Green Bean & Shrimp Quinoa Salad

Green Bean & Shrimp Quinoa Salad

This quinoa salad with blackened green beans, shrimp, almonds and feta cheese is quick and delicious make-ahead salad for summertime.  Now that summer has officially arrived and school is out, I’ve been working on coming up with some summer fresh recipes that can be easily whipped up ahead of time and just pulled out and enjoyed…

Summer Mantel Decor Ideas

Summer Mantel Decor Ideas

Beautiful and fresh summer mantel decor ideas; 5 simple ways to decorate a mantel for summer.   Summer! The most beloved season of so many. A time of warmth, sunshine, long days, and star filled nights. Time for relaxing outdoors, enjoying the beach or the lake, camping, watermelon, swimming and s’mores. SO many good things!…

DIY Faux Clay Textured Vase

DIY Faux Clay Textured Vase

A simple DIY vase makeover giving a thrift store vase the warm rustic look of clay with textured layers of paint. Each seasonal change seems to have a colour change for me. A fresh tone that I’m feeling inspired by and that seems to represent the new season. Normally in the summer I gravitate heavily…

Spring and Easter Mantel Decor

Spring and Easter Mantel Decor

Simple and cheerful Spring and Easter mantel decor ideas to help you decorate your mantel for Easter. March! It’s March! Which means that Spring is truly just around the corner. We’ve definitely been enjoying some nicer weather the past few weeks and the sunny days that we have had inspired me to pull my Spring and…

Simple Elegant Christmas Decor Ideas with a Vintage Modern Feel

Simple Elegant Christmas Decor Ideas with a Vintage Modern Feel

Our dining room and primary bedroom decorated for Christmas with elegant Christmas decor touches that fit well with the regular non-seasonal decor we have. Hello friends! I’m super excited to be sharing a bit of a different Christmas style with you than I usually delve into, and it was a fun departure for me this…

Cozy Farmhouse Scandi Style Christmas Living Room Tour

Cozy Farmhouse Scandi Style Christmas Living Room Tour

Our Cozy, Neutral Christmas Living Room with a mix of Farmhouse and Scandi Style Decor Elements. I can’t believe that it’s nearly December and that Christmas Home Tour week is already upon us! We’ve had a very dark, rainy Autumn this year with some serious storms this past month that have wreaked havoc around our…

Christmas Mantel Decorating Ideas: Our Snowy Rustic Natural Christmas Mantel

Christmas Mantel Decorating Ideas: Our Snowy Rustic Natural Christmas Mantel

Christmas mantel decorating ideas: use a simple combination of snowy branches, greenery, and garlands to create a natural, rustic, cozy holiday feel.  When it came time to transition our decor from Fall to Christmas I was sad to part with our fall mantel decor. I had loved the warm, earthy, rustic feel of it so…

Dollar Store Crafts: Christmas Nutcracker Makeover

Dollar Store Crafts: Christmas Nutcracker Makeover

How to give some cheap plastic dollar store nutcrackers a completely updated and modern look that will beautifully complement any Christmas decor with matte white spray paint! Yay! I’m so excited that the holidays are just around the corner! Although many of our US friends wait until later this month to start getting their homes ready…

Warm Earthy Rustic Fall Mantel Decor

Warm Earthy Rustic Fall Mantel Decor

Adding coziness and warmth for fall with warm earthy rustic fall mantel decor featuring dried florals and DIY textured vases. This year for Fall I’ve taken a big departure from my usual light and airy scheme. I’ve been really inspired lately by the darker, rustic, more warm and earthy decor I’ve been seeing and wanted…

Decorating Our New Build: Modern Coastal Farmhouse Decor Great Room Tour

Decorating Our New Build: Modern Coastal Farmhouse Decor Great Room Tour

Starting from scratch decorating a new build is a big job, and even though we aren’t completely finished today I’m sharing our modern coastal farmhouse decor style great room tour with a sneak peak glimpse at our kitchen and dining room.  Hello friends! It’s the Seasonal Simplicity Home Tour week this week and even though…

Spring Decorating Ideas on a Budget

Spring Decorating Ideas on a Budget

You can create a beautiful, fresh update to your home for spring without breaking the bank! Today I’m sharing my favourite spring decorating ideas on a budget.  Can you believe that it is already the middle of March? I certainly can’t. We’ve been working every day on our new build… painting, flooring, trim, painting and…

Free Printable Art for Spring

Free Printable Art for Spring

Spring just might be my favourite season of the year, and today I’m sharing some free printable art for spring that you can use to brighten your own home this season. It’s been a busy few months around here with building our new home, but I’m excited that things are definitely coming together. We started painting the interior…

Simple DIY Beaded Christmas Ornaments with Wooden Beads

Simple DIY Beaded Christmas Ornaments with Wooden Beads

Today I’m sharing how I made some elegant yet very simple DIY beaded Christmas Ornaments using wooden beads – the perfect addition to our natural and neutral wood and white rustic chic Christmas tree decor.   It feels like everyone needs a little extra Christmas in their lives this year.  Normally I feel like the…

How to Flock Natural Greenery

How to Flock Natural Greenery

Want to learn how to flock natural Christmas boughs this holiday season? Today’s post shows you how to flock natural greenery to give an airy white, dreamy feel to your Christmas decor. Living at the cabin over Christmas this year has inspired me to create a natural, slightly rustic, ethereal feel to our holiday decor…

Keto Raspberry Lemon Bar Recipe

Keto Raspberry Lemon Bar Recipe

Today I’m sharing a simple and delicious Keto friendly lemon square recipe with a twist: Keto Raspberry Lemon Bars.   Spring! It’s here, whether we believe it or not… With how strange life feels these days with COVID19 and social distancing and isolating, it’s strange to think that the earth just keeps turning and the…

