Happy Holidays! Arlo and I made a video tutorial for you! It’s all about the fun process of making a tote bag as a DIY Christmas present. This is a super easy hack and it makes a great gift because it’s handmade and something people will actually use. Give it as a gift full of something sweet (like cookies!) or something warm (like socks!) and it will truly be appreciated. ...
A few weeks after we moved in, our neighbors gave us a triptych painting. It’s got some outlines etched in which is cool, but it’s not exactly our style (it’s airbrushed in gross colors and generally very dated – it is something that must have been very popular in the 70s and 80s). We didn’t really want it, but we felt rude refusing it – especially considering the...
Our kitchen is finally finished! Prepare yourself for the before and afters. We did soooo much work on this kitchen. The only thing we still need is a dishwasher, but that’s a bigger project, so it will come later. For now, just enjoy the photos. These cabinets were so gross. Garnet set Emma up cleaning them and after an hour, I told her to just stop. We were already planning on sanding them...
Another room finally finished! The hard part about this room was fitting everything in. It took a lot of grumbling and arguing and yelling and swearing and even a little bit of hacking too, but the boys room is now done. These bunk beds are great – sturdy, stylish, compact, and modular – but they are a pain to put together/take apart, AND there isn’t enough space in the room to...
I like potato leek soup, but I was in a hurry the other night, so I decided to make a more rustic version of the traditionally hearty, yet delicate soup. I started by chopping some leeks and putting them in a pot on high heat with some olive oil. I only had red potatoes, so I chopped those up, with the skins still on. Then, I turned down the heat and let the leeks get browned. Already, you’ll...
This room didn’t really involve any hacking, but I’m just happy that it is finished and I want to brag about it a bit. Our big kids aren’t here all the time, and as they get bigger and bigger, they’ll be here less and less. We choose to rent this place because of it’s size:affordability ratio. It’s big enough to accommodate the whole family all together at once,...
Our fireplace is finished! We have many projects in various states of partial completion, but not this one! This was one of the more tedious tasks, and I kept adding to it as I went. What started out as an ugly, mismatched fireplace has turned into a cozy and clean focal point for the living room. The original eyesore was composed of many different materials – brick, another type...
You can try out your eyebrow shape before tweezing by using makeup. It looks a bit weird, but it gives you a general idea of what your face will look like before you actually pluck the hairs – before it’s too late. All you have to do is cover your brows with foundation over the parts you think you might want to tweeze. You can also use pencil or eyeshadow to fill in spaces you think...
Vancouver is aiming to be the world’s “greenest city” by 2020. The tagline “Greenest City 2020” is plastered all over the place, including on our trash cans. We basically have 3 trash cans – a traditional bin, a green bin and a recycling bin (plus a few yellow bags for paper). The traditional bin takes everything you can’t recycle and everything that...
The ensuite master bathroom is finished! The first complete home renovation. This bathroom was actually not that bad. It just needed a good scrub (like everything in the house), some fresh paint and a few pieces of new hardware. Here are the photos: I actually made this shower curtain hack out of an existing shower curtain. I had the shower curtain from our last home that was for a full...