This easy maple chili recipe with sweet buns is so simple and delicious its sure to become a family favourite! Easy Maple Chili Recipe with Sweet Buns My mom has been making this chili recipe for as long as I can remember. I had no idea how simple it was until I asked for the recipe to make it for my own family. But it’s so easy we added it to our weekly rotation and everyone loves it! I only modified one ingredient from the way mom used to make it. I add maple style baked beans to our...
5 household items you might not be cleaning enough. There are two times a year I get the itch to do a deep clean. One of course is spring, when everyone is airing out their musty houses from all that time spent inside during winter. But the other is fall. When school is approaching, and the air starts to get that crisp breeze, I find myself looking around and seeing all the grime and dirt from summer lingering in our home. It’s this time of year where I no longer am satisfied by a quick vacuum and a spot...
A fun way to make your TV part of your decor. Check out todays post for how we created this boho gallery wall with a frame tv. In todays post I will be sharing our mini boho mid-century makeover on our tv wall. I will be sharing where we saved and where we splurged and how you can recreate the look in your home. Shop this post Click the links or photos to shop our home decor and furniture Frame TV | Similar Leather Arm Chair JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content....
Our cozy cottage dining room has seen some of the biggest transformation since we bought this house almost 5 years ago! In todays post I thought I would gather all our resources for the dining room and have them in one place to help answer the questions we get about this room. Cozy Cottage Dining Room When we were contemplating purchasing this home the dining room was one of the top charming little corners that won me over. Though our home is small, it was the spaces like this that oozed with cottage charm that had me at first...
H&M Home Decor Finds One of the best home decor shops online is H&M home. Not only are their products affordable they are always more beautiful when they arrive on my doorstep than they ever seem to appear on the website. It’s like Christmas because I know I am going to like it, but I always love it more when it arrives and am blown away with the quality of each item. Today I thought I would share some of my current favourite finds from H&M home because they are having a fun sale. Head over here to get...
This post is sponsored by Decors Veronneau, all ideas and opinions are my own! 5 Faux plants that look like the real thing! I don’t know about you but I am always on the hunt for beautiful faux plants for our home. There are lots of faux plants on the market these days but finding realistic faux plants can be tricky! In todays post I am partnering with Decors Veronneau to share 5 of my favourite faux plants that look so realistic, no one will ever know they aren’t the real deal. Decors Veronneau is based in Canada. They...
Before starting any renovation or design project I always start with a design board! I wrote an entire blog post about how I make my design boards with a corresponding video here. Girls Bathroom Design Board I can’t believe we have been living in this house for almost 5 years! We never knew how long we would live here. Our dream home would be to have a little land and live a little ways out of town and we haven’t found exactly what we are looking for in our budget so here we are 5 years later. Because we...
May 2022 Book List A good book is hard to find. In today’s post I thought I would share what I am currently reading or have recently finished reading. I do read quite a bit, mainly because I am at home all day and homeschool our daughters. We follow the Charlotte Mason philosophy for how we homeschool which is heavy on books, and I have also always been a reader even as a child. Here is my list for what I am currently reading this May. What I’m currently reading for May This month has been a fairly busy...
An easy and delicious coconut syrup recipe! Who doesn’t love the sweet and summery flavour of coconut! Around our house we are always looking for the perfect way to make cafe worthy iced coffees but from the comfort (and budget approved) of our own home. If you are looking for the perfect iced coffee syrup that’s super easy to make at home you are in the right spot! The Best Coconut Simple Syrup Recipe This recipe came about because of my summer love affair last year with coconut coffee! I had originally stumbled across a favourite recipe from lovetaza...
How to cook chicken from frozen. I don’t know about you but I can never seem to remember to take my chicken out ahead of time to thaw before I need to cook it! I am assuming, since you are reading this post that you may have the same problem. But it’s ok, I have been cooking my frozen chicken breasts using this trick for years and honestly never looked back. Now I never sweat if I forgot to leave them to thaw, actually I don’t think I ever do anymore now that I have this little recipe up...
