tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48122462793546447892024-03-17T23:03:38.295-04:00Interior GroupieInteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.comBlogger428125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-38902549048178589852014-09-02T21:29:00.003-04:002014-09-02T22:29:23.060-04:00Basement Reno - the {almost} finished productOk, I'm a bit late posting this but the important thing is - it's here! The basement is pretty much done, and we are SO happy with it. All that's left is to get radiators installed (we decided to go with new, slim Stelrads) and then furnish the space.<br />
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As a reminder, you can see what the basement looked like <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2014/06/another-reno-its-basement-time.html">before here</a>, and <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2014/08/basement-reno-progress.html">in progress here</a>.<br />
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Behold....the finished basement...<br />
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Bottom of the stairs and the door leading to cold storage.</div>
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A closet we added (yay extra storage!) and door leading to the boiler room, bathroom and the laundry room (none of which were updated / touched)<br />
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Since it's a basement and the height is just over 6 feet, we had to use flat doors and have them cut to size. The Mr. had the idea to add trim to the doors to make them more "finished". A simple change that makes a big impact! I wanted large pulls instead of typical door knobs; I think the style suits us and looks much more custom than flat doors.</div>
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We are really happy with how everything turned out - from the flooring to the doors to the paint colour (you NEVER know, especially in a basement how paint will turn out). Note that we hired someone to do the work for us - with Owen transitioning to 1 nap a day it would have taken us years to be able to finish it on our own ;) Even with hiring someone, the reno was pretty budget friendly, with most items sourced from big box stores. See below for sources - now for the exciting part, to furnish it!</div>
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Flooring - <a href="http://www.homedepot.ca/product/kamina-oak-1544-sqft-case/992186">Beaulieu Kamina Oak</a>, HomeDepot</div>
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Baseboards, shoe moulding - Lowe's</div>
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Paint (trim and doors) - Designer White (Behr); Home Depot</div>
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Paint (walls) - Moth Gray at 90% (Behr); Home Depot</div>
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-66882943679711331602014-08-08T09:34:00.001-04:002014-08-08T09:34:03.212-04:00Basement reno progressThe <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2014/06/another-reno-its-basement-time.html">basement reno</a> is in progress - it's so exciting when they hang the drywall and you can see a room take shape! It's actually verrrryyyy near the end but I'm going to save the full details for later...<br />
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As you can see, we didn't dig down. We have about 6' clearance, and the Mr. happens to be 6', so we are good. :) In all seriousness though, we didn't really want to get into underpinning and digging down just to gain a few inches. I think it's worth it if you're gaining 6 inches or more...and we just didn't need that much more height (or cost, or work). The purpose of this space will be a play area for Owen, a TV area, and a desk. All things you will be sitting for, so the extra height wasn't worth it to us at this point.<br />
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Already with the pot lights it is SO much brighter, and the drywall makes it feel like a room. Stay tuned for exciting changes like paint and flooring!!</div>
InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-23543457622364648372014-07-14T14:22:00.000-04:002014-07-14T14:22:14.595-04:00DIY coffee table and living room refresh - Update!We have a new coffee table! I mentioned <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2014/06/coffee-table-conundrum-solved.html">here</a> that we were going to DIY a coffee table. And we did it this weekend...<br />
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From my <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2014/06/coffee-table-conundrum-solved.html">previous post</a>, a lot of you liked the <a href="http://www.tonicliving.com/Leda-Peony-Midnight-fabric-P3098.aspx">Peony fabric</a> option - and I did too, but it would be much better in a room with lighter furniture. Since our floors are dark and our furniture is dark AND visually heavy, we really needed something to brighten the space.<br />
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This<a href="http://www.tonicliving.com/Outdoor-Centro-Mist-P3252.aspx"> Centro Mist</a> fabric from <a href="http://www.tonicliving.com/">Tonic Living </a>was
