Notes by Meg


  • I know for some of you the Christmas spirit is dwindling with all the excess of decor, grouchy shoppers, long lines and non-stop holiday music. I, however am still getting my Mele Kalikimaka on. I had to postpone our basement tour this year as our tree stand was living at the Christmas market so ...
  • Inspired by IBC

    With all the inspiration overload we come across these days it is rare to have something smack you down with an "oh my gosh i want that right now" moment. Things come and go across our feeds, things we love even but, how many people are actually doing the things that they pin on their boards, sav...
  • Well I made it. The Christmas markets are over, the house is long since decorated, my gifts are almost all done, just need to be wrapped and we are ready to enjoy the holiday season for the next few weeks. I will share some photos I took of our Thursday night market tomorrow. We got a huge snowgl...
  • Christmas Mantel 2014

    Good morning everyone.I thought I would share a little bit about the details of our Christmas mantel this year.When going to plan the mantel this year I wanted to do something completely different. I have been using the magnolia stems for 4 years now mixed in with our African decor and thought it...
  • Good morning everyone.A few days after November and we are full on into the glitz and glamour of house tours. Here we will take a break and rest of the Oliver and Rust tour (as there is more still to come in the basement and outside) and just look at some glamourous inspiration instead. [source] ...
  • Good morning everyone. Let's go upstairs today and check out what got Christmas-ified in the bedrooms. Well just one bedroom to be exact because........I have paint patches on the wall of the spare bedroom and a few projects for the room holed up in our garage waiting for me to have a home day of...

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.