I’ve been wanting to update our kitchen since we bought our cottage almost 6 years ago. I love the pine cupboards and the layout is functional, but the countertops, backsplash and hardware made the space feel dated, dark and dingy. I knew a few changes would make a big impact so we made a plan and got to work.
Read MoreI love sharing things I’m into (hello @thebeachwaver!). And with Valentine’s day moment’s away (ahem, RG, cough, cough, ahem) I wanted to give some love to Canadian businesses that give me those “will you be mine” vibes. None of these are #ads. Just straight up things I love that I think you will, too!
Read MoreMy sweet Bea has been in this room for over a year now and it’s taken me that long to get this post together (in case you’re wondering how life with a 4 year old and a baby during a pandemic is going). I was really excited to make this room magical for my big girl because I wanted her to have a space she loved that was just hers before the arrival of her sister that would, inevitably, turn her life upside down. And who would be taking over her old room. She wouldn’t miss the old room if the new room was amazing, right?!
Read MoreI’ve been thinking a lot about the things this year has taught me (more on that in a later post). One of the things that stood out was separating from the immediacy of getting things I need or want whenever I want. It took a good few months to retrain my brain not to think I could just “run out” anymore. We’ve been living at our cottage since March and try to shop seldomly, only going in to town for essentials. Because of this I became forced to make due with what was under our roof. So, when it came to wanting to add a little more to our holiday décor, I decided to look around at what we had in our shed and just outside the door.
Read MoreGetting ready to wrap my gifts last year is what really inspired my desire look at how much we throw out after a single use and to make changes in our home across the board. It’s no secret the holidays can be unnecessarily wasteful, so in an effort to reduce that I’ve got some easy (like, really easy), super cute and low-to-almost-no-waste gift wrapping ideas for you! These took me no time at all and are made with things I had at home that can be reused!
Read MoreAfter watching Greta Thunberg vehemently demand change from our world leaders and seeing how many millions of people turned out for climate strikes around the globe, I feel more empowered and inspired than ever. Yes, the science and data is scary and yes, it’s easy to say it’s all up to big business and government to turn this thing around. But I truly believe that collectively, if we all commit to change, open our eyes, live mindfully and with awareness, we are capable of moving the needle in the right direction.
Read MoreRandall once did a pillow count between our house and the cottage and I’ll admit, the number was a little absurd. I can’t help myself, I just love pillows!! I spotted a pile of feed/seed/bean bags at one of our favourite vendors at the annual antique show the family goes to in Michigan and immediately knew it wanted to turn them into pillows for the cottage!
Read MoreWe all have our favourite spots in our homes. The chair we like to curl up in to read. The stool we sit on to have our morning coffee. The corner of the couch we tuck into and binge watch TV. This spot for me is our vegetable garden. It’s the place I can’t wait to get to on Saturday mornings and the one I miss most in the winter.
Read MoreMy sweet Bea loves the great outdoors as much as I do. The natural world is a place of wide-eyed wonder and it brings me so much joy to watch her marvel in it. This past weekend she saw her first monarch butterflies and still hasn’t stopped talking about it. It’s one of the great privileges of being a parent; seeing the world through the eyes of our children. And it is my sincere hope that she gets to experience that same joy with her children and her children’s children.
Read MoreThis started as an idea ahead of the holidays. I kept thinking about all the waste associated with gift giving. The packaging, the wrapping, the stuff that ends up in a landfill. What began as a seed to reduce gift-giving waste, turned into me looking at our everyday lives and how we could reduce our consumption and most importantly, our single-use items.
Read MorePowder Room Renovations, Gourmet Cooking and a little bit of Bea... Needless to say, it was a busy Sunday at the Graham House!
Read MoreWhen we bought our house 4 years ago it had been completely renovated which meant everything was fresh and white. A blank canvas. We started decorating and adding our personal touches, but still kept our neutral walls. I love the aesthetic of a crisp white home, but after 4 years I got a little bored and antsy to make some changes; our main-floor powder room seemed like the best place to start.
Read MoreI love to joke with my Ma that one of my greatest joys as a parent is to give Bea all the things I wanted as a kid. And I assure you I’m joking, because I did have the best childhood with the best parents.
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