Notes by Meg


  • Getting off the decor train still a bit today as  we go in a different direction.For my long time followers you are quite aware of my outlying foodie and wine obsessions. I love to cook, I mean really love it. Creating recipes is just about the best thing in the world next to decorating for me an...
  • Good morning and hello to all you out there still under a pile of snow.We are experiencing a very un-Canadian winter in our area this year with not much snow and really not much cold either. I suppose the one bonus to all that snow if your power stayed on is plenty of time to catch up on your rea...
  • Good morning everyone! almost afternoon I suppose.Was Christmas here? Good grief I seemed to have missed it.Do Over!We left Christmas up in the shop for about 2 weeks following the season for the sales that are sometimes the best part of shopping the holidays. A few of our regular customers were ...
  • For the retailer in you.

    Do you remember the blogs before the "blogs"?The posts of writing with very few photos.When they were a web log?Today may feel like a throw back to that as this is a long post with little photo fun.If you are only here for the photos, today isn't your day. Sorry about that.If you aren't here for ...
  • Well for the past few months you have heard me randomly mention here and there throughout house tours and posts that we had a basement.It was a lovely finished basement.It doesn't exist in the form that it was known for here anymore.Back in July after a family holiday Trevor and I got home at mid...
  •  Morning everyone,Continuing on with our Christmas house tour today with our Christmas mantel for this year.The mantel didn't change too much from last year except the newest addition of the merry and bright gold glitter banner. I actually bought it on etsy last Christmas season but it didn't arr...

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.