Our Basement Bathroom Reveal
Our basement bathroom is the first room in our home to be totally complete. No missing tiles, grout,…
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Our Exterior Envelope Details [and Siding Colour Reveal]!
It’s not hard to imagine how our home looked the first time we visited it one snowy day…
The Best: Bathroom Vanities
With our bathrooms almost complete, the final thing to source and choose is a bathroom vanity. We’re pricing…
Stylish Side and Accent Chairs
Leather, lambskin, boucle, cane, velvet, you name it, it’s on these curated accent chairs! Relatively inexpensive and extremely…
The Best: Brass Lighting
Brass is timeless, comes in a variety of finishes to suit a variety of looks, and is applicable…
Fully Gutted and Full of Potential
Two weeks into owning #PipersPeak and we’ve officially taken it down to the studs and foundation. In all…
Finding the Right Light – 15 Lights and Lamps to Buy Right Now
One of the first things we’ll be ordering for our new place is lighting, which will undoubtedly have…
House Plant Appreciation Day
As we usher in the weekend, I took some time this Friday morning to fuss over all of…
The Holistic Approach + Our Kitchen Design [Cabin Update!]
With just three weeks to go until we get the keys to our place, it’s just starting to…
Everyday Essentials Your Kitchen Needs Now
So I’ve really been dropping the ball on sharing my cooking, recipes and posts about things us adult-chef-geeks…
The Renovation Plan and Design Vision for Our Home
From the day we bought our home (you can read about that here), we started planning the renovation…
We Bought a Chalet!!!
2019 was filled with life-changing moments, and in the final weeks before 2020, life introduced just one more:…
Introducing Sabrina’s Shop
For the last ten years, simply out of passion, I have been sourcing and sharing art, decor and…
Reflecting on Year One in Squamish
It’s been 365 days since Mike, Piper and I drove across the country from Milton to Squamish, alternating…
Happy, Holistic Home
For the past six years, home (and everything that entails) has become a huge part of my life.…
Feature in The Vancouver Sun, [for The Vancouver Fall Home Show 2019]
Fall Home Show: HGTV star Sabrina Smelko on how to build a pleasing home Read Article in the…
September ’19 Playlist
Serving up a new playlist for you to enjoy in these final days of summer, and in the…
The Piper Suite
Since the day we arrived in Squamish, it was clear that our home’s second bedroom was all Piper’s.…
Tackling the Elements with Our New Dyson V11 Absolute Vacuum
Living in Squamish has changed a lot. And while we claim to be “living our best lives”, it’s…
How I Organize My Pantry
I firmly believe that nothing should stop us from loving where we live. And being a renter again…
