At Home with Kim Vallee

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations | November 20, 2009

Decking Your Guest Room

Country Living shared easy holiday snowflake craft projects that triggered the idea to deck your guest room. I never deck a bedroom but since your guest room is the private living quarter of your guests during their stay, why not add a winter touch to their decor? The snowflake pillows are cute. Do not forget [...]

GAMES and Toys, KIDS + BABY | November 14, 2009

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Tschutschu by Dominik Lutz Could Be a DIY Toy Project

If you are handy working with wood, here is something that you may consider doing for your kids. I feel it would be a wonderful Christmas gift. If you do, make sure to adapt the project to your child favorite games and activities. You could cut a window to suit the needs of a puppet [...]

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations | November 9, 2009

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Advent Calendars

The countdown to Christmas is a fun activity when you live with young kids. You have all November to craft your own. In fact, if you wish to get the advent house or the bucket advent calendar you have no other choice than making your own since they are out of stock at John Lewis. [...]

ENTERTAINING, PAPER goods | November 6, 2009

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Free Printable Recipe Cards by Up Up Creative

If you give home baked goods this Holiday or if you host a Thanksgiving dinner party, why not share your recipes with your friends and family? To help you write your recipes down, you can print these etsy-orange recipe cards designed by Julie Green of Up Up Creative. Keep the comment empty for your friends [...]

DINING, TABLEWARE | October 4, 2009

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Ikea Hack of the Celeber Spice Jars

This is one of the best Ikea hack I have seen. It was an idea of Andy from Show and Tell. His project involved laser cut performed on the acacia wood caps to write the words salty and sweet. I like that typographic style. + Celeber Spice Jars $7.99 USD for pack of 2 + via Show [...]

KIDS + BABY, KIDS rooms | September 27, 2009

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Birds in a Tree Decor for a Nursery

You recalled the fabulous mobile birds created by Spool Sewing that I showcased last March. I just realized that they would look awesome next to the Season Surface Graphics by notNeutral. Made of removable and reusable vinyl, the Season wall decals can stay with your kid up to the preschool years. Wall Decals Build you own tree [...]

ENTERTAINING, TABLESCAPE | September 24, 2009

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Rustic Tables for the End of Summer Cottage Season

Fall officially arrived. In a few weeks, the cottage on the lake season will close for many of us that live North. Wood slice trays are nothing new but I still like them. Plus, using handcrafted organic elements to contrast modern pieces is one of the 4 trends for Christmas 2009 (more on that later). Wood slices [...]

HOME + GARDEN, ORGANIZING | September 22, 2009

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Unique Organizers and Small Storage Solutions

When everything has its place, you do not lose time looking for it. There is a therapeutic effect of living and working in an uncluttered space. We also need a few storage solutions and organizers to be on display to be practical. For that, you need items that feel more unique than the utilitarian objects. It [...]