Canadian House & Home.com

Just the other day I was lucky enough to be mentioned among some of my other favourite bloggers in House & Home's Greatest Canadian Blogs volume 2. Thank you to Trish (online editorial director for H&H) for mentioning WALLPAPER and thank you again to all of you who drop by, look around and leave encouraging comments. I can't say it enough, but WALLPAPER really is my passion and I love posting and blogging, I hope you all continue to enjoy it as well.

DIY

A while back I had just finished my favourite tea called chocolate conspiracy by "Tea in the Sahara" and I realized 1. that I needed to go and buy a new one  and 2. that I had the tea tin left over... so I decided this was the perfect opportunity for a DIY. Here is the final product:

I spray painted the tin grey, then I used a bird stamp on it and added the sticker letters, when all was dry I sealed the tin with a clear high laquer spray.

With these ones I just used different colours, same technique

Happy Thanksgiving

Here in Canada we are celebrating Thanksgiving. I thought I might upload some great pictures of Fall landscapes I took a few weeks back, enjoy :)

Value Village Finds

I've been busy lately, what with the deck and the entire backyard reno that seems like it should have ended months ago! But of course I am never too busy to thrift, and what better place than Value Village. Here's what I found at my local store:

I have been looking for an old vintage movie camera for so long

You can't have enough of these, right?

vintage napkin rings

Salt or Sel? cute right?

News...

I have some fantastic news...I finally took the step and opened my own Etsy Shop offering handmade prints and photos. I hope you can all check it out ThePaperie.etsy.com

So far...

Here are some  more recent pictures of the deck thus far. A new surprise is that I have put in a sliding door, yes yes, I tried hard to do french doors, but I just didn't have the space inside for when the doors opened inward. Apparently if you want your french doors to swing outward they are double the price! Alas I had to settle for a sliding door, but the cool thing is that it is self tinting, oh and yes, I am going to paint them, maybe the colour of the shutters on the shed? what do you think?

Kitchen re-do

Yes I know I posted ages ago about re-doing the kitchen. Although I love the configuration I really don't love the colour of the cabinetry, I feel that it just doesn't go with the airy and neutral colour palette of the rest of the house, so it's time for a kitchen do over! The countertops are black galaxy granite, so they will stay. The cabinets are getting sprayed a soft white ( by professionals) and I am thinking of a counter height table and chairs. Here are some inspiration photos for the table and chairs:

Style at Home November issue

Lynda Reeves kitchen

Ikea chairs