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I’ve Been Using Retinol for a Month, Here’s What Happened

I’ve Been Using Retinol for a Month, Here’s What Happened

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One of our favourite things to do, especially duri

One of our favourite things to do, especially during the winter and spring is staycation in our own backyard. Last weekend we took the whole family to spend a night at the Oak Island Inn, and Saturday night into Sunday at all of our favourite places in Mahone Bay, like the mug and anchor, famous town hand pies, four points market and even a hands-on Experience at Amos pewter, to see exactly how they make their beautiful pewter pieces and even make our own. if you’ve been wanting to visit Mahone Bay, This is the perfect time of year to do it.

What lighting and shelves can do to transform a sp

What lighting and shelves can do to transform a space.

We are going on 14 months of picking away at our laundry mudroom. Like any renovation, or home ownership, a space is never really complete. But, with the holidays behind us and spring, giving us all of the energy, we are starting back Up working on this space after taking a few months off. The first thing we needed to do was get this little corner that you see when you first walk in to become its own moment. A new sconce from Canada’s leading luxury lighting company @montreallighting was the perfect investment. The Malvasia sconces with its real brass and unreal detail inspired the entire corner to be my little English Vase and potting storage. And for limited time, while we are all wanting to focus on shopping, Canadian, they are offering 20% off your purchase using code THEWILDDECOELIS20.

It’s these little projects that I can tackle in a day that truly bring me joy but really pack a punch.

You may remember me, teasing about this in my stor

You may remember me, teasing about this in my stories back in March!
I tackled this project a few weeks ago when we started slowly incorporated Easter around the house and it is something that is so simple to do and very inexpensive.

I remember seeing this on my Pinterest feed last year and after finding these sweet, bunny napkins from HomeSense last year, I saved a few with my Easter things to tackle my own Delft eggs for this season. I think now that they’re made we are even going to glue some ribbon onto a few of them and decorate our Easter tree with them.

Comment ‘EGG’ for me to DM you the tutorial.

Our flower child’s dream bedroom 🌸🪻🌺🌷

you might’ve been here when we made this room out of the previous primary bedroom suite in this house. Poppy wanted to be surrounded by clouds with flowers at her feet. We opted for a ultra plush rug from @loloirugs and @riflepaperco. But 2 1/2 years later, we realized this girl needed something a little bit more flat weave, and with more pattern. I don’t know about you, but our little girl has a way with hiding her opsies in her room until it’s too late 😩. So with the new collection from #riflepapercoxloloi we thought this was the perfect opportunity to grab a stunning rug that still matches her personal style and space.

This is the Peacock forest cream rug from their new canopy collection and it was so hard to choose, which one as the collection is just so beautiful. Linking it in my stories. It’s currently 10% off to celebrate the launch.

Giving you all the details on our powder room we d

Giving you all the details on our powder room we did a year ago this month.
I feel like after my real on the height of our wainscoting, went viral, the most common questions I get asked are the paint colour in this space, the name of the wallpaper and where things are from so let me list it all below for you to be able to come back to if and when you wanna tackle your own space with these items.

Wallpaper: @sandbergwallpaper Forest Toile in sandstone
Paint: @farrowandball light gray
Mirror: vintage from @stellscottage at @4pointsmarket
Vanity: antique wash stand from a small consignment shop in Lunenburg
Sink: @wayfaircanada
Faucet: @amazonhome
Topiary and Candle holder: @lcdesignco.shoppe

let me know if there’s any other rooms you would like me to break down for you. You can also always head to our @shop.ltk or @shopmy to find specific links for any of the new items.

Happy Spring! although it’s spring, we still ha

Happy Spring!

although it’s spring, we still have a good two months of colder weather and the risk of snow over on the East Coast. So I’m just going to sit here and patiently wait for warm summer evenings having dinner outside with my sweet little family. but this year each evening will end in our garden and I cannot wait!

Happy first day of spring everyone !