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We changed the pillows (thanks mom for sewing!) to give the whole room a bit of a refresh. The gray fabric is <a href="http://www.tonicliving.com/Cameron-Storm-P2809.aspx">Cameron </a>in Storm, and the toile is <a href="http://www.tonicliving.com/Neo-Toile-Coral-P3285.aspx">Neo Toile in Coral</a> (I am in looovvveee with this fabric).<br />
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-13035567084650777882014-06-24T17:22:00.000-04:002014-06-24T17:22:00.470-04:00Another reno - it's basement time!I started my mat leave with a project (tile and baseboards) and I will lead out with a project (although this one better be done wellllll before I go back to work in October!)<br />
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We are pretty excited to renovate our basement - shortly after having Owen we realized just how much stuff these little guys use/need/get...and to keep the disaster that is currently our main floor at bay as Owen grows up, we decided we should finish our basement. Here are some photos of the space (sorry for the crappy pics - it's a dark basement so I didn't waste my time trying to make it look better than it is!)<br />
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Aside from this main room we have a laundry room at the back, a room where the boiler is, and cold storage. We are only renovating the main room into a rec room / play room / office. A lot to put in one space, yes but we think it's doable. Oh, and add storage. Obviously.<br />
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Here is a very very very rough sketch of what we are looking to do:<br />
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The height of our basement is a bit over 6 feet, so we
aren't digging down. This will be a space to lounge and a space for kids
so we don't feel that we need to go to the added cost of digging down
for a few inches. I can't wait for better light down there and usable
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This will be the first project in the whole house that we will not be touching (no demo, no drywall, etc...just painting it at the end).<br />
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Have you renovated your basement? Any must have's? Any lessons learned? InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-56377738885772620112014-06-20T09:53:00.000-04:002014-06-20T09:53:17.515-04:00DIY distressed denim shortsThis was an easy peasy naptime project - perfect for the upcoming summer weekend!<br />
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I had a pair of jeans that I held on to after my last closet purge (ok, the last 3 purges), but I hadn't worn them.Which means they had to go...ORRRR become useful. I chose the latter. I figured I could chop them into shorts and see what happened - if I hated them no harm done, right? So I chopped them, distressed them and here they are:<br />
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I used a few online sources to guide me - for the basic cutting I used the<a href="http://www.refinery29.com/diy-cut-off-shorts#slide"> guidelines here</a> and for the distressing I used <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pisFALYH_QE">this video</a> (which is probably done by a 16 year old girl...who better to teach me how to be cool? ha. At least she understands the value of DIY!).<br />
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I started by measuring 18" from the waist band and using chalk to mark where I wanted to cut the jeans (no pics, sorry). Then I chopped them!<br />
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Here's how they looked then:<br />
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The general consensus on Instagram was that I definitely needed to distress them. First I practiced on the legs that I cut off, then I went to work on the shorts. It's a bit time consuming but made for a little project during one of O's naps.<br />
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You make two cuts to where you want the distressed section:<br />
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Then you use tweezers to pull out the vertical blue threads (this is the time consuming part...):<br />
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I did a few areas of this style in different widths and heights. Then I scuffed up the jeans with some sandpaper, put in some tiny holes and tweezed the edges to soften them and they were done!<br />
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<br />InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-79614412835193146542014-06-17T21:44:00.000-04:002014-06-17T21:44:05.934-04:00Coffee table conundrum - SOLVED!Exciting news, my friends. I FOUND a coffee table this weekend. One that will work and replace our <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2014/05/hi-andwhere-do-you-put-your-stuff.html">old rickety one</a>!<br />
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The funniest part of it is that I litterally found it...in my basement...<br />
