Space Improvement

Updated on May 29, 2026April 3, 2026Making the Home

Decorating on a Budget with Beautifully Simple and Affordable Décor

Decorating on a budget with light cool hues: an AI-generated image of a living room with various soft decor items such as throw pillows, ottoman poufs, throw blankets, and wicker rug and chair, in colours like light blue, muted coral, mustard yellow and white. A vase of flowers, some house plants, a candle, and some modest and tactful wall decor and books and other items on bookshelves comprise decor

We all want to live in a beautiful space. Nobody wants to wake up and roll out of bed in a depressing, unfurnished apartment. But …

A room with gold decor including a cream sofa behind gold-framed glass coffee table, gold sunburst mirror on wall above it, gold throw pillows, gold floor lamp and gold-framed glass end table

Updated on May 29, 2026March 8, 2026Making the Home

How to Gild Your Space with Gold Decor

If you adore all things gilded, revamp your space in gold décor! Colours are an amazingly potent source of inspiration, and gold is an especially …

February fashion includes muted tones, warm hats, and warm chic coats and sweaters as seen in photo collage showing two photos: on left is close-up of young woman in light brown furry coat and soft gray hat holding a rose, and in photo on right is woman in soft gray turtleneck sweater and felt gray bowler hat holding a coffee mug in the falling snow

Updated on May 28, 2026February 2, 2026The Fun and the Sexy

February Fashion: How to Dress Both Comfortably and Chic

Certain times of the year intuitively inform how to dress. Climate obviously plays a role, but there are also cultural influences like popular holidays (Christmas …

AI-generated illustration showing five people sitting in a cafe whilst chatting, sipping coffee, reading, and relaxing with a cold rain falling outside the window. Background images to either side of photo show red Chinese New Year lanterns, red Valentines hearts, and red flowers for a February love aesthetic

Updated on May 28, 2026January 25, 2026Craft a Season-Inspired Space

February Love for Self, Family, Friends and Community

If February routinely disappoints you, you either have a bone to pick with the Groundhog or you are holding onto a narrow view of love. …

AI-generated image of a man in a cosy sweater resting by a fireside while savoring a hot beverage in a living room decorated with greenery

Updated on May 27, 2026January 15, 2026Craft a Season-Inspired Space

How to Do January Right and Embrace True Winter Relaxation

Many people find it hard to keep up morale in the dead of winter. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, that would begin …

Cosy bedroom with soft lighting (lamp and wall sconce), many leafy plants, natural fibers/materials and textures, and earthy colours with a woman resting on the bed and looking out the window all lend to a hygge home

Updated on May 27, 2026December 31, 2025Making the Home

How to Create a Hygge Home

Hygge is the epitome of tangible comfort. We all need comfort to some degree or another at various times throughout each day/week/month/year, and throughout our …

Top-down view of an off-white faux leather rectangular tray with silver-coloured metal handles on either end resting atop a wood table and filled with a number of small jars of various materials, sizes and colours

Updated on May 25, 2026November 24, 2025Making the Home

Useful and Pretty Items: A Comprehensive List of Quality Household Products

This post showcases products I have purchased from Amazon and which have proven beneficial for me and/or my household. While I prefer supporting smaller businesses …

Close-up photo of the top of a lit beeswax candle in the traditional honeycomb-indented 'rolled' pillar shape. Beeswax candles like these are some of the best clean burning candles

Updated on May 22, 2026April 24, 2025Making the Home

Clean Burning Candles for a Great-Smelling and Toxin-Free Home

Candles, candles, candles. This post is for everyone who loves candles! Candles can be decorative, they can be amazingly aromatic, and sometimes they’re both. They …