After moving into the Ravine house, the master bathroom was the first area we decided to tackle. If you remember from my previous posts, we wanted to get started on the renovations right away…like the day we moved in right away! We wasted no time in gutting the upstairs floor. The biggest part of the
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Modern White Dresser: A West Elm Inspired Ikea Hack
A little while back, I posted about my master bedroom design dilemma. I wasn’t exactly sure where to spend my hard earned money, but I was in need of a new dresser option. I tend to be drawn towards more expensive items (that’s because I have good taste right?!), but even though I loved the
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Capilano Part Deux: House Flip Update!
It’s starting to get really exciting over at the Capilano Part Deux house flip so I decided I finally needed to share an update. But first, if you’ve forgotten what it looked like to start, head here to freshen your memory! Then you can really appreciate how far it has come in the last couple
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Project Update: The Ravine House Reno
I’ll let you in on a little secret…renos very rarely run smoothly. Even for a designer and a contractor, there are still bumps and bruises along the way. We started off the upper floor section of the ravine house reno in March and it got off to a really great start. I thought for sure
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Reno Lessons From the Ravine House
I’ve been meaning to do this post for awhile now, but every time I went to take some photos, our house was in absolute mayhem and I put it off for another day. And then I realized…to share some true reno lessons, I should be willing to show the true state of our house. So
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The Best Butcher Block Island
Not too long ago, Ryan completed a major bathroom remodel for some clients who lived down the street from us in a gorgeous 1920’s home. Elvin and Lisa loved how it turned out and decided to enlist our help in transforming their kitchen too. After paying a visit to our Laurier Heights house, they were drawn to
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The Ravine House Master Bathroom: Final Update
Well, it has been exactly ONE month since we’ve moved in and I’m thrilled with how the upstairs renovation has gone so far (though it turns out, painting is not my favourite weekend activity lol). I wanted to share just one final update of this master bathroom before the final reveal, which should be happening
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Adam & Razia’s Master Bathroom Renovation
What’s especially great about doing renovations in addition to our house flips, is that sometimes we get to do them for people we love. When our brother, Adam, and sister in law, Razia, expressed interest in updating their master bathroom, we were happy to help, especially since our little niece was due to arrive any day!
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Capilano Part Deux – Kitchen Design & Layout
Now that the demo is complete on the Capilano Part Deux project, we can concentrate on the fun stuff! The design! And I am really looking forward to this kitchen design because I am doing even more black and white (my current design obsession it seems). Take a look at what I have planned… To start, I’ll