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I've had it for the last couple of years (at least...) and when we originally got it I had planned to turn it into a bench for our guest room like<a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2011/04/bedroom-bench.html"> the one I made</a> for our master)...but then we <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2013/06/bathroom-reveal.html">redid our bathroom</a> and stole 20" from the guest room...which wouldn't leave enough room for a bench. At the time I didn't think the table would work as a coffee table because it didn't have storage / a shelf. However...since Owen has started motoring around, pawing at everything, and deciding his favourite toy is anything that is NOT a toy, I've realized (and thanks to your comments on <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2014/05/hi-andwhere-do-you-put-your-stuff.html">this post</a>) that I won't be able to store things out in the open much longer anyways.<br />
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So, the plan is to get some foam, some batting, and some fabric and upholster it ASAP. A few comments said not to have an upholstered coffee table if we like putting our feet up on it...we do, but I'm not too worried about the fabric - if it gets grimy (which I'm sure it will with Owen pawing it every day), we can just recover it in a year.<br />
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I went to <a href="http://www.tonicliving.com/">Tonic Living</a> today and picked out some fabric samples - here are some contenders:<br />
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Any favourites? I know which one is leading the way for me...</div>
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<br />InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-21400741665546206972014-05-28T18:48:00.000-04:002014-05-28T18:48:00.220-04:00What's the most elusive item for your decor? Find out mine...In my <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2014/05/hi-andwhere-do-you-put-your-stuff.html">recent post</a> I said we were looking for a coffee table and a rug. You wouldn't think this would be that hard - after all, I live in Toronto where home decor shops are abundant.<br />
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I have brought home 5 rugs, and have returned 5 rugs. They have come from Homesense, Ikea, a rug store, and Home Depot. With NO LUCK.<br />
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I've tried pattern, colour, neutral. And nada. We have a brown leather couch and mid-dark hardwood flooring and I'm having a hard time finding something that fits our room. I think a flat woven rug would be the right weight but I want it to be soft to the touch (for Owen's soft little knees!) and that is proving hard to find.<br />
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I would love to have a rug like this in my house:<br />
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But I can't find one. Believe me, I stalk ecarpetGallery like it's my job to see when they will get brighter rugs in the size I need (at least 6x9). Ideally I would love one with no red and more blues, teals, corals. Think I can find one? Nope....</div>
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The other option I like is the morrocan rug that is popping up everywhere...</div>
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This one is a deal and a half at <a href="http://www.costco.ca/ecarpetgallery-Labrador-Diamante-Cream-Shag-Area-Rug-.product.100100907.html">costco.ca</a> of all places</div>
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While I love the look of a Beni style rug, I think it's just too heavy for the furniture we have in the room.</div>
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I think what we need is a gray and cream rug in a flat weave that's soft. Budget friendly and Kid friendly, please. Is that too much to ask?? Where is your go-to for rugs? (I'm stalking Homesense as much as possible too)...</div>
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Taking a quick break from the arrival of summer and the cutest guy on earth (who, PS is 8 MONTHS OLD NOW!!) to get back to my roots and post about decor..a dilemma really.</div>
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The Living Room has been on my to-do list for a loonnggg
time (i.e. <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2012/10/living-room-re-design-i-need-your-help.html">this post</a> from a year and a half ago...woops). There were a lot of little bits completed here and there (<a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.com/2011/03/gallery-wall-done.html">gallery wall</a>, <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2011/04/mapped-out.html">map artwork</a>, <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.com/2011/11/media-stand-ta-da.html">media stand</a>, <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2013/01/living-room-chair-after.html">chair</a>)…but the coffee table and an area rug are still the bane of my existence. The
Mr. has given me a deadline of the end of my mat leave to GET.IT.DONE.</div>
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Maybe if I keep hemming and hawing I can extend my leave?!?!
