DIY Shed Makeover Step into the time machine with me once again as we travel back to spring/summer (and a little bit fall) 2024. I had big plans to install a dream greenhouse in the backyard, so we took that opportunity to completely redo our shed too. There was nothing “wrong” with our shed per se. It was functional and not falling apart or anything. I daresay, it was even kinda cute! But it just wasn’t as useful as it could’ve been. So […]
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Toddler Mural Makeover Back when I was super pregnant with my second, I painted a mural in what would be her bedroom. I don’t recommend it. Despite the difficulties of my first pregnancy, I did have a kind of spritely energy and excitement that was nowhere to be seen for my second. My body had somehow aged 20 years between my two pregnancies. Plus, we were living in a mid-reno-literal-hole-in-the-bedroom-to-the-outside-post-covid world. The chaos, the illnesses, the sciatica…it was not a good time. All […]
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Dream Greenhouse Ya girl’s back after a bit of a blog hiatus, with some old news, but that I never actually talked about. I got a greenhouse last summer, which you can imagine was a dream come true for me! Because of course, it would have its practical uses (outdoor storage, seed starting, in-season growing etc.) but above all else, it would be an essential piece to the cottage garden aesthetic that I was trying to achieve in the backyard. I’m gonna […]
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Turning Parts Of Our Old House Into Shelves Why, hello. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Two kids, many projects, trips, gardening season…you get it. Let’s just dive back in. For those of you who haven’t been following our home renovations, when we built our sunroom extension way back in 2022, we unearthed a beautiful layer wood underneath our pink bricks (don’t ask me, I don’t know why they chose pink bricks) that needed to come out. Keep in mind that our house was originally built in 1944, […]
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August Garden Tour Man, where has the summer gone? It’s almost September, and I’m not ready! I haven’t wasted a single moment in the garden, though. Against conventional wisdom, I’ve been adding new stuff and transplanting throughout the season and I haven’t had a casualty yet! I kinda think you can do whatever you want, whenever you want in the garden, you just have to take extra care and watch things closely. Anyway, since I had some extra time, I decided to film […]
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