Blog - A Pop of Pretty

Magnificent Mudrooms

7 Jun

Call me crazy, but my favorite rooms to swoon over are Mudrooms. Perhaps that’s because I’ve never had one that’s truly worked. My front entry (“The Drop Zone”) is cluttered with at least 20 pairs of shoes ranging from size 2T to men’s 12 and everything in between. The hooks, so heavily laden with ballet … Read More about Magnificent Mudrooms

The Power of "The Pop"

27 May

This post was most recently updated on June 5th, 2011In yesterday’s post, I told you how we are moving a lot of things around here as our basement is nearly complete. It all started with re-styling ‘Room B’ – a small main floor den – with furniture from a different room. Nothing seemed to go … Read More about The Power of "The Pop"

Slaying a Sacred Decorating Cow

26 May

This post was most recently updated on June 5th, 2011Step 1: Move furniture from Room A to Room B. Step 2: Re-position furniture in Room B. Step 3: Curse on furniture in Room B. Step 4: Wish you had never moved furniture from Room A to Room B. Step 5: Repeat steps 2 through 4. … Read More about Slaying a Sacred Decorating Cow

Smitten: My New Turquoise Door

19 May

This post was most recently updated on September 23rd, 2019 Have you ever thought about painting a door in your home a favorite colour? We just replaced the entrance to our now-nearly-complete basement with a new frosted glass door; and instead of painting it white like all the colonial-style doors in my home, I decided … Read More about Smitten: My New Turquoise Door

The Basement: Final Countdown!

16 May

This post was most recently updated on September 22nd, 2019 It’s paint week! I’m FINALLY going to see some colour on the basement walls over the next few days! The flooring will be installed by the end of the month. So I’m finally seeing an end in sight to this basement development project which we … Read More about The Basement: Final Countdown!