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Sort of.</div>
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First things first…the coffee table.</div>
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This is what we are living with…it came from my old apartment, to an
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(this is a photo before the floors were done...but sadly aside from the addition of curtains, a few playmats and a LOT of toys, the room hasn't changed)</div>
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The coffee table shelf doesn’t realllyyy stay up all the time (and it’s terrifying
when it slams down)…with Owen pawing everything it’s really not safe to keep
it, and it’s not right for the space. BUT it provides storage (obviously we have stuff all over the top of it too in real life).</div>
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that we probably won’t want open storage in a month or so when Owen is really
on the move. We also need something that is friendly to his adventurous self,
probably something round or an upholstered table so he doesn’t bonk his head a million times on sharp corners. </div>
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via <a href="http://alannacavanagh.blogspot.ca/2014/04/globe-and-mail-my-favourite-room.html">Alanna Cavanagh</a> (via Globe and Mail)</div>
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But here's the question: If you don’t have storage in your coffee table where do you
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Where do you put mail? Bills? Things that need your attention but you’re too lazy to
get to it right now? Paper and pens for writing out to do lists or sketching
basement reno’s?<br />
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Where do you put all the STUFF??</div>
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Owen turned 6 months on Sunday.</div>
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SIX MONTHS. </div>
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That’s half a year, people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Half a year is a LONG time. It’s amazing how quickly this past half a year flew by. </div>
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“The days are long but the years are short”. I want time to
slow down. I want to be able to soak in all of these moments with Owen – firsts
only happen once and I don’t want to miss a thing. </div>
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These past six months have been a combination of joy, a huge
amount of love, tears, laughs, hard work, and a sense of accomplishment, pride
and love I never knew existed. I think most of the time I have been trying to
figure out our little bean, just in time for him to change and move on to a new
phase. I need to stop trying to figure everything out, wishing away the current
phase, and just be in the moment.</div>
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Owen is so much fun – it’s amazing to see him learn – he’s
into looking at his hands and you can see the wheels turning in his little head
that HE controls THESE things. So cool. And then he invariably grabs something
with the utmost precision (usually my hair) and rams it in his mouth. Success. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:)</span></span></div>
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-8874479322763944072014-03-19T16:43:00.000-04:002014-03-21T08:50:52.777-04:00The ugly (do-it-or-else) renoWe had a case of the uglies here last week.<br />
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Ok, Ok. So we did just that. Last week we had <a href="http://www.torontodrainplumbing.com/Home.aspx">Toronto Drain & Plumbing </a>here digging up holes, working through that crazy snow storm we had, and fixing our drain.<br />
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-88489977503437170422014-03-12T12:44:00.001-04:002014-03-12T12:44:26.874-04:00Spring, where art thou?I want Spring. Today, is not spring-y. Blustery is how I would describe today. Snowy. Windy. Cold.<br />
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It's MARCH. Yesterday and Monday were glorious days with highs not only on the plus side of the thermometer, but up to 9 yesterday. 9!!! I was way too warm in my winter coat while out for a walk. Owen and I soaked it all in yesterday because we knew today would be gross. What a tease. <br />
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Flower market in Paris (<a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2011/04/spring-love-and-some-trip-photos.html">Our trip, 2011</a>)</div>
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Loving how the LCBO suggest displaying tulips! (Spring 2014 issue of Food & Drink)</div>
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-66798633421810170322014-02-19T10:31:00.000-05:002014-02-19T10:31:20.555-05:00Flooring reveal!Remember back in 2013 (wayyy back then), one of my goals was to redo the flooring on our main floor? It's done..it was actually <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2013/09/flooring-update.html">done in 2013</a>...and baseboards / tiling were being finished when that gorgeous little bean Owen arrived, so I haven't posted anything about it...but without further ado:<br />
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-33775794844895007682014-02-08T19:51:00.001-05:002014-02-08T19:51:16.318-05:00Bueller? ... Bueller?I'm Bueller.<br />
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Totally enjoying my "day off".<br />
