Sometimes in the middle of a reno, things come up or happen that can really bring your reno to a screeching halt. Our problem presented itself when we tiled the bathroom floor. In case you’re new here, we are participating in the One Room Challenge and have been renovating our main bathroom. …
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Spring Updating: Living Room
Spring is just around the corner and I am so ready for it! I even spent the weekend changing over our seasonal decor, bringing in some brighter and lighter colours. With each season, I go through each room and change up the decor a bit, just to make it feel homey. This weekend was all about our living room sitting area. I’m so happy with how it feels so fresh right now and spring-ish. …
Portuguese Kings Cake (Bolo Rei) – A Christmas Tradition
If you ask a Portuguese person what dessert says Christmas, you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t say it’s the Kings Cake or in Portuguese the Bolo Rei. Kings Cake is a traditional Portuguese cake that is only eaten between December 25th and January 6th. In many Portuguese homes, Christmas isn’t over on December 26th, it’s over on January 6th or Epiphany (Three Kings’ Day). For anyone who wasn’t raised in a Christian home, Kings’ Day is the day that the Three Wise Men or Three Kings visited baby Jesus with gifts. The cake itself, which is actually more of a sweet bread, is shaped like a wreath or a crown with a hole in the centre and decorated with candied fruit and nuts. It is absolutely delicious. This cake isn’t difficult to make but it’s so time-consuming but the end result is totally worth it.
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Front Foyer Makeover
Our house is a constant work in progress but Chris knew this when he bought it. When we first decided to redo our first foyer we knew we wanted it to be inviting, bright and kinda cool. So let me show you what we started with, this was an easy makeover.
No blog would be complete without a ‘during’ photo post. All that hard work and long nights that Chris and I put into it. I also learned a few things about rewiring lights and outlets. Chris is really handy when it comes to stuff like that….