What a season we've had! I have to share with you my BEST finds of the season and three things I NEVER fear when antiquing! Barn sales, junk shops, curbside, thrift shops, antique stores, and even birthday gifts! I love the thrill of the hunt and the entire...
French Farmhouse Design
Mind the Gap
Can we talk about my non-existent stone windowsill, please? I have to confess, (here she does again) being an über creative person with waaaaaaaaaaay too much vision has its drawbacks. Creativity ebbs and flows but when it flows, it's a beast. Almost manic. It's...
Why I Said “No” to Reality T.V.
Friday's are always a fun day here in the farmhouse. We publish a new video to YouTube every Friday and I have to say, I really, really enjoy this new "vlogging" adventure I am on. It wasn't always like that. About a year and a half ago I got a call from a reality...
There’s a Hole in the Bucket, Dear Liza
Bucket Sink DIY So this is our Bucket sink DIY. Yep, how to make a vintage bathroom sink with a brass bucket. Joel and I are going to unpack how to make a bucket sink for the ultimate vintage bathroom sink. You can use your favourite bucket to make a copper sink,...
The Rejected House, The Before Pics
If you missed it, you'll want to go back and get up to snuff because I'd love to share with you now the before photos of this French Farmhouse Makeover and why I rejected this house for TWO years! I can't tell you how wonderful it feels to actually have something to...
How to Build a Cheap Pergola – Southern France Style
En plein air.... Plein air dining. One of the best expressions EVER. Perhaps you know it best as al fresco.... or picnic... or just plain eating outside. Whatever you call it. I love to do it. Eating outside is one of life's true, true pleasures. Few things...
Bloom Where You’re Planted (My French Inspired Living Room this Spring)
It's finally here. We're in the throws of Spring and yet it's been a strange season of life for me... at least deep inside my heart, it has. I know I've done a lot of prattling on about moving lately. I've been kind of obsessed. And that obsession has had some...
French Cooking for Children, Curried Eggs
I'm craving my garden. Craving the colour, the tastes and the time out there together with my children. We plant, we weed, we smell, we admire and then we create. Store bought produce tastes like... winter. In my impatience for those experiences this Spring, I dug...
Wanted: Farm for Sale
Wanted: Farm for Sale. The wind is howling. It's January and the colour of the sky hasn't changed since dawn.But it can't stop my excitement."Can't stop the feeling!" This. Is. Our. Year. We're in the final, final stages of a four-year plan that...