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Cue fancy car, sunshine, and driving in a parade. I wish. I would go bonkers for some trickles of melting snow and more than a day above -10 C (oh, and clear sidewalks for the stroller would be jackpot).<br />
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But seriously, I haven't posted once in 2014 yet. Woopsie.<br />
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The thing is...I'm totally and uterly distracted and loving my time away from work with my little Mr. I have taken photos of him at each of his month-birthdays and have added notes to my phone with post ideas and even some blog text. I've been inspired by what I've seen on some recent trips to Homesense and I'm in search of a rug and coffee table for the living room, I've kept up cooking (and WON the Chatelaine cooking picture contest this month!)...<br />
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But actually posting? Not yet. And it's not because I don't have a second to myself, I do now...It's just that things are honestly swell, exciting, and fun at home. <br />
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So I'm here, reading blogs here and there, and thinking of blogging...but I can't actually say when I'll be back at it regularly. Until then pop by when you see me in your reader, and more importantly - follow me on Twitter and Instagram (@interiorgroupie) to keep updated!InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-11775568090313116392013-11-20T15:06:00.000-05:002013-11-20T15:06:00.406-05:00Nursery Reveal - BabyGroupieThe nursery was a long work in progress but we managed to finish it before Owen was 2 weeks old - with many thanks to my mom who came down to help with Owen, and ended up helping huge with the nursery! We had a lot of DIY projects in the nursery - namely the <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2013/11/diy-porthole-mirror-and-nursery-art.html">artwork and mirror</a>, the <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2013/11/diy-nursery-fabric-art.html">fabric circles</a>, the roman shade, and the chair cover. Here it is in full:<br />
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The chair was a Craigslist steal – it is a Dutalier glider, and
is SO comfortable. I initially wondered whether I needed a chair for the
nursery and was told by friends that Yes, I definitely needed one. I can now
confirm for anyone wondering – YES YOU DEFINITELY NEED ONE! A chair with a high
back so you can rest your head during late night feeding/rocking/comforting is
an absolute must. I generally think gliders are ugly, and this one was no exception
with cream microsuede cushions when I bought it. My mom is a great sewer so I
knew I could ask her to make a cover, but I couldn’t find any fabric that I
liked. Instead I headed to Target and bought 2 drapery panels that worked
perfectly for the chair! The fabric is heavy enough that it will wear well, and
I liked the subtle ikat pattern. My mom used <a href="http://www.kenjiandjen.com/p/tutorial-recovering-glider-chair.html?m=1">this tutorial</a>
for the project and I think it turned out amazing!<br />
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I think I came pretty close to my<a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2013/08/project-baby-room-moodboard.html"> initial moodboards</a> (still on the hunt for an area rug and a footstool for the space!), and I am loving the space. Owen is loving looking around and seeing all the different elements of his room!<br />
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I hope you all had a good weekend - weekends have taken on a new form since the little guy showed up - gone are the weekends of epic errands/running around and projects, and now we have leisurely, relaxing, weekends with walks, playing, and cooing. Kind of cool :)<br />
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I do have another DIY project from the nursery to feature - my no sew Roman shade!<br />
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The roman shade was meant to be a simple DIY no sew project…I
started it before Owen was born and my mom had to finish it! It was still
pretty much no sew, but took a while to figure out the placement of the pleats
and how to maneuvre the whole blind. I wanted the shade to be functional to offer light control, but a lot of the tutorials I found involved mini blinds on the back and to be honest it was all just a bit too involved. I finally found what I wanted andused this <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.ca/2010/01/rewind-diy-no-sew-roman-shades.html">Thrifty Décor Chick tutorial</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as our main guide. </div>
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Since this window is
right next to our neighbour’s window, I wanted to keep the slat blinds for
privacy while still letting light in. This meant that I couldn't mount the roman shade within the casing, which would have been easy peasy. Instead we added a small block of wood to the top of the window frame and used a tension rod between that and the wall to hold the roman shade.<br />
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I wanted the shade to be blackout to
darken the room for Owen’s naps and (hopefully) early bedtime when he’s a bit
older. I didn't have the patience to wade through a bunch of fabric looking for the right price so I bought a
white table cloth at Homesense, and some navy ribbon from Fabricland to get the
look I wanted. I cut the fabric to size and added blackout lining with hemming tape. This was the part that I did...<br />
