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Breathing easy just got high-tech. Our Aranet4 kee

Breathing easy just got high-tech. Our Aranet4 keeps an eye on CO₂ levels, temperature, humidity, and air pressure - all in real time.
Why care? Because high CO₂ = poor ventilation = higher risk of airborne viruses.
Translation: crack a window, your lungs will thank you.
Head to the link in my bio and use code Katie5 to get a discount on your Sensor!
#airquality #homehacks #cozyandclever

OK, it has literally taken me years to find my dre

OK, it has literally taken me years to find my dream shades.

I grew up, loving every page of magazines, like Martha Stewart, Victoria, Country Home, and all the others that truly prioritized cosy living. Mix that with the coastal and antique style of the South Shore, shades like these were always the goal. I finally found an affordable version from @neutralcurtains.
comment below the word ‘LINEN’ and I will DM you a 25% off link as well as all the details to get the exact kind we have.

Episode 5: The Great Dig Last year we discovered o

Episode 5: The Great Dig
Last year we discovered our veggie garden was basically a rock quarry. So we spent a whole year evicting every stone (and a few questionable artifacts), then added a cocktail of horse manure and good soil to convince something—anything—to grow. Rob even tilled it all by hand, because we like our gardening with a side of pain. Now it’s finally planted… and we wait. Will it flourish or flop? Tune in to find out. 🌱💪 #BackyardRehab #TheAcreAndUs #GrowOrDieTrying

You will literally catch him here every weekday at

You will literally catch him here every weekday at 1:50 as he sits and watches for our kids to come home on the watch.

I love an antique wood window but the windows that were installed in the house when we purchased it weren’t that. They were Wood windows installed in the 90s that literally could not keep up with our Nova Scotia weather. @jeldwencanada new JWC8500 series is super long lasting and low maintenance. It’s also built for our Canadian weather, meaning it’s up to 22% more efficient. I think our favourite part is the finishelid exterior that we were able to get in a beautiful claystone color that is scratch resistant, giving our exterior of our house, an extra bit of charm.

what’s your favourite window in your house?

This space has been 18 months in the making. There

This space has been 18 months in the making. There have been lots of tears, lots of blood and many many fights when we were knee-deep in hours upon hours of demolition and rebuilding.

But, it’s now a space that welcomes us home, waves us goodbye, and invites our visitors to be comfortable in our home.

The thing I love most, the extra storage it has created for our home thanks to the cabinets from @mykitchcabinets . We’ve loved using their door fronts for IKEA boxes in our old house, but in this space we tested out their fully customizable size cabinet boxes and front and let me tell you I built all of these cabinets for the entire space in less than an hour and a half. It would’ve taken Rob over a month to build the cabinets to be the right custom size. We went with the colour brownstone

It’s taken a good 12 years to collect all the th

It’s taken a good 12 years to collect all the things in our home. And three years to specifically collect for this home and style it the way it would work in the spaces. So to think that you can instantly have a collected home aesthetic is a hard reality you have to face that it’s just not going to happen. And that’s completely OK. Taking your time to create a collected home that tells a story of who you are and the adventures you have gone through is the best type of home. It brings in the cosy and the personality. So let this be a note to take your time with your home and collect gems along the way.

Because Martha said so… we laid old bricks by ha

Because Martha said so… we laid old bricks by hand to edge our garden beds and I still can’t feel my lower back 😅
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In Episode 4 of #BackyardRehab, we’re building a garden for our garden (yes, it’s a thing), and let’s just say… perfection was not the goal—cottagecore charm was.
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🎬 Stay tuned for Episode 5 where we finally plant the veggie garden!
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#thewilddecoelis #cottagecoregarden #gardenrenovation #backyardmakeover #homesteadlife #raisedbedgarden #novascotiagardens #marthawouldapprove #gardeningseason #diygardenproject #cottagegardenstyle #eastcoastliving #brickpath #countryhomestyle #familyhomestead #gardeninghumor #gardeningwithkids #lowbudgethighimpact