Simple Pink Spring Mantel Decor

Simple Pink Spring Mantel Decor

Today I’m sharing some simple spring mantel decorating ideas as well as a free printable for your mantel that I’m using on my simple pink spring mantel. I had a dream.  About all the soft blush pink this spring season. I woke up thinking about it and craving more pretty pink in my life.  My…

DIY Modern Geometric Vases with Rust-Oleum Universal Metallic Spray Paint

DIY Modern Geometric Vases with Rust-Oleum Universal Metallic Spray Paint

Today I’m sharing a quick and easy DIY project turning simple dollar store vases into modern geometric vases using Rust-Oleum Universal Metallic spray paint in Gilded Bronze and Pure Gold. Do you ever comb the aisles of the dollar store checking out all the affordable little finds and thinking about creative ways that you could…

Simple White & Green Summer Mantel Decor {with free printable tropical leaf art}

Simple White & Green Summer Mantel Decor {with free printable tropical leaf art}

Today I’m sharing my simple white and green summer mantel decor, as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Summer Series, and featuring my free printable tropical leaf prints. The weather has already been hot and beautiful the last few weeks and it feels like summer has already arrived.  I keep seeing friends on social media talking…

Simple Spring Mantel Decor

Simple Spring Mantel Decor

Today I’m sharing our spring mantel and some simple spring mantel decor ideas as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Spring Series. March! It’s exciting, right? Spring is definitely juuuuuuust around the corner now. Our spring break at school begins this Friday and when we return to school after the two week break it will be…

DIY Gold Leaf Plant Pots

DIY Gold Leaf Plant Pots

Today I’m sharing how to make these simple fresh and beautiful DIY gold leaf plant pots; perfect for bringing spring indoors with some natural greenery. It feels super crazy to be sharing my first “spring” post with you today. Things have been so busy with the renovations that January and February completely whipped by. On…

How to Create Beautiful Holiday Vignettes Throughout Your Home

How to Create Beautiful Holiday Vignettes Throughout Your Home

Today I’m sharing my best tips for how to create a holiday vignettes throughout your home.  Do you ever stand in front of your bin full of Christmas decorations wondering how in the world to put them all together in a way that looks polished and finished? That makes your home feel put together and…

Nesting for Fall: Simple and Inspiring Fall Decor Ideas

Nesting for Fall: Simple and Inspiring Fall Decor Ideas

Today I’m sharing an overview of the Fall Seasonal Simplicity Home Tour Series featuring over 35 inspiring fall home tours full of simple fall decorating ideas. “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” {Albert Camus}  The last couple of days around here have been the epitome of fall beauty. Clear and…

Blue & Green Fall Decor Home Tour

Blue & Green Fall Decor Home Tour

Today I’m sharing our blue and green fall decor home tour as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Fall Home Tour series, with homes being shared all week long by 36 talented bloggers. It’s days away now, friends. Days. Fall-slash-Autumn is nearly on our doorsteps. Truthfully, it already feels like fall around here. We’ve had insane…

Cute & Thrifty DIY Sweater Pumpkins

Cute & Thrifty DIY Sweater Pumpkins

Today I’m sharing a quick and easy fall craft project, these cute and thrifty DIY sweater pumpkins – the perfect way to add a little cozy touch to your fall decor, using thrift store and dollar store finds! Hello, friends! Welcome to the last week of summer around here… Of course, in actuality,  summer will…

Watercolour Herb Free Kitchen Printables {in 10 designs!}

Watercolour Herb Free Kitchen Printables {in 10 designs!}

Today I’m so excited to be sharing these sweet and lovely free kitchen printables of watercolour herb designs in ten different patterns. Give your kitchen or dining room a beautiful update with this free printable kitchen art! Summer, to me, means fresh eating. Fresh and simple food. Easy and delicious meals created with the freshest…

Our Summer Kitchen & Dining Room

Our Summer Kitchen & Dining Room

Today I’m sharing our summer kitchen and summer dining room tour with simple seasonal touches as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Summer Home Tour Series. Do you remember, as a kid, your Mom attending a “colours” party? Where all the neighbourhood women would get together and a “colours” expert would tell them what “season” they…

Simply Delicious Italian Herb Lemonade {perfect summer cocktail}

Simply Delicious Italian Herb Lemonade {perfect summer cocktail}

Today I’m sharing a simple, delicious, and refreshing recipe for Italian Herb Lemonade – easily turned into a summer cocktail with the addition of some spirits. About half an hour drive from our house is the most divine little Italian restaurant that exists this far west of Italy. The ambiance is amazing, the food is…

Seasonal Simplicity Spring Home Tour Series Day Three

Seasonal Simplicity Spring Home Tour Series Day Three

Good morning friends! Today I’m back to share Day 3 of the Seasonal Simplicity Spring Home Tour Series! If you’ve been following along for a while, then you likely know that this spring I’ve gathered a talented group of blogging friends groups to share several spring projects and DIYs, culminating this week with our Spring Home…

Seasonal Simplicity Spring Home Tour Series Day Two

Seasonal Simplicity Spring Home Tour Series Day Two

Good morning friends! Today I’m back to share Day 2 of the Seasonal Simplicity Spring Home Tour Series! If you’ve been following along for a while, then you likely know that this spring I’ve gathered a talented group of blogging friends groups to share several spring projects and DIYs, culminating this week with our Spring Home…

Our Full Spring Home Tour

Our Full Spring Home Tour

I have put together a full tour of our home filled with spring decor! Hello, friends! Based on our calendar it is officially spring. By the weather? I’m not so sure! We arrived back to Vancouver two days ago from our sunny spring break holiday to reports of snow in our hometown. SNOW. On the…