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Then the challenge of how to make the shade WORK. The tutorial uses eye hooks for ribbon, but I wanted everything on the blind itself. To allow the blind to
be raised and lowered easily, my mom sewed 1 button on each side of the back of the
blind, and then added ribbon (ribbon lengths get longer as you go down the
blind) at three points to be our gathers.<br />
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When the ribbons are hooked over the button,
you get the casual roman shade pleats, and it makes it easy to put the shade up and down. And finally, my mom added the lengths of ribbon using heming tape to adhere to the shade.<br />
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I’m really happy with how it turned out,
but I definitely couldn’t have done it on my own (preggo brain / new mom brain did not
make it an easy project! Aren't mom's the best??). Stay tuned for a full nursery reveal later this week...</div>
InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-33561394824339677472013-11-14T16:24:00.000-05:002013-11-14T16:24:00.134-05:00DIY porthole mirror and nursery artYou know my baby's growing up little by little when I actually have a few moments here and there to blog :)<br />
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Here are another few touches from the nursery - full reveal coming next week! I wanted some art over the change table, and had 2 gold frames that I wanted to use. I also had the idea to do a round industrial looking mirror...I looked everywhere for one but I couldn't find one (that was less than $100), so I took matters into my own hands and made one.<br />
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What kicked off the whole DIY idea was that I found the perfect round mirror at an antique store on Queen St East after a glorious pre-baby massage. There is no doubt in my mind that it is not an antique given it had a made in China sticker on the back :) <br />
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Thus, no guilt in spray painting over the tortoise shell finish!<br />
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I taped it up and the Mr spray painted it for me since I was pregnant.Once it was painted, I got my glue gun and some large twine, knotted it and got to work.<br />
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I wanted it to look like it was hanging from a knob but knew my glue wasn't that strong (or the plaster walls for that matter). So, I hung it using the notch on the back of the mirror, and then spray painted an extra cabinet knob I had from our old kitchen cabinets. I put the knob on the wall hanging on a nail to use as the fake hanger, then I laid the rope over top (hang the knob first so you know how much twine you will need when attaching to the mirror). Faking this is a reeeeaaalllyyy important step for it to stay on the wall and not crash on the change table :)<br />
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The gold frame closest to the mirror is Ikea and has card stock and a heart I cut out from a paint chip (I did the art once Owen was born so I went with blue). The top mirror was a Goodwill find, as was the bottom one. I did simple blue and coral paint chip art in the bottom frame to finish it all off.<br />
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-91969743558152823712013-11-12T10:14:00.000-05:002013-11-12T10:14:00.408-05:00DIY Nursery Fabric ArtI'm finally getting around to posting about nursery projects! I completed a few while I was off before Owen arrived, and my mom was a huge help with a number of projects (to be revealed)...<br />
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With the nursery we decided to keep the paint colour that we had on the walls - it's a gray-sage green (I could look up the Benjamin Moore colour...but I'm not...), and we thought it would work for a boy or a girl (babygroupie was a surprise for us!). That cut down on some of the baby room prep, and to keep it gender neutral, I decided on a navy and coral colour scheme. To add some interest to the walls I did a simple DIY art project - it's all over pinterest / blog land and is the easiest craft ever.<br />
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Start with wooden rings that you can get at any fabric store - i lucked into a buy one get one 50% off at Fabricland, so I picked up a number of rings in different sizes. </div>
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To lay the art out on the wall, I cut out circles in newsprint and taped them up until I was happy with the arrangement.</div>
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And voila! DIY nursery art that adds a pop of colour (and catches the little guy's eye!)</div>
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-62990751138699409032013-11-07T09:01:00.000-05:002013-11-07T09:01:40.870-05:00Throw Back Thursday - My Pregnancy #tbtI'm jumping on this #tbt (Throw back Thursday) bandwagaon with pictures from my pregnancy! I was pretty good at documenting my pregnancy with photos of my growing bump every 2 weeks (every week towards the end), but I never got around to posting the series of photos.<br />
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Overall I had a great pregnancy - I felt good, had pretty good energy (all things considered...including the fact that I was working 50-60 hour work weeks through my last trimester - does that help explain the lack of blogging?), and don't think I was too crazy (oh, except the pregnancy brain forgetfulness and general impact on measurements, ahem mis measurements, for our bathroom reno...right...).<br />