Our mudroom tidy is a rare occasion so I had to do

Our mudroom tidy is a rare occasion so I had to document.

with this room, being not only our mudroom that allows all five of us to get our boots and jackets on at the same time, but it also doubles as our laundry room, we needed all of the space we could get.
The other thing we needed…. Was more storage. We had used @mykitchcabinets at our last house and absolutely love the quality. We knew we wanted to utilize their doors again for this space. But this time around, we also opted in for their cabinet boxes as well. When I say it was easy to build, I built all of the cabinets for this entire room in less than two hours. A lot of that was unpacking them out of the cardboard. Between the quality, the ease and the ability to completely customize the size, they are hands-down, my go to when it comes to Canadian made cabinetry.

We went for the colour brownstone.

I LOVE this trend. Even though I’m dissing trend

I LOVE this trend. Even though I’m dissing trends in it 🙈🙈🙈

I mean, when you inherit 3 50+ year old lilac bush

I mean, when you inherit 3 50+ year old lilac bushes with the house you take advantage 😉🪻🪻#sezanelovers @sezane

Just out here reclaiming my sanity, one @ikeahfx l

Just out here reclaiming my sanity, one @ikeahfx lounge chair at a time. 😌✨ Episode 3 of the Backyard Rehab is live — and this time it’s all about creating a little English-inspired mom timeout zone, because summer break is long and patience is… not.

Ikea products:
Lounge chairs - Nammaro
Rug- Morum
Planters - Ambraronn/ muskotblomma
Table -tanebro

#MomSanctuary #BackyardRehab #IKEAFinds #CottagecoreVibes #MomLifeUnfiltered #SmallSpaceBigStyle

You all I’m sure by this time know my love for f

You all I’m sure by this time know my love for flowering shrubs, and how they make such beautiful cut flowers all year round. From forcing them open in early spring to making them last when they’re in full season, these are the hacks I swear by. 🪻🪻🪻

This Father’s Day, we’re celebrating the man w

This Father’s Day, we’re celebrating the man who does it all — from tending the garden to whipping up weekend feasts. I headed to @indigo and found the perfect mix of gifts that speak to all his favorite things: inspiring cookbooks, a gardening guide he’s already bookmarked, a cozy candle with a scent full of memories for slow mornings, and an Instax camera to capture it all. Thoughtful, useful, and a little sentimental — just like him. #FathersDay #indigopartner

Our living room used to have a rotting 1990s windo

Our living room used to have a rotting 1990s window that let in more rain than light. It couldn’t open, it whistled with the wind, and honestly—it was a bit of a mood killer. Enter the JELD-WEN Canada 8500 Series. Now we have a window that not only works, but looks beautiful doing it. I catch myself opening it just because I can. Fresh air, no leaks, and all the charm—what a dreamy little upgrade!

#WindowUpgrade #JeldWenWindows #HomeRenovation #BeforeAndAfterHome #CozyHomeStyle #DIYHomeInspo #OldHomeLove #FarmhouseFix #CottageStyleLiving #canadianhome

BACKYARD REHAB — EPISODE 2 Turning basic planter

BACKYARD REHAB — EPISODE 2
Turning basic planters into vintage-looking beauties using just limewash and a little patience.
This is your sign to stop buying new and start aging what you’ve got!

I grabbed these Facebook marketplace beauties for just $50 for the pair back when there was still snow on the ground. They’ve been sitting on our back patio for months as I tried to figure out what I didn’t like about them. I then realized they just looked too new. This was such a quick and easy hack, and they now look like I sourced them from an antique market.

stay tuned for the cottagecore glow-up.