Progress over perfection. One window is finally i

Progress over perfection.

One window is finally in! We received our new 8500 series @jeldwencanada windows back in the fall, but Nova Scotia weather forced us to wait until now before we could get them installed. We got the first one in this morning with the help of @tirnanogbuilders, and I can’t believe I could love a window so much. Our home is an 1879 Victorian farmhouse so we wanted to keep that character while making slight changes to the window that will not only help with keeping in heat in the winter and out in the summer, but also modernize the space just slightly.

Now it’s time to re-trim the inside and re-shingle the outside, and then do it seven more times over the next few weeks. By the end, the entire original portion of the home will have beautiful new claystone coloured windows.

Window walls are all the rage and we definitely ha

Window walls are all the rage and we definitely have to agree with them being amazing.

In 2022 when we first closed on the house, I went on a hunt for architectural salvage to inspire some of the renovations of the house. I stumbled upon these two side lights and my mind started picturing exactly where to use them. In 2023 we finally put them in and are so happy two years later with how they look. We still are on the hunt for the perfect antique window to go across the top to really finish off the look and we also still need the glass to be replaced in the missing Panes, but home take time, especially when you’re utilizing antique pieces and doing things on a budget.

would you add a window wall to your home?

When the kids were younger, I always thought havin

When the kids were younger, I always thought having a clean kitchen before we went to bed was so overrated. At that point, all I cared about was a moment of relax before I headed to bed myself.

But now that they are older, and Rob and I have that extra time while they prep themselves her bed to tagteam cleaning the kitchen, it’s one of those joys I love to wake up to. Especially on a school morning.

do you always clean your kitchen before you go to bed?

This is your reminder that March is the perfect mo

This is your reminder that March is the perfect month to start your tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkins inside.

We had totally forgotten until our neighbours reminded us by saying they had already planted theirs.

this year we’re going huge in the garden and I cannot wait to see what we can produce. It’s so great to get the kids involved as well.

It’s crazy to think that a household name like @

It’s crazy to think that a household name like @endy is about to be 10 years old. Eight years ago, we had just had Poppy and realized in our cosleeping journey we needed to upgrade to a king size mattress. Endy was the top recommended back then and still is. Since then, our lives have changed so much. We went from renting a home to now having bought two and flipped one of them. We went from two small kids to three kids all growing up too fast. We now have an Endy mattress on almost every bed in our home and it was time to refresh ours. In honour of their 10 year anniversary, now until the end of March, you can get Endy’s Everyday Sleep Set including a free sheet set, pillows, mattress protector and duvet with every mattress purchase! Get your own at the link in my bio for an amazing sleep every night. #EndyPartner #Endy10

Happy international women’s day! Although my v

Happy international women’s day!

Although my village is small, I am so thankful to be surrounded by women with big hearts. Women that love my children like their own, and are there for me every step along this journey. I hope that the way they are power houses in all of their own ways, rubs off on my own daughter and niece. May we raise this next generation of girls to realize that nothing can stop them from doing exactly what they want in this world and they are so much more than their beauty.

Sending love and women power to all of you!!

March has come in like a lamb but we are over here

March has come in like a lamb but we are over here crossing everything that it will go out like a lamb as well.

I have been buying all the flowers just wishing for + temps and the snow to melt. So even though it still looks and feels like winter outside I’m bringing spring inside.

Swipe for the journey—-> We are at the tail end

Swipe for the journey—->
We are at the tail end of this 18 month project.

in the midst of our kitchen renovation, our laundry/mudroom, build, and all the small projects in between, we have been picking away at completely transforming our staircase and upstairs hallways. This has definitely been a labour of love, and patience as we tackle spaces and different types of renovations, We have never done before.

When we purchased the house in November 2022, the entire upstairs was covered in a plush foam back greeny yellow carpet. Knowing that Emmitt has such horrible asthma, we needed to get rid of it before we could move in. We worked out after our tirelessly, scraping the black foam off of the subfloor and then lived with just subfloor and rugs throughout the hallway that first Christmas.

