i still have my '76 scarf. it's just red and white with the rings - no beavers. and i picked up my mittens and a Canada tee at The Bay yesterday so that i'm suitably attired during th...

oh my. i found a slipper chair like that at Goodwill last fall for $5 (Cdn). it was upholstered in a truly awful blue-green brocade. with a couple of metres of orange pai...

i need a step-stool to get into my 4-poster!

i can't offer much, but i have the exact same sofa - in white. and it sits in a room painted orange. to go with it, i made my own large square tufted ottoman using black ultrasuede. ...

yes, i do. the third bedroom in my little house is 6 feet wide and 11 feet long - since it has a window they can call it a bedroom. when my realtor and i first came to look at this ho...

paint dining room, kitchen and office space install new light fixtures that i already have figure out lighting for dining room (don't ask) put up picture rail moulding in living r...

i think it's ugly!

make the bed every day? people have time to do that in the morning?

it's xmas again today for me, so i keep my decorations - such as they are - up until the 8th or 9th every year.

LOVE the colour!

to keep it - you could just spray it with some kind of shellac. just let anyone coming to visit know that the wreath has been rendered inedible!

sleep in whenever i can!

some florists shops sell it.

my "tree" is a cone-shaped trellis i use in my garden in the summer - it's twined with white lights and sits in a corner of my living room. i also put a xmas wreath on my door. since ...

i had 15 people for dinner last week and don't have anywhere near that much tableware. so i ordered some of the biodegradable tableware sold here:

i'm Canadian, so i'm not about to start decorating after our Thanksgiving in October. but when i do bother to decorate, i wait until about 10 days before the December event. and nothin...

how many ways can one say ugly? where did i put that thesaurus...?

top sheet, cotton thermal blanket, down-alternative duvet covered in a brocade/broadcloth cover. on really chilly nights, a wool blanket on top of that.

i have some Ivar shelves that are 25 years old in my house - they've been with me through 3 cities and 5 moves in that time. my Lack tables aren't in great shape anymore, but i've had ...

how odd to see a store i used to shop in when i lived in Ottawa featured here. an ex-boyfriend lived down the street from that corne store...