozy basement design It’s been more than a month now since I mentioned our plans to finally finish our basement. I shared where we landed with the layout of things and how we planned to use each of the different areas, but the actual design elements were still a bit fuzzy for me. One…
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Weekend Reading #61
SHARING MY FAVOURITE READS FROM THE WEEK This my friends, is the current state of our backyard. If you’ve been following along on Instagram, you’ll already know the story here, but for those of you that may have missed it, you’re probably wondering why we chose to dig a 7ft deep trench all across our backyard. Well, it’s a bit…
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Weekend Reading #60
SHARING MY FAVOURITE READS FROM THE WEEK It’s been far too long since I’ve pulled together some Weekend Reading to share with y’all. With all of us still home through the day and all sorts of fun adventures to distract us, I haven’t been spending much time in front of the computer lately. Instead, we’ve been spending our days mountain…
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Currently | Life in August 2020
SHARING A QUICK UPDATE ON ALL THINGS {CURRENTLY}… It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through our Summer, isn’t it? And even harder to believe that school will be starting up again in just over a month, at least that’s the plan here in Alberta anyway. Honestly, I’m still not sure how I feel about it all – life with…
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Quiet Early Mornings
Waking up early for a couple of hours of quiet all to myself is my absolute favourite way to start the day! Today I’m sharing 5 of my favourite ways to enjoy these quiet early mornings. I find some months of the year just naturally feel cozier (I mean it’s hard to not feel cozy when you’re curled up in…
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Our Latest Renovation Project: Design Plans for a Cozy Finished Basement
Layout and design plans to create a cozy finished basement This reno project has been a long time coming. In fact, I guess you could say nearly 50 years in the making really. I find it so interesting that this old house of ours has been around for 47 years and in that time, not one of its owners has…
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