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Balcony Reveal | One Room Challenge™ Comes to an End

The time has finally come for our One Room Challenge™ Balcony Reveal Project! I can not believe 8 weeks have come and gone. It really is amazing at how time flies when you’re having fun. If you are new to my blog, below is the journey that my daughter and I took for her 61 […]

Balcony Lighting | Lighting up our One Room Challenge™ Week 7

We are into week 7 in the One Room Challenge™ and this week, we’re talking about lighting up a balcony. If you are new to my blog, we have been working on my daughter’s first apartment balcony for this challenge. You can read all about our weekly progress here. Small Balcony – But Mighty Week […]

Design Inspiration | Week 6 One Room Challenge™ DIY project

We are officially in Week 6 of the One Room Challenge™ and today, we’re talking design inspiration. Typically, this is when we are ready to present our final spaces however with Covid, the challenge has been extended for two additional weeks. If you are new to my blog, you can read all about the past […]

Decorating around a black palette | Week 5 ORC

We are in Week 5 of the One Room Challenge™ and this week, I’m giving you a little peek at some of the colours I am adding to go with our black palette. For those of you who are new to following along, I am designing and decorating my daughter’s 61 sq ft balcony. You […]

Warming up a Concrete Balcony Floor | Week 4 ORC

We are into week 4 of the One Room Challenge™ and we are at the half-way marker! For this challenge, I am tackling my daughter’s 61 square foot balcony. This week, I dealt with warming up a concrete balcony floor. If you’re new to my blog, you can read about the past three weeks here: […]

Designing a small space balcony | The curveball | Week 3 ORC

As you may know, I am once again participating in the One Room Challenge™ this spring designing a small space balcony. For week 3, I threw myself my own curveball. Yes, you read that right. Week one was an introduction to our 61 square foot space. Week 2 was reviewing the design plan we have […]

Small Balcony Ideas for Space Planning | Week 2 of the ORC

We’re already in week two of our small balcony project and this week, we’re going to take a look at the design we landed on. What kind of small balcony ideas do I have? One Room Challenge For those of you who are not familiar with the One Room Challenge™ , this fun event is […]

Small Balcony – But Mighty | Spring One Room Challenge

I can’t believe I am writing this, but somehow I decided to be a guest participant in the Spring 2021 One Room Challenge. The focus is going to be on a small balcony. This really does fall in the category of, “What the hell was I thinking?” along with a smattering of, “When the hell […]

Recessed Lighting | How many lights do I need?

When it comes to recessed lighting, or as many know it as pot lights, is there a correct number to use in a space? I’ve enlisted the help of two our our trusted electricians. Robb Lacey, with Jewel Electric and Peter Doner with 4 Star Electric are chiming in on this popular question we get. […]

Mother’s Day – Why I’ve got 3 things on my list this year

I will warn you now, this is not exactly going to be a renovation post. I’m not going to lull you into sleep about supply chain issues, backorders, tracking orders, and pulling out my hair. And you can bet your sweet you-know-what I’m not going to be talking about Covid either. Today, I’m going to […]