A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

Modern tales of a messy abode

Month: February 2013

  • Furniture makeover: the dresser

    These last few weeks I’ve been busy working on my home’s decor. I have been gluing, stapling, painting and mod-podging almost non-stop. I’ll be sharing the results of these makeovers with you, because many of these are drastic and I’m quite proud of how they came out. Let’s start with this dresser. It was given…

  • Sweet sundays: Spice cake french toast recipe

    A few weeks ago I wrote about how much I love Sundays. Staying in bed until 8h30 AM, chilling with my cats and my boyfriend, then preparing a hearty breakfast. That’s my idea of heaven. Today I was prepared to make crepes. However, we had some leftover spice cake and that inspired me to try…

  • Photos of nature from around the world

    Just for fun, I rummaged through my travel pics and found these photos of elements of nature taken around the world (well, on 3 continents). When we travel, we tend to mostly take pictures of architecture and famous landmarks. I do that a lot, but I also like to capture the natural environment of the…

  • The quirky buildings of Montreal: Expo 67

    This week, Untapped Cities published a piece I wrote about the quirky buildings of Montreal. It will become a series and in this first installment, I wrote about the installations that were built for Expo 67 (the 1967 World Fair). To read it, click here. Here are a few photos that I took in the…

  • All in a day’s work: planning dinner recipes in advance

    Each week, I try to prepare creative, healthy meals that will provide to my boyfriend and I the energy that we need in order to get through our long workdays. Since food is one of my tasks on the common chore list, I need to find ways to be able to cook my dinners in…