Be Functional: Homes & Sustainability

A Rainbow Room (stay bright during winter)

March 15, 2013

I’m happy to have my designer friend Fiona here on the blog to share simple ways to brighten up a room coming into the winter months. Guest Post by Fiona Chandler By using one element, for example: pom poms, you can change the look of a room which can be fun for a change. A [...]

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Organising Kids for School

March 10, 2013

Well, here I am: all four of my children are at school.   And it’s FULL ON. Sport days, music days, library days, basketball practice, concert band ensemble, strings ensemble, cello lessons, piano lessons, clarinet lessons, homework, newsletters, assignments, oral preparation, home readers, sight words…and lunches. As I said, there are four of them at school [...]

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Ocean and Fields

February 12, 2013

Connections. I love connections: looking for them; finding them; linking them.  Doing this brings much happiness to my life.  So in this vase with flowers and shells, I see fields and oceans. And this takes me back to one of our favourite holidays as a family: a road trip.  One of the best days was [...]

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Pearls In a Glass of Water

December 29, 2012

A simple posy. A clear glass. A strand of fake pearl beads. There’s a silent triumph in throwing together such simple beauty. Yes, there is. There’s a quiet joy looking through the clear into the prettiness of it. Yes, there is. There’s a whisper of possibility, knowing such beauty is all around, if only we [...]

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Temporary Christmas Snow Globes

December 9, 2012

It’s Christmas Week on the Blog! I’m going a bit wild with Christmas Table decorations at the moment.   I like variety in the home, and with the table decorations, I can mix it up every couple of days.  We’ve did the White Christmas in a Jar, and candles in jars, and now it’s time [...]

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White Christmas in a Jar

December 7, 2012

It’s Christmas Week on the Blog! A White Christmas is something I dream of experiencing, maybe one day, with my children.  You know — the sleigh bells, and chestnuts on an open fire — that kind of thing.  This year, I’m bringing a little of the dream into our Christmas in the form of table [...]

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