Notes by Meg


  • Neutral pillows: adult teddy bears: you choose

    It's that time again. Another load of pillows graces our shelves. I've washed, I've cut, I've sewn. The team has flipped, de threaded, ironed and tagged. This collection features mainly pillows made in house with a healthy sprinkling of vintage pillows recreated from vintage rugs in the best rec...
  • Summer patio living' at Oliver and Rust house

    It is summer and the living is full of shovels this year.  We have been mentally preparing and saving for the plan for our backyard for plus 10 years and solidly working on bringing around the plan for the last 4. All good things come to those with back pain and patience right? We thoroughly ...
  • Time for a little spring walk about in the shop

    We have way past officially been closed, more than open this year. As we approach the half way point to the year, it's a great time to share some photos of the space that I call a second home and to sneak in some photos of what it looks like all steady and silent waiting to hear the doorbell ring...
  • Pillows for inside and out.

    As we patiently await the changing of the seasons and all that brings, piles and piles of pillows have unleashed themselves into the store. We even had a fun contest on instagram to see how everyone's "jelly bean" counting skills could add up guessing the amount of pillows that are hanging out at...
  • The mud DIY sweeping the home decor set.

    My goodness. When was the last time I had a DIY post on here. It's been a hot minute that's for sure. There's a story behind this DIY like any good blog post should start. First, let's review my musts for a DIY. A good DIY means it costs significantly less than the original. It does not take ye...
  • New pillows......Give us all the pillows

    Like we need a reason to add new pillows. We will call it spring cleaning. That's this weeks reason but, truthfully we are pillow enabling all the sofas and couches and forts. This past week the latest collection arrived in store and it has been great to see everyone coming out of winter hib...

Blogging Since 2015

This blog is written by Meg and includes tales of the renovations/ decor changes of her home and the shop she owns in Fonthill, Ontario. It goes back many years, much before the shop was born. It is like one of those stacking dolls. It started with a couple of kids buying their forever home. It snowballed into renovations, which turned into garage shows and then a store. If you are new here, welcome! We are glad you stopped by.