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Here's how it all unfolded (edited down to keep things simple!)::<br />
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-50990401693949950312013-10-24T21:02:00.001-04:002013-10-24T21:02:26.647-04:00Things I have learned in the past month...My little Mr. celebrated 1 month this week - time flies I tell you, time flies.<br />
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You actually don't have time to have a shower. When I heard this about new mothers I would always think Really?! You can't just put the baby in a bouncy chair outside the bathroom and shower? Well you can, but when they are really young they will be wailing before you even set them down and you can't let a one-week old "cry it out". Water savings here we come.<br />
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Sleep when the baby sleeps - this is also advice countless people will give. I couldn't understand how you can sleep when the baby sleeps considering you have to shower, eat, and maybe talk to your partner at SOME point. This has gotten a bit easier in that I have realized that if I rest while the baby sleeps - even if he wants to be held - I can rest with him on my chest or in my arms and still get some rejuvination. </div>
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Even on the tough days the little one has more cuteness than you know what to do with. Frowns, tears, and wailing can be all be the cutest things you've ever seen...no wonder parents will do anything for their children...they suck you in from day one :) Countless minutes are spent staring at that little face - thinking of how the face will change, and how it will stay the same as the baby grows up. </div>
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And my final lesson learned...a baby demonstrates the strength of your relationship - when your partner is there to give you a break after a tough day, when he makes dinners, cleans up, does the dishwasher, laundry, cleaning all without a comment you realize how good you have it, then you see him with the baby...melt.</div>
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I will be back at some point with nursery details and other fun stuff...until then, Happy Fall :)</div>
InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-46003207136320084202013-10-12T10:51:00.000-04:002013-10-12T10:55:35.009-04:00Introducing #babygroupie: OwenI've had a really really good (and cute) reason for my most recent blogging absence...<br />
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We had a baby boy! Everything is going well, Owen is growing and happy, we are learning and learning and learning and trying to figure him out :) A few other things happened the week Owen was born - we had our contractor in doing our tiling and baseboards (yes, he was the first person outside the hospital to meet our son...), and we celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on Day 3 of Owen's life. <br />
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I'll be back at some point with more on the nursery, our flooring project (finished!!), and other news!<br />
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-13201282241205408152013-09-19T10:55:00.000-04:002013-09-19T10:55:14.363-04:00Flooring UpdateWell friends, I am still alive and well, and baby is still cozy in my belly :) I thought I would have tons of time for blogging since I finished work last Friday, but turns out that I've been cooking, cooking, nesting, cooking, nesting! Today is an exciting day though - install for our tiling and baseboards starts (which means no oven until the tiling is done...so blogging it is).<br />
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Here is what we are going with for baseboards and tile:<br />
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Yes, the flooring was installed more than a month ago...but these baseboard / tiling people are B-U-S-Y. So we're hoping the guy we have coming in can do the job cleanly and quickly so we can have some more normal life before #BabyGroupie (leave it to my friend Lindsey at <a href="http://recreated.ca/">Recreated </a>to come up with a hastag for my baby - Lindsey IS the one who talked me into joining Twitter after all!). I'll have a #babygroupie post coming up to update everyone, and will post the finished photos of our main floor (finally) when it's done!InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-16343971936282990582013-08-23T10:23:00.001-04:002013-08-23T10:23:52.701-04:00Friday faves - What I'm wearing with my pregnant belly!Happy Friday!<br />
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It has been another busy week...each week is ticking by closer to my due date at the end of September (I am 35 weeks right now...or 8 3/4 months...getting up there)! Some things have come together in the nursery but there are some tricky things to figure out (anyone know a good place to take a rug to be cleaned / de-oderized??) and a lot of other things to finish up.<br />
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I have been taking photos throughout my pregnancy and looking back the changes are amazing! I'll post a series of photos once I get them organized...until then here are some of my favourite outfits that I've been wearing to work during my pregnancy:<br />
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1. Tahari Dress, The Bay<br />
2. H&M navy blazer, H&M Mama white t-shirt; Mossimo striped skirt (Target)<br />
3. Merona Floral dress (Target)<br />
