Why we put our kids’ bunk bed in the closet
When we moved in to our home, our daughter’s bedroom was a bit of a layout conundrum since we had to work around two closets, a doorway, a window, and a baseboard electric heater PLUS a low ceiling. Then we decided to move the bunk bed into the closet…
Ariel’s whirling rainbow dream… after the remodel
Last fall, I wrote about how I was remodeling my one-bedroom condo to better accommodate my three-person family. Well, six months later, I am here to report back with our-post remodel home tour… it’s six months later because the 6-8 week remodel turned into four months of my family drifting around and couch surfing. We just moved back in a month ago.
The search and rescue mission for a tiny bathtub for my tiny home
One of the aspects of building a tiny house is the difficulty in finding products and materials suited to a tiny space. Take, for example, our tub. With the 4′ footprint allowed by the space in my bathroom, I went shopping for a cheap, deep, small tub.
The color scheme of this Virginia townhouse will have you grabbing a blue paint can
I just need us to all take a minute to appreciate this gorgeous home featured on our sister site Offbeat Bride. Why are we featuring such an awesome house on a site all about weddings? Because Amanda and Robbie decided to make their home base their wedding venue.
Take a peek into this mysterious Sherlock-themed bathroom
I’ve been obsessing on BBC’s Sherlock since season one, and so I figured, this is my place why the hell can’t I have a BBC Sherlock bathroom? So I did…
Buying my first home: Guilt, frustration, acceptance, and flamingos
At the age of 30, I purchased my first home. Purchased, as in wrote out possibly the biggest check of my life and took full and complete ownership of an entire, full, big, warts and all, 100 year old house. The last three years have been an intense love/hate relationship with the house. But once I shed the guilt from how I was able to purchase the house, and came to terms with settling in one place for more than a few years, it’s been an amazing experience making the house MINE.
The tiny, colorful studio apartment, that taught me a lot about who I am
Before moving here, I was living in a larger studio with my husband, but moving into this place alone I had to be even more choosy about what came with and what did not. This home has taught me a lot about who I am. I had been in a very codependent relationship, so it had been a long time since I had only needed to worry about myself. Being able to express myself through my space was instrumental in my journey to finding my own identity after I left.
Living in a family-focused, cooperative housing townhome in Victoria, BC
We live in a co-operative housing unit. Like all co-ops, it’s a blend between ownership and rental. Unlike rentals, every household (or member) has equal voting rights on all major decisions. And everyone has to volunteer to help with running the co-op (usually about 10 hours per month). We also have the ability to make changes in our unit that might not be allowed in a rental. For example, one member put up a climbing wall in his living room! Many of our members have lived here for 15+ years.