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Christmas Paper Garland DIY
Every year, I am desperately looking for the perfect garland to decorate the mantle and staircase banister. Real dries out quickly and faux well, looks sometimes a little too fake to my taste. This paper garland is just right! It will take you the better part of an afternoon to make but the result is…
Our Favourite Neo-Traditional Christmas Tablescape
Crisp on its white canvas that is the tablecloth and surrounding dining room decor, the fresh greens centrepiece is all I really want for Christmas. Not too big, not too small, it is just right a certain Goldielocks would argue. The thing with centrepieces is that they are often too overpowering, large, cumbersome, or simply…
Les tendances de Noël de mon enfance
Noël. C’est ce moment de l’année qui représente pour moi bien plus qu’une folie commerciale. C’est ce moment de l’année où le temps semble ralentir, où on se réunit entre amis et en famille, où on célèbre les traditions qui nous sont chères. Noël pour moi c’est surtout un moment de douces nostalgies, celles de…
Black in a Nursery? Yes Please!
It is said that at birth, babies see shapes by following the lines where light and dark meet. Newborns can only focus about eight to 12 inches from their face, and they see only black, white and gray. Why then are we collectively so reticent in introducing black into a nursery’s colour scheme? Despite the obvious…
Home Tour: A Townhouse with a French Je Ne Sais Quoi in Black and White
Located in Denver, Shelby Girard, head of design for Havenly, and her architect husband, Christopher, gave this late 19th century townhouse a serious overhaul to highlight its Victorian {stunning} architecture while jumping in with both feet on the black and white train (or French TGV!). Head on over to My Domaine for the full post….
5 marchés de Noël à découvrir à Québec
Vous cherchiez quoi faire ce weekend? Ou vous cherchiez simplement une autre bonne raison de venir me visiter à Québec? ;) Dès cette fin de semaine, la ville regorge de marchés de Noël. C’est l’idéal pour commencer ses cadeaux et se mettre dans l’ambiance des fêtes. Il faut dire qu’avec la température actuelle, on a…
Christmas… Naturally
The location The dining room table of the Apartment by Damask & Dentelle. The mood simply natural Why simply natural? This latter answer will require more than a couple of words to encapsulate the reasons why the natural look is most appealing to me. I have been following and discussing trends for the past…
DIY Your Thanksgiving Table This Year
American thanksgiving is like a rehearsal dinner for Christmas. The family gathering, the amounts of food consummed, the decorating of the house. Except Thanksgiving’s decorations have more of a fall theme than the red-green-white ones for Christmas. From autumnal colours, leaves, turkeys, pumpkins (and other types of squashes) to Cornucopias, you will find at least…
Une question de revêtement mural
On l’appelle communément « gyproc » mais le gypse couvre probablement 99.9% des murs de votre maison. Comme tout matériau produit à grande échelle, la production du gypse est polluante (extraction du minerai, usine de fabrication) mais saviez-vous qu’il est recyclable? Si vous souhaitez effectuer des rénovations vertes, il est même possible de se procurer du gypse…