Notes by Meg


  • I mean whichever you prefer.This one might be OMG it's amazing cake in my house but you can just go the normal boring route and call it Chocolate zucchini cake too.I noticed that when I get the urge to share a recipe here at Oliver and Rust, it tends to be for the sweet tooth. One day we may have...
  • What a weird month. The weather has been so wonky for summer and it has been busy like the beavers over here.  I haven't spent a huge amount of time on Pinterest this month again as my hands seem to be stuck to a shovel or paint brush more often than not right now after I finish blogging.Here is ...
  • Back to office again

    It hasn't been that long since I moved everything around in my office to accomodate the etsy listings dresser but the shelves were still malfunctioning in their purpose. Stuff I rarely use was on the main or middle shelf and stuff I used more often on the top shelf. Stupid organization plan.I had...
  • Pretty in White

    If I liked pink I could have painted this dresser pink and then I could have called this post Pretty in Pink and it could have been like a Molly Ringwald special.I have a thing for John Hughes movies from the 80's, what can I say.Alas, this tallboy simple waterfall dresser got the lovely white tr...
  • We have a little window love going on over here. Quite a few people liking the salvaged window from yesterdays post with the lovely greige end tables.I mentioned that I scooped up 2 of them and thought I would show you where the other one ended up because these were too good not to keep one plus ...
  • Good morning!What a gorgeous weekend this was. A great thunderstorm to watch Friday night as dinner entertainment and a very sunny productive Saturday and Sunday.Saturday started with me checking my phone for email and then whooping after reading a few emails from lovely people saying they found ...

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.