Setbacks….I know I know….we should have expected it. But seriously, I couldn’t have imagined we would run into this much. Some of it was out of our hands and some of it is totally on us. The weather hasn’t exactly been on our side for this part of the renovation. It’s amazing how quick we turned the inside around…but the exterior is a different story and is taking much longer than we had hoped for. Typically Calgary gets a number a Chinooks throughout the winter months. Allow

I cannot believe we are approaching 17 weeks since we first took possession of our new home. We hammered this job out in 2 months but the thoughts and ideas about this home had been fluttering around my mind for much longer than that. For a couple of years, I had envisioned a home that was in some ways transitional yet still modern and simple. About 2 years back, Ben and I had been out to a see a potential home just outside of Cochrane, Alberta. The house was in some ways Sca

move. part 2. I cannot believe we are heading into the weekend…and the ending of week 4. It is truly amazing how much the hubby and I were able to organize and accomplish in the past 4 weeks. For those of you just tuning in, we took possession of our property on September 15th, 2017. On Sunday this week we celebrate one month into a massive renovation. When we bought this house back in July, we listed our house and it sold right away with a 30-day possession. This meant that

Let’s start here….with a move. Everyone keeps asking us the same things. Why would you want to sell your beautiful house and MOVE? Why would you want to live through another renovation? Why would you ever want to go through the moving process with three kids!? Why would you want to give away all your awesome stuff? WHY? The same answer applies to all of the above questions. We want to live a more simple life. A life that is full of intention. We want to value the things we ha