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The #Fall15 Decorating Challenge Round-up
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- Published on Friday, 05 October 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
This week was a pretty exciting one for the blog. I participated in my first bit of blogger collaboration! And, it was fun! I was thrilled that seven other wonderful bloggers were willing to join me in a simple, seasonal decorating challenge. Sure, we were a little late - Thanksgiving is this weekend meaning fall has...A $15 Fall Vignette
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
I think what I've created is a fall vignette. I'm not really sure what makes it intrinsically fall. Perhaps the twine. Perhaps the dried potpourri. Perhaps the bright oranges in the photograph I choose to use. Or, perhaps the blue, which reminds me of the autumn sky.
Either way, I created a vignette and it's kind of...
Photo Friday on a Tuesay: Pekoe's Close-up
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 October 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
I love my kitty.Some days, I'm convinced he loves me too, especially in those early morning moments when I drift gently out of sleep and feel his small, warm, purring body curled against my thigh, close for no reason but comfortable sleep.
Purr, boy. Purr.
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A $15 Challenge for Fall
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- Published on Monday, 01 October 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
October.October means soup. Lots of soup. October also means cuddly afghans and long walks in the nippy air. October also means the bluest skies I've ever seen. Have you ever noticed that? That the times the sky seems the bluest are the times when the leaves are turning orange as the temperatures start to drop?
I am not,...
Photo Friday: Dachshund
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- Published on Friday, 28 September 2012
Authors: ThisDustyHouse
Do you ever have those days in which you want to curl up in the corner of the couch and do nothing but stew in your own self-ness? This week has been one of those days.
This Dachshund is one of Mocha's best friends. I shot this during our family Christmas last year, when she was a little overwhelmed by the crowds of people...
Three Things For Thursday: Three Living Rooms
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- Published on Thursday, 27 September 2012
Authors: ThisDustyHouse
One: Tufted Sofas
image via BHG
I used to think that my love for tufted sofas was mainly focused on the traditional chesterfield, fixating, even, on Restoration Hardware's Kensington. And then, Centsational Girl wrote about tufted sofas on her new Better Homes and Gardens blog and I realized that, in fact, I love...
Five Hard Things About Getting A Puppy
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- Published on Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
One: House Breaking
We know all the theories. Take your dog out to the exact same place every 2 hours, tell him to pee and praise him copiously when he does. Be consistent.
I think the theories forget to take into account puppies who slurp back a whole bowl of water, pee like they're supposed to outside, then come in, slurp...
A Simple Lamp Makeover
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- Published on Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
Everyone spray paints, right? There are whole lists of spray painting projects on the Internet, after all. Some people have even built their blog on spray painting. Me? I've only ever spray painted one thing in my life. Ok, two, but they were the same things and part of the same project.
Way back in May of 2011, I spray...
What happens when you take a big bed and squeeze it into a really tiny room
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- Published on Monday, 24 September 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
You know my house is pretty tiny, right? According to the Apartment Therapy Small, Cool contest, it fits into the Tiny category. So, it should come as no surprise that we also have a tiny bedroom. What might come as a surprise is that we took said tiny bedroom and stuck big-a** bed frame in it. The thing I'm a little...Photo Friday: Door
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- Published on Friday, 21 September 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
We went for a walk in Edmonton. It's not the most exciting of cities, but we did discover the River Valley trails and I fell in love. As we left, I lamented the lack in Toronto of interconnected walking trails with multiple access points and more than one option that got you to essentially the same place. Sure, we have the...
