Spring is finally arrived and for me it comes with a desire of renewal and improvement! In terms of home this means 1. Getting rid of the mess that has relentlessly cumulated during the long indoor winter months and 2. Spring cleaning. The two activities together have the power of making you feel organized and [...]
I like taking good resolutions at the beginning of the year. But this year a friend suggested to also make a list of what to let go of. Another one suggested that resolutions are often only good intentions that are just forgotten a few days later and that to really make things change you need [...]
I believe that caring about our homes transforms them in something special. It requires effort and energy but it pays back with the feeling of belonging and of affection. It radiates from the home to the people who live in it or come and visit, who, themselves feel they’re cared for and thus feel “at [...]
We all want a comfortable home, a home where we, our family, our guests feel at ease, feel “at home”. But what is that create such a feeling? Is it in the furniture, is it in the light, is it in the decoration? For sure it’s a combination of all these factors that together with [...]
If you have renovated your wooden floor you want it to look great for years to come. To do so it’s important to know how to treat and clean them to preserve their newly found beauty. That is why at the end of renovations where wooden floor have been sanded and treated I explain my [...]
This week I am particularly sensitive to the clutter issue. And, as it happens often in life, when you first notice something, then you see it everywhere. I saw a book on de-cluttering, I received an invitation for a “decluttering for mums on the edge” training and of course, I observed the clutter level rising [...]
Not everybody knows that painted walls can be “washed” just like other surfaces. It depends of course on the type of paint so it’s advisable to make a little test before. The general dirt (little handprints, splashes of dirty water, etc.) can be removed using a simple wet cloth. If you do it regularly, they [...]
