Mexico
After my trip to Europe, I felt pretty guilty that I had gone on a trip without Alex, so I decided to surprise everyone for Christmas and book a trip…
How to Take Apart a Piano
One of the only family heirlooms I have from my mother’s side is a large 100-year-old piano. I tried to have it tuned a couple of years ago, but due…
Europe
Because of the pandemic and the twins, we hadn’t really travelled in 3 or 4 years. Our last major trip was our parental leave trip to South East Asia when…
Southeast Asia
At the end of my maternity leave and the start of Alex’s paternity leave, we decided to take an epic trip to Southeast Asia. Our 5-week adventure is captured in…
India
I generally don’t deviate from renovation-related posts, but Alex and I just spent 2 and a half weeks in India and the trip was too interesting not to share. India…
Does DIYing Really Save You Money?
Through the good and the bad of DIY renovations, Alex and I have been motivated by the fact that doing things ourselves is saving us butt-loads. I mean, BUTT-LOADS. But…
How to Sew Door and Window Draft Stoppers
Our doors and windows are extremely drafty. We’ve managed to stop some of the draft with that ugly shrink wrap stuff, which is fine for our un-renovated and already-ugly upstairs.…
How to Winterize
Now that winter is coming, we had time to think about all the other things that needed to be done around the house. Particularly to prepare for winter. As new…
How to Make Authentic Tomato Sauce
Everyone once in a while we take a break from the craziness of our house reno to do something fun. Today we traveled to Port Hope to make tomato sauce…
Carless and Renovating
Alex and I are both urban planners (by training, anyways), and we love to hate on the irresponsible suburbanization of North American cities, especially with regard to how car-dependent we’ve…
Under Attack
We seem to have finally won the battle against the raccoon living in our garage. For now. But now we have a new problem: squirrels. Squirrels are relatively cute creatures;…
Moving Day!
It’s been a tough couple of weeks, but moving day is finally here! The apartment was in pretty good shape by Thursday night. Almost everything was packed and we only…
How to fit 27″ appliances down 25″ stairs
There’s lots going on right now and we’re all working on different things. Dad and Alex are going strong on the electrical and I’m picking up other random projects that…