We rung in the new year with at least getting the flooring done. We used a luxury vinyl plank to save on money and because we couldn’t add thickness to the flooring. We left it that way for a while, trying our hardest at removing the 1970s wallpaper and then finally we gave up. Instead of removing the wallpaper, we went with adding a beautiful bead board right on top of it, which feels like it works better for the age of the home and will stand up to all that our kids would throw out it.

Our next project was the stair railing. It was over a foot shorter than what it needed to be for code. It also was covered in metal splinters that cut open our kids hands, and to be honest, I hated the look of it and the gross rubber plastic of the handrail portion. But we’ve never tackled stair railing before so of course we froze and kept putting that project off until finally we sucked it up, binged YouTube tutorials, and asked all of our super talented contractor friends what to do. It still took us a while to pick away at it and it definitely was a learning curve.

but now, with one ceiling coat of paint left to do, and the new beautiful white oak railing to stain, we are so close to the finish line and it finally feels like our home up here.

Here’s to year 38! Every year there has always

Here’s to year 38!

Every year there has always been a snowstorm on or the day before my birthday, so having a sunny day with +8 temperatures, is extremely rare. I’m gonna say it didn’t snow on my birthday maybe five out of my 38 years. This also means I never plan much as most things get canceled. Today was different. It was completely full of adventures and love.
Rob says it’s because it’s showing me that this year is going to be a good one.
Thanks to all of you who have send to your warm wishes and let’s hope that Rob is right. 38 will be awesome!!

Jack Frost 2025 did not disappoint! Last year, w

Jack Frost 2025 did not disappoint!
Last year, we ventured to the Jack Frost Winterfest in PEI for the first time and our kids had such a blast. We knew it was going to become a new tradition in our family. Living in the East Coast, there’s not much a family can do during the winter, that feels like it lasts so long. But a short drive to PEI solves all of those winter blues and really breaks up the long feeling of winter.
From spending our mornings tubing down the hills at Snowtopia, to our afternoons jumping and singing our hearts out at Frosty Funland. We truly got to spend not only quality time as a family, but explore the Island in a whole new way.
My kids already miss Charlottetown so much and we can’t wait to do it again in 2026!
@jackfrostpei @discovercharlottetown

It’s officially Sunday and we have no place to g

It’s officially Sunday and we have no place to go and no travel plans in the future. It’s time to settle in and enjoy the last little bit of winter as a family.

We still have a good month of winter to go but hibernating sounds pretty inviting!

This kitchen didn’t cost us $$$$. It cost us our

This kitchen didn’t cost us $$$$. It cost us our own time, Robs skills and a lot of hope and planning. But it truly is the heart of our home. It’s where we have our good morning hugs and our bedtime snacks. Where we play board games and build puzzles. It truly allows our sweet little family to live and for that I am so grateful for the work we put in to get here.

Is the kitchen your favorite room in your home?

Honestly, if you had told my 18-year-old self that

Honestly, if you had told my 18-year-old self that I would be living back in my hometown after travelling the world, with a husband and three kids, I probably would’ve laughed at you. My vision was working in the fashion, industry and living in a big city for the rest of my life.

But now that I’ve seen what the rest of the world has to offer, I know in my heart that this is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and I’m so fortunate to live here, even during the cold, boring winters.

A Sunday reset. Totally forgot we even owned this

A Sunday reset.

Totally forgot we even owned this dresser as it sat in a small corner in our basement family room. So I spent this morning rearranging to finally fill this little space in our “awkward space”. This space was the original dining room to the house before the previous owners add an addition to the back of the house, which is now our dining room and kitchen. It made this a really long, awkward room on the floor plan before we moved some walls around. Now it is literally the centre of the home and a pass-through to get to anywhere. We have done so much to the space in the last two years, but it just needed a little bit more things in it so that it didn’t feel so open and blank.

now to figure out what to store in the drawers!

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