Bungalow Love

My current passion project is our second home renovation. My husband, myself and our mini foreman are a team. We purchased this 1968 beauty of a bungalow from its original owners three years ago and have been slowly transforming it from the day we got the keys. Follow our journey!

View fullsize I might like the days following Christmas even a little bit more than Christmas itself. The pressure is off, the crazy has calmed... but the tree is still up and drinking eggnog at noon is completely acceptable. Merry Christmas! #homefortheholidays🎄
View fullsize I don’t remember the last time I had 3 hours at home by myself. Do you want to know what I did... I cleaned. And it was glorious. Jim thinks so too. #happyfriday #lovemyselfacleanhouse
View fullsize If you take tightly cropped photos you can’t see the mess. Also, pretty much sums up my colour palette these days. #entryway . . . #interiors #interiorinspo #diyhomereno #simpledecor #scandinaviandesign #scandiinspo
View fullsize Fresh snow makes for really beautiful light. #winterisback . . . . . #1968bungalow #interiors #diyreno #interiordesign #scandinavianinspired #whitespace #simplicity #myrenovatedreality
View fullsize Saturday mornings around here typically include PJs, coffee and power tools. #familieswhorenotogetherstaytogether ... right??!
View fullsize ‘till next time Christmas... love setting it up and love taking it down. #newyear #cleanhouse #laterchristmas . . . #livingroominspo #bungalowlove #1968bungalow
View fullsize Soaking up lazy days and looking back on how far we’ve come this year. Also feeling grateful we’re not living in the before’s anymore. 🙌🏻 #madeinhouse #bringon2019 . . . #beforeandafter #myrenovatedreality #diyhomereno #diyrenovat
View fullsize Merry Christmas. #homefortheholidays
View fullsize Good morning. #sunday #morninglight #1968bungalow #bungalowlove . . . #diyreno #livingroominspo #interiordesign #interiorstyling #midcenturymodern #littlebitscandinavian #mystructubestyle
View fullsize I’ve had so many people say to me ‘It would be my dream to renovate a house!’ ... It is my dream — I can’t really imagine life any other way. However, there is so much more to renovating than the pretty before and after
View fullsize Almost two years to the day... the before pic was taken after we had already installed the hardwood and the sky light... so not a TRUE depiction of how dark and small this space felt before we tackled it, but you get the idea. . . . #beforeandafter #
View fullsize Demo starts this weekend on the beautiful carport that currently lives in our backyard. We’re turning it into a pergola... to say that I am excited would be an understatement. And if January ever ends we’re having everyone over for cockta
View fullsize These are our current dinning room chairs - likely until mashed banana and permanent markers are not so threatening. If there ever was a chair that lived up to my design standards AND met my child-friendly requirements... this would be it. Modeled af
View fullsize Half way through our kitchen reno - when we were feeding our 2-year-old in the laundry room and working until 1 am on cabinets and drywall after having worked all day at our ‘real’ jobs - I told my husband to put a for sale sign on the fr
View fullsize Get your shit together Mother Nature. Spring cleaning today pretending it’s spring. #pleasestop #itsnotfunnyanymore #whereisspring . . . #kitcheninspo #kitcheninteriors #diyreno #walnut #whitekitchen #midcenturymodern #midcenturydining #howwedw