#BackyardRehab #LimewashDIY #CottagecoreStyle #AgedPlanters #OutdoorMakeover #DIYGardenStyle #BudgetDIY #TheWildDecoelis #EnglishCottageGarden #FromBasicToBeautiful

The other day I was rinsing out my paintbrushes, a

The other day I was rinsing out my paintbrushes, and I said to Rob, wouldn’t it be awesome to have some form of a drying rack on the side of the dog wash(our utility sink) for drying paint brushes. All I needed was a board with a few nails put in it. Next thing I know, Rob comes back from his shop with exactly what I described, and it has been in use every day since.

We currently are trying to get ourselves out of the 80% club, which means lots of paint touchups all over the house and this has been a lifesaver. Maybe it will help you too?

#DIYHack#PainterLife#PaintBrushHack#HomeProjects
#UtilitySinkHack#CreativeSolutions#DavidAttenborough
#AttenboroughNarration#NarratedByDavid
#FunnyReels#momhumour #englishcottagestyle

After accidentally shrinking my cabinet curtains f

After accidentally shrinking my cabinet curtains for the pantry, I had to remake some new ones with extra length to guarantee I didn’t make that mistake again.

While I was at it, I finally made some café curtains and now I feel like the space truly embolizes the English cottage pantry of my dreams.

All that’s left to do now is find a new shade for my lamp or try to DIY something fun on the one that’s there.

All that’s left now is to fix up my thrifted lamp. Let me know in the pole what I should do?

#woodsandwhites #housetohome #designtrends #cottagesandbungalows #cornersofmyhome #inmydomaine #howyouhome #englishcottagestyle #designhomewithfriends #whiteandbright #modernfarmhouse #howihaven #thriftedhome #farmhousedecor #livinglifethrifted #inspire_me_home_decor #livingroomsofinstagram #cljtransformations #interior123 #homemaking #homesohard #mycrumbshome #cottagestylehome #walltowallstyle #mycountryhome

To be honest, it’s all about training the Facebo

To be honest, it’s all about training the Facebook marketplace algorithm to know what you like.

Rob and I started purchasing antiques at the beginning of our relationship. We couldn’t afford new furniture so places like Kijiji and Facebook marketplace were the affordable option especially as new young parents. Now, some of those pieces have moved to multiple times with us and we will probably have them for the rest of our life because the quality is unmatched.

I think the key to training the Facebook algorithm is to utilize terms. Your grandma would use for the furniture you’re looking for mixed in with these terms. Then when you see things that you like, click on them and read through the description or save them. Even if they might be out of your price point or maybe not the exact piece you’re looking for right then, the algorithm will learn about the style you like through doing this and will continue to show you those types of pieces. We have trained our so well, that as soon as I login, I am flooded by beautiful and antique solid wood pieces that have just been listed

I hope this helps and I would love to be tagged in any of the finds you may come across using these tips.

#woodsandwhites #housetohome #designtrends #cottagesandbungalows #cornersofmyhome #inmydomaine #howyouhome #englishcottagestyle #designhomewithfriends #whiteandbright #modernfarmhouse #howihaven #thriftedhome #farmhousedecor #livinglifethrifted #inspire_me_home_decor #livingroomsofinstagram #cljtransformations #interior123 #homemaking #homesohard #mycrumbshome #cottagestylehome #walltowallstyle #mycountryhome

BACKYARD REHAB — EPISODE 1 You know those projec

BACKYARD REHAB — EPISODE 1
You know those projects you start with the best intentions… and then life/kids/chaos happens?
Yeah, we’ve got a few of those.
Welcome to Backyard Rehab — where forgotten corners, half-finished plans, and wild dreams get a second chance.
This is what our yard looks like right now. Unfiltered. Unfinished.
But just wait.

#BackyardRehab #BeforeTheGlowUp #CottagecoreDIY #RealLifeMakeover #OutdoorProjects #TheWildDecoelis #HomeInProgress #MessToMagic

Our mission in life is to make sure these kids hav

Our mission in life is to make sure these kids have everything they need to succeed. Which also been snowing. We will always be here, even far after they leave.

It’s honestly the small moments that truly matter the most.

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