Welcome back and welcome summer! Today I want to talk about maximizing – not only the precious summertime we have here in Canada, but also valuable real estate, the backyard! If you’re lucky enough to have a deck, patio, balcony or even some grass you can easily create a backyard Read more…
Welcome guys! Its Week 7 of the one room challenge, and for me a week of relief! We have made a lot of progress on Zayna’s room, and I am getting so excited to share the completed space with everyone. This week we focused on adding some finishing touches to Read more…
Guysssss it’s week 6 already!! It’s been quite a reflective couple of weeks in more ways then one. As for the room, it’s finally coming along nicely and today I’ll be talking about the accent wall we finished last week. I spent a considerable amount of time deciding on what Read more…
Whoa, how is it week 4 already??? And what exactly have I done?? With Ramadan and Eid festivities coming to an end, I now have more time to focus on Zayna’s room, I better because we’re at the half way mark, yikes! So unlike last week, ,WE HAVE AN UPDATE! Read more…
Welcome! Not sure if this is your first time here, but this is most def a first for me, I’ll be taking part in this year’s One Room Challenge (ORC) as a guest participant. I’ll be taking on my 14 year old’s bedroom and to be quite honest, I need Read more…
Welcome back! It’s been a very busy few weeks in our household, and I don’t just mean the work being done in the basement. With back to school, my husband’s works trips, and celebrating a milestone birthday, it’s been a little hectic. For my birthday my husband surprised me with Read more…
I’m back! Delayed post on our ongoing basement reno, but we’ve had a busy few weeks with a surprise birthday trip and back to school craziness. In all that we were making lots of decisions on our basement design, finishes and furniture/lighting. So here’s what’s been completed so far . Read more…
Yay! A full week of reno was completed yesterday and I have to say I’m super happy with the progress. Thankfully, so far we have a good relationship with our contractor and he’s been great at communicating to us what’s going on and keeping us in the loop. It makes Read more…
We’ve been waiting months (since we finalized on the contractor) for the basement work to finally begin and we start tomorrow! Today’s post I’m going to talk about a few of the plans we have for our upcoming reno. So we have about a 1000 square feet down there and Read more…
Who doesn’t love walking into model homes and seeing perfectly curated closet items, in perfect spots and ZERO clutter. But is that real life, and is it even possible with kids to have mess free closets?? Well sadly, it’s not a reality for most of us, or even possible, or Read more…