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All of these outfits (except the white t-shirt) are non-maternity items. I have found if I go up a size or two and the cut is right I can generally wear whatever I want for stretchy skirts and dresses (which is amazing). I was also lucky enough for a great friend to give me a huge lot of maternity and non-maternity clothes that I can wear to supplement my own finds above. Here's another fun Target mint and gray maternity tshirt (and a shot of my shower curtain!):<br />
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InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-3443152122465565372013-08-15T07:04:00.000-04:002013-08-15T07:04:00.251-04:00Project Baby Room - MoodboardI have a lot of ideas floating around in my head of what I want the nursery to look like...I'm getting to a point where I really should get going on some of these ideas, so to help me visualize it better, I created a couple of mood boards.<br />
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Since we don't know whether this little baby is a boy or a girl, I want to do a gender neutral nursery without doing green & yellow or gray & yellow. I like a lot of nurseries in those tones, but I want something a bit different so I am thinking navy, gray and coral. The current walls are a green-gray and we won't be painting (there are enough other projects going on around here!), so I also wanted something that would coordinate with that.<br />
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We have all of the pieces of furniture - crib, dresser/change table, and a glider. I was debating getting a really nice glider / rocker, but I just can't picture it in an area of my house after the baby grows up. So instead, I got a great deal on a glider from craigslist and will be recovering the cushions to zhush it up.<br />
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The plans above are me playing around on the internet, so who knows what we will end up with but what do you think? InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-85329339884601972532013-08-12T17:53:00.000-04:002013-08-12T17:53:00.236-04:00Project Baby Room - beforeAlirght...now that the<a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2013/08/flooring-is-in.html"> flooring is done</a> it's time to get moving on Project Baby Room! I intended to post this post a million years ago...before the flooring project...but then life (and flooring) got in the way so here we are (our progress on the baby's room in those million years has been null). Like many other people, this project could easily be named <i>Project-get-rid-of-all-of-our-junk</i>.<br />
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The baby will be taking over the room that we used to use as our office. To be honest, the only time we used it as an office was when we were working from home (and not working at the dining table). Overall it provides extra storage for my clothes and shoes, some books, university textbooks (ha!) and an old computer (we both have laptops that we use day to day).<br />
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In a word: Messy.<br />
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This is not how it was day to day when we had it as an office, but more of a transition photo where we are getting ready to get rid of stuff.<br />
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The Mr. sold the desk and the chair via Craigslist in less than 24 hours. He has a real knack for posting things at the right price and the right time (sort of like when he sold our window A/C unit last year in the height of a heat wave...Sales 101).<br />
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Now we need to figure out what goes IN here. And there comes the fun, and the challenge. We will be leaving the wall colour as is, which is a greeny-gray colour, and we have some unique challenges along that back wall with the radiator, the window with no room for curtains on either side, and the angled closet. At least it's all on one wall so we can make full use of the other walls. And, as a reminder, we don't know whether this little human is a boy or a girl, so gender neutral territory is where we're heading.<br />
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We currently have a dresser/change table, crib, and glider (to be made over...) Do you have any "must haves" or key tips for the baby room (or babies in general...let's get serious I'll take all I can get!) InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812246279354644789.post-27688797742569852342013-08-08T21:43:00.002-04:002013-08-08T21:43:52.429-04:00Flooring is IN!Wednesday was flooring install day - and it all got installed!<br />
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The first and last photos are most true to the colour...having them installed make all the <a href="http://interiorgroupie.blogspot.ca/2013/08/progress-project-flooring.html">work associated with demo</a> disappear (we still have to clean up the basement though...) Now that the floor is in, we have to put in baseboards, do tiling for the kitchen and closet, and drywall / casing for our newly opened up hallway, but we're getting there. We will hire someone for the remainder of the work because the tiling will be finicky due to the radiators, and we want the baseboards and casing / drywall done right...now just to find said handy-person who can be available, at a reasonable cost, and done in early September...InteriorGroupiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336640348562075271noreply@blogger.com8