Notes by Meg


  • Hello friends!It is the most gorgeous sunny perfect weather, I don't have to go to work because it is a holiday day ever here in Canada. I am sitting in one of my chairs in the living room with a gentle breeze and birdsong in the background. A hot coffee and a talking cat walking around my living...
  • As promised Thursday, I have another great before and after furniture style for you today. After I finished up the end tables, I dragged one of our upstairs console tables down to the chopping block. We have had this table since before we were married and I noticed that every time I walked by thi...
  • This has been one of the most stressful days I can remember. I had planned to have this post up this morning but when I got up after a restless night of sleep because of a non-sleeping dog, my best friend Milo was having trouble walking. She had been having visible stomach issues since Monday and...
  • bye bye winter birch

    It was a fabulous weekend of weather here and as I type this I am wondering how I am going to stay awake at work today. It was a hard working beautiful spring weekend. We got so much accomplished including a new waterfall for our pond. The unfortunate part is the spring aches from mowing, rock li...
  • I am slowly getting more and more into the work I would like to be doing in conjunction with owning a store. I can see the whole thing in my head, and a lot of the planning is in motion. Soon, but not next week or anything. There is so much learning and reading to do about owning a business. It's...
  • May is here and spring has arrived. In between wandering between my blooming trees and searching for new growth, I have snuck in a few peeks at Pinterest.I'll be frank here, I joined 2 DIY group boards this month thinking it would be a great idea to see what is out there. It wasn't and my bo...

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.