Hey guys, I’m here again to share a few updates we did to our loft apartment in terms of home decor. I was lucky to partner with Article again to add in a few pieces… Read More »Loft Apartment Decor Updated with Article
I finally got my hands on a copy of Diane Keaton’s new book, The House That Pinterest Built. Our loft apartment library ladder is featured in the “Book” section as inspiration for her library and… Read More »Our Library Ladder Featured in The House That Pinterest Built
It’s been about 5 years since we renovated our loft apartment, specifically the kitchen renovation. I wanted to look back on the process and share with you the things I’d do differently if I could… Read More »Our Kitchen Renovation 5 Years Later and What I’d Do Differently
I decided to write about my gas range after having a few recent conversations with people helping them decide if they should go electric or gas. I used to be all about electric only because it’s what I grew up with and I had a mild fear about using gas, but when we moved into our place over 3 years ago, the gas bill was included in our strata fees and the gas line was already there, so it was a no-brainer to go with a gas range. I immediately got over my fear and now I’ll never go back.
Since we had a limited time to complete our renovations and a very limited budget, we picked our appliances pretty quickly and our gas range was one of the more affordable Maytag ranges and right from the beginning there were problems. The seal around the door has never been installed correctly even after they came for a service call.
Then after a few months the grate that’s on the top of the stove corroded, not just a little bit, but a lot. It was so shocking it made me completely regret purchasing this stove. After a few weeks of trying to get in touch with Maytag, they said they’d send me a replacement grate, but in the end they only sent me half instead of the full 2 pieces. It’s so incredibly ugly and impossible to clean now.
Here’s the corroded mess:
Read More »Why I Dislike My Gas Range
Over 3 years ago Andrew and I made the plunge to move in together and move into a loft apartment. It was all very exciting and new. It was also pretty stressful because we did a super rushed renovation before we moved in and I’ll tell you right now, never rush a renovation. The only reason we rushed ours was because of timing and we had the resources because my family works in the renovation business.
Our space is 1,100 sqft with the bedroom and one of the bathrooms upstairs. The ground floor has a kitchen/living room space and a small bathroom. Here’s the floor plan, it’s since changed a bit, but it’ll give you an idea of the space we’re living in.
After a year, we finally felt settled in, but I started to notice some pros and cons of loft living. I’ll start off by saying I love my loft, I love the lifestyle, but there are some things I really had to adjust to, so I thought I’d share them with you incase you’re thinking of moving into one.Read More »The Pros and Cons of Loft Living
The last few weeks I’ve been obsessed with patterned tiles and it’s trending all over the place on Pinterest. Bold colours, tone on tone, loud pattern and subtle designs.
Here’s a few of my favorite patterns right now.
Source: mutina
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Today I’m sharing some hardware and fixture inspiration that came to me after a visit to the Interior Design Show West this past weekend. There were so many great brands and some new ones I hadn’t… Read More »Hardware and Fixture Inspiration
You know when you shop online and you find something you’re totally in love with, you add it to your cart and go to the check out only to discover there’s insane duty fees and… Read More »Find Your Home Decor Style
As soon as we got the keys to our place we got to work by quickly ripping out the laminate wood floors and selling them on craigslist (surprisingly they sold within a few hours). The… Read More »Polished Concrete Floors
We’ve been living in our loft for about 7 months now, I can’t believe how time flies! We only have a few things left on our list for renovation/fixing up: Replace ceiling fan Install a… Read More »Ceiling Fan
Here’s a quick before and after, I’m sure there will be many more photos of the ceiling in the next few weeks, but these were quickly snapped with my cellphone because I couldn’t resist to… Read More »The Ceiling
Guess what? I’m moving to an amazing loft next month! I’ll be moving in with my boyfriend and we’ll be fixing up the place. My blog will probably be filled with posts about before &… Read More »New Apartment Coming Soon!