Since we eat with our eyes first, I always like to create a good first impression by dressing up my dining table with an eye-catching centerpiece. I also like to keep things simple, so creating something that doesn’t require much work is always a priority. Here’s a quick and easy Christmas centerpiece idea that can pulled together in minutes and is guaranteed to deliver a soft elegant glow at the table. I...

What’s hanging on your walls reveals a lot about your personality. These days almost anything goes for wall décor. There are so many options available, you can have fun finding something that expresses who you are. So what do you want your wall décor to say about you? Here are some of my favorite quirky things to get you inspired. Art with spots When I saw this large canvas featuring a dalmatian with...

Do you want to know if grey walls, faux fur throws or orange pillows will still be on trend in 2016? I’ve searched high and low to get a sneak peek of what to expect in the home fashion world for next year. Here’s what I’ve discovered. Starting with paint color trends for walls, two of the top paint companies in the USA – Benjamin Moore (BM) and Sherwin Williams...

I love this time of the year when stores are all decked out for the holiday season, it gets me in the mood to get my house holiday ready earlier versus later. So here are a few of the things that caught my eye while shopping for decorating ideas. Let’s get festive! I took this picture at one of my all time favorite home accessory stores in Montreal, Zone Maison. They do...

I walked past this multi-colored barnwood vignette admiring its blue gray repurposed wood finish, but as I got closer I realized it was self-adhesive removable wallpaper. It completely fooled me from a few feet away; that’s how real this faux reclaimed wood pattern looked. When shopping in Montreal at Item Maison, a trendy furniture and accessory store in the new community of Griffintown, I fell in love with this new self-adhesive...

If you find yourself staring at a blank wall in your home, you’re not alone. When Jennifer over at the Clean and Scentsible blog wrote a feature on our picture hanging tools, we were reminded just how common it is for people to procrastinate about hanging things on their walls. The comments posted by Jenn’s readers really hammered the point home (pun intended!). Here is a sampling of the comments: “I’ve got a STACK of...

As most of our regular readers know, we’ve spent a lot of time renovating the Purple Door Cottage over the past few months. It’s fun to reflect back on the journey, and it seemed like the perfect excuse to try out Flipagram. We used the app to create a video slide show highlighting our favorite scenes captured as the renovations and redecorating came together. The video was super easy to create, and it seems to...

When choosing art for your home, consider the shape of your walls and place pieces to fit the space. Here, the short, wide space between the window and table is perfect to display anything horizontal in shape. Since I didn’t have a single landscape sized piece, I hung two small pictures horizontally. First, place your furniture exactly where you want before you start hammering nails in your wall. Take all the accessories...

With Halloween just around the corner, you’re probably looking for quick decorating ideas (like I am) that don’t require much time or money but still deliver lots of “wow” factor. I’ve done some digging into finding quick décor ideas for my own house that I hope will also inspire you to decorate yours. Here’s a roundup of my favourite ideas for decorating with pumpkins. What I love the most about all of...

Benjamin Moore just announced their color of the year for 2016 “Simply White” and I couldn’t be happier with their choice because I simply love white. After months of renovating our family cottage, we painted everything Cloud white – everything from walls, ceilings, baseboards, doors to casings and I LOVE it.  No regrets! On a very cold day this past winter, I got an urgent call from our contractor asking...

If you don’t have a headboard, don’t worry – you can create one with pictures. It can be a temporary solution if you’ll be moving or adding a headboard later. Or, you might just like it so much that you’ll decide to keep it that way. It’s also stylish and inexpensive. I created this headboard display using pretty white frames in the master bedroom of our cottage. We recently did a major...

In fashion, accessories can make or break an outfit. The same is true when it comes to decorating. The right accessory can make a huge style statement in a room – in my case, it’s my bathroom. Here’s my bathroom before and after. There was nothing wrong the way it looked before, but because of the high ceiling I felt that something else was needed above the black and white...