When you’re in the middle of reno hell it’s sometimes hard to stay positive that the end results will be worth the effort and stress.

We’d love it if you’d send some of your before and after reno shots to be posted on the site. Ideally we’d mention your name, what you did and your […]

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I bought a binder that contains clear pockets to organize all of my inspirational tears as well as all of the resource information that I’ve been gathering along the way ie. quotes for products and services, swatches of materials, paint chip colours etc.

I’ve organized the tears by rooms of the house (kitchen, bathroom, laundry room […]

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I thought I’d show you some tears of rooms that give me inspiration (a small sampling as my file is huge!). I find it really helpful to lay out images of rooms that I love and interesting to see what types of patterns emerge/ what materials I tend to gravitate towards ie. the marble backsplash […]

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The Kitchen is probably the most important room on the main floor (to us anyways). Timelines to have cabinetry made, countertops and appliances ordered etc. can take up to 12 weeks so we wanted to get started as soon as possible. To save time it’s helpful to have a general idea of the look of […]

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After the sale of our house we were able to determine our approximate initial reno budget of $120,000 (including the land transfer tax and kitchen appliances which we will buy now, pay later). I pulled out my large folder of magazine tears that I had collected over the years of rooms that inspired me in […]

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