A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

Modern tales of a messy abode

Month: November 2012

  • Glimpses of the kitchen

    My kitchen is practically done, so I’ll be ready for the big reveal soon. For now, here is a preview. The blackboard with lyrics from this classic french song: Boris Vian- La complainte du progrès The cookbook and spice shelf. If ever you stumble upon a book from the Grain de Sel collection, edited by…

  • Pictures of water

    Over the years, water has been a very inspiring subject in photography for me. Here is a selection of pictures from my collection: These first two were taken on a short trip to Boston in 2010. It was in August and we did had done a lot of walking so when the rain forced us…

  • Zen bedroom

    As mentioned in the previous post, we’ve hired a painter to redo a few of our rooms. Here is what the bedroom used to look like: Here is what it now looks like: As you can see, I kept the white and green color scheme, but decided to ad some dark brown wood to make…

  • Songs for energy and inspiration

    In the last week, my house has been a bit of a mess (is that ever not the case?). We hired a painter to repaint our walls. After living here for more than one year, we’ve finally made the change from dull and dingy blanc cassé to bright, pure white. No use in doing it…