Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! I will be out of town for the next week and a half, so I will post a new blog after the new year. Have a safe new year, here's to a great 2008 !
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas
Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! I will be out of town for the next week and a half, so I will post a new blog after the new year. Have a safe new year, here's to a great 2008 !
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
reusable wrapping ideas
I love Apartment Therapy's suggestion that Christmas gifts be 'wrapped' in reusable shopping bags. Great! I've recently taken an inventory of my 'stuff' and my 'waste' and have been taking bolder steps to limit both in an attempt to live simply, walk lightly and lesson my ecological footprint. And you know what? It's fun and contagious! Part of the fun has been keeping rolled up reusable shopping bags in my purse. I had no idea it would feel so good to pull them out at the grocery store and use them instead of the disposable, plastic, oil-consuming, landfill-filling ones the store gives out. (Insert shopper peer pressure - it can also make the person behind you feel guilty and thus inspire them to purchase one of the reusable ones available at the till!) Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Window Pane Cabs
Love seeing the many new ways people are putting their kitchen cabinets in. Clear glass, shelves, frosted glass...so many possibilities! Here are a few window pane looks I think are terrific!
Monday, December 10, 2007
Bold Xmas Colors
After seeing these pictures, I think Christmas decor is more about a feeling it evokes then color combinations. These colors are not traditional at all but what impact! Making the colors you have all year work at Christmas... love that!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Whats Your Favorite Xmas Colors?
Do you have a favorite Christmas color combination? I really like large doses of white with green and touches of silver. Maybe it seems like snow to me, I dunno. I like red and white together too. Do you like the traditional green and red? I've seen some interesting combinations this year!
touching base
My blogging presence has been non-existent lately, so I'm doing a quick check-in. My life has been so full of wonderful people and events lately that blogging and computers have been the last thing on my mind (this is a very good thing), so I may be missing in action for awhile, but I'll be back again when the inspiration and the free time hits.In the meantime, I'll leave you with a sneak peak of my new apartment.
Merry Christmas everyone! Happy, lovely, festive December!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Clean Machine
I love whats happening to laundry rooms. No longer dank and in a cold basement (well mine is) they are actually being well thought out spaces. Smaller machines for smaller spaces too. Where would your perfect spot be for your machine? Near the bedrooms seems logical to me, I'm seeing them mounted under kitchen cabs too.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
On to Christmas...
Ok, so Thanksgiving is over. Its officially now Christmas. You can't deny it any longer. I will be away from home for the first time ever. I'm not quite sure how much decorating I should be doing. But since thats a month away, I figure I can still pull out stuff. I have noticed that every year I'm doing less and less. I do think less is more, but I also get when people go all out too. I just know I'll have to put it all back in a month!
Monday, November 19, 2007
across the universe
I saw Across the Universe on the weekend and loved it! Great storyline, great music, great visuals. Just wanted to plug it because I can't stop listening to the soundtrack and thinking about some incredible film scenes. Watch it!
Friday, November 16, 2007
Taking a Break
I will be taking a blog break for about a week and a half. I have family coming in town tomorrow and my husband will be starting a new job come Monday. Everyone have a wonderful holiday and I will see ya soon!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Is Small Space a Style?
I was thinking about my blog name the other day and wondered if it made sense. Could small spaces be a style? I guess at the time I was just looking for a catchy little name. Maybe small spaces do have a unique style, then again small spaces can vary in style just like large spaces. Hmmm, I think its late and I should go to bed. In my small bedroom. That has style. Somebody stop me.
kdon design
My friend and fasion designer extraordinaire Kim Cathers (aka kdon) has relaunched her online shop and blog! Despite having to close the doors on her downtown eastside Vancouver shop 'Discollection' a few months ago, Kim is still hard at work at designing and creating super awesome fashion. Check her out at http://discollection.wordpress.com/.Sunday, November 11, 2007
Compact Kitchens
Here are some more compact kitchens with TONS of style. I love all these...so practical but still so pretty. (2nd pictures is from the blog Apartment Therapy and the bottom from the blog Simpler things)
Friday, November 9, 2007
Small Space DIY projects
Here are a few DIY projects that can help with space and storage. Small bracket shelves can fit almost anywhere, and ottomans are very versatile. (All picture projects can be found at BHG, look for them under stylish DIY slide show.)
modern cat
Oh. Wow.I just discovered http://www.moderncat.net/ and am thrilled. Considering that a year ago, I was pretty ambivalent about cats in general, I find it personally amusing that I'm so taken by modern pet furniture. However, I adopted two kittens in the last year and am now a total cat lover (well, I love my cats anyways) and am stoked to see that there are so many options when it comes to giving your furballs what they need (because I refuse to fill my apartment with tacky, carpet-covered climbing trees). Modern Cat is a great source for design-friendly kitty-products. Meow!
Thursday, November 8, 2007
hepper
I'm so glad design*sponge blogged about Hepper and their super cool pet furniture! As soon as they make it possible to place orders from Canada, I'm totally going to get this Pod Bed for my Fergus and Lola...
It beats the $400 climbing post I saw in a local pet store the other day!
geothe & architecture
An favorite old political philosophy professor of mine is in town right now so we hung out the other day and talked about all the wonderful things political philosophers talk about, which included a lengthy discussion on architecture and it's link to culture, society, morals and God. He quoted something that I thought was just wonderful by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:pass some cheer!
Yay! It's Christmas time at Starbucks again which means, in my world, it's officially time to turn on the Christmas tunes, drink eggnog lattes, eat cranberry bliss bars, mail out Christmas cards and exist in a continual state of jolly goodness and rosy cheeks. *sigh* I love Christmas and I love Starbucks at Christmas.This year, Starbucks will be passing out cheer cards in their stores that you can use to join a global cheer chain online, spreading digital holiday goodwill. Fun! Hopefully it will inspire the passing on of cheer beyond the web community.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
mission playground
I was in a sporty mood the other day and also feeling a little cold so I biked over to Mountain Equipment Co-op - Canada's favorite outdoor rec shop - with plans to purchase a downy vest or jacket in preparation for winter chills. But...I didn't really like the way their 'sleeping-bag-wear' fit so I mosied around the store envisioning myself scaling mountain walls and ripping through whitewater rapids in a kayak until I got distracted by a very cool clothing line called Mission Playground and ended up being so impressed with their ethic, their design and their fit that I bought the hoodie and long-undie shirt pictured here.Mission Playground's mission is to contribute to earth conservation by creating awareness through their environmentally conscious and globally mindful designs. I recommend checking them out!
Monday, November 5, 2007
Pretty Bedrooms
Monday mornings are always hard to get going. So, here are some pretty bedrooms to look at. Simple, clean and very pretty. I'm off for my 2nd cup....
Friday, November 2, 2007
Layout AGAIN
Most of you like the new layout, but it just was not sitting well with me. I agreed with some of you that it was a bit cluttered. So I'm back to the old.....
Christmas Goodies
I've been seeing lots of Christmas pictures already and have really enjoyed some of them. I've always loved a simple Christmas decor and I think these pictures are great examples of that. Decorate with things that speak to you and have meaning, you can't go wrong!
