This year has been an exciting one. We’ve made a big effort to really analyze the type of content, projects and partnerships we take on … we are thinking MORE about the environment, animals, and supporting smaller shops and Canadian companies. While we aren’t exclusive to all of these categories, we are trying out best to work more with companies …
5 Spooky Home Decor Ideas for Halloween
Halloween is just over two weeks away and if you’re looking for a few simple ways to spook-ify your home then you’re in the right place! Today, I have 5 terror-ific ways to decorate your home that are not only simple, but they’re also creepy … and they just so happen to be some of my favourite Halloween decor go-to’s! 1. Crows …
5 Ways to Cozy Up Your Home for Fall
Good morning everyone! Mindy here! Yes … I know, you were probably hoping for Jillian and an update on little Annie … I PROMISE you, that’s coming! In fact, we are popping over there today to give them a visit! We can’t wait to see how both of them are doing!! This blog is something that Jillian and I were …
Home Tour Series: Rumpus Room
Our previous home only had one floor which is great but I was really excited to finally have a basement in our new home. I find basements can be so cozy, they are the perfect space to curl up, turn the fireplace on and watch a marathon of movies. Leo’s playroom is directly adjacent to our rumpus room which is perfect …
Home Tour Series: Exterior
As a Designer, there are probably 5 different architectural styles of homes that I LOVE. Traditional, European, Farmhouse, Cape Cod … the list could go on! But when we bought this house, it was a mid-century modern home … which just so happens to be one of the styles I’m not so fond of!! LOL! However, what I did love …
How I Pulled Off 3 Room Refreshes in My Hometown!
You guys!! I’m back at it again!! I’ve partnered up with Canadian Tire for season TWO of the CANVAS Room Refresh!! But this time, we refreshed the spaces of THREE families living right here in KELOWNA, BC!! That’s right, we met up with some of my followers from the Okanagan and transformed each of their unique homes into more stylish …
Jillian Harris x Saje Wellness: The Wait is Finally Over!
Today is SUCH an exciting day … it’s the OFFICIAL LAUNCH of the Jillian Harris x Saje Wellness aromaOm diffuser and Happy Place diffuser blend collection!! I honestly never thought I would see the day where a diffuser that I designed would be on the shelves at Saje! It’s so humbling and feels completely surreal!! This really has been a long time …
Keep These 5 Things In Mind When Choosing Your Backsplash
As most of you have probably already noticed … I have never been one to select a crazy backsplash which is why you tend to see white, light, or classic backsplashes in my designs. The reason behind this is simple … tile is expensive and so is installing it and it’s even MORE expensive replacing it if you happen to …
My Last Minute Haul Before Baby Girl’s Arrival
With baby girl on the way, I was DETERMINED to re-use as many items as I possibly could from Leo. In my mind, I thought we were pretty much set and ready to go for our baby girls arrival (check out this blog I wrote only a few weeks ago! LOL). But, it wasn’t until I started digging through everything, and …
How to Design a Timeless & Low Maintenance Outdoor Space
When it comes to outdoor spaces I’ll be honest, there’s really only one look I really love, traditional! When we started working on the outside of our home, I thought for sure that I would want a beautiful traditional white WOOD deck and railing, but after mulling it over we came to the realization that this would end up being another …
The Final Touch: The Exterior Lighting I Chose to Set the Mood
If you read my blog (and if you caught yesterday’s post!) you’ll know that the exterior of our home took us the longest to complete. In fact, I still consider it a work in progress but the biggest chunk of it is now done. One of the things I hadn’t pulled together until just recently was the exterior lights! We …
How I’ve Been Spending My Peachy Keen Okanagan Summer
If you live here in the Okanagan, or if you come to visit our area in the summer, you’ll know that it’s a pretty sweet place to be. We’re surrounded by orchards and vineyards … and BEACHES!!! It’s really a place where you can soak up all that Mother Nature has to offer. This year more than ANY other year …
Summer Staycation Essentials
Can you believe it’s already AUGUST?! Holy man!! I’m actually baffled how quickly these past few months have flown by. Thankfully, for us here in the Okanagan, September is normally an extension of summer and stays pretty hot!! Speaking of the Okanagan … we really do live in a little slice of paradise here and our summer months are the busiest …
Summer Sunshine: Our Pool Details Delivered
Last year we didn’t get to use our pool as much as we had hoped as it took us a little bit longer than we had expected to perfect the outside area and landscaping!! Finally this year we’ve been able to take full advantage of our pool and lower patio area as we start checking off more to-do boxes in …
16 of My Favourite Home Items of All Time
I get a lot of questions when it comes to the decor in my home and while I know there are TONS of little items that everyone scopes out … I have to say, I definitely have some personal favourites! So, today I’m going to share 16 of my ALL TIME favourite home items with you!! Every single one of these …
The Dirty on My Linens
When it comes to linens I love to go for the ones that are white or neutral coloured as I feel they give off a timeless look and feel! One of the TOP questions people always tend to ask me is how I keep the linens on my bedding so clean with a toddler and a wild boxer (who loves his mud, …
Our Little Girl’s Dreamy Nursery Design Inspo
When we found out we were pregnant with baby number 2, I was so eager to find out what we were having mainly because really wanted to go all out and style his or her nursery! With Leo, I went totally gender neutral and filled his nursery with a mix of creams and whites … but this time around things are …
The Final Touch: How Custom Drapes Complete Your Space
I get LOTS of questions about the window coverings in our home so today I thought I would give you ALL of the nitty-gritty details on where I get them from, why I chose to go custom and what exact window treatments we have in each of our rooms!! So, grab yourself a coffee … and a snack … because …
St. Paul Kelowna: Justin Is at It Again with Another Project!
That’s right everyone, Justin is back at it again with another project here in downtown Kelowna!! You might remember last year when we shared his first project called The Stockwell Downtown with you (if you don’t, check it out here!!), welp, this time he is proud to share his project, St. Paul Kelowna with you today!! So … I’m going to …
Cleaning 101: Why I Made the Switch to Saje’s Cleaning Products
Summertime is always busy around our home (as I’m sure most of you living in the Okanagan can relate!!). We always have people popping by throughout the week and on the weekends we almost always have company staying with us! I always like to keep a clean house but even more so when I know that we will be having visitors! …
Home Tour Series: Downstairs Patio
On today’s Home Tour Series, I’m finally taking you on a tour of our downstairs patio!!! We had a LOT of inspiration when it came to this space … we wanted to have an outdoor kitchen, fire pit, and a TV (see inspo photos below!) to name a few things … LOL … I had BIG dreams with this space!! …
Renovation Series: Looks Like We Made It!
Good morning everyone!! This Friday we have an update on Francesca’s childhood home for you!! If you’re not sure who Francesca is, she was one of the designers on Love it or List it Vancouver who I’ve worked very closely with over the years!! We introduced Francesca and shared the beginning of her massive project (renovating her old family home!) over on …
5 Tips for Planting Your Perfect Patio Garden
Good morning everyone!! If you follow along on my Insta stories you’ll know that over the last few weekends Justin and I have been spending a lot of time out in our yard! We’ve been busy planting flowers, weeding, pressure washing … you name it, we’ve been doing it! It feels like we’ve been waiting to do this for SO …
Gift Guide for Your New Spouse
Wedding season is in full swing and I tend to get lots of requests for gift ideas before the BIG DAY! So, today I wanted to share some of these ideas with you! I don’t think you necessarily have to go ALL out when it comes to gifts, in fact, there are some great alternatives to some of these suggestions …
