A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

Modern tales of a messy abode

Category: Art

  • Cheap art: 9 tips on how to decorate without breaking the bank

    Everyone wants to have pretty things on their walls but most people don’t have the money to buy expensive works of art. This lack of funds does not have to mean that you can’t own nice, original art to display in your house. Here are 9 tips that I live by in order to decorate…

  • 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…

  • Things that remind me of him: dealing with loss

    For my latest post, I’ve decided to write about something very personal and important for me that I had yet to share on here. A few days ago marked the one year anniversary since my father passed away, after a long bought with cancer. I won’t get into details about how it’s affected me because…

  • Christmas at home: last minute hosting and decorating ideas

    Christmas came so fast and it’s already over. I learned less than two weeks ago that I’d be having 10 people for lunch on Christmas eve, a challenge that I gladly accepted. It was the first time that I was the one hosting Christmas for my family. I was psyched, but had a lot of…

  • Street photography in Europe: France

    A few years ago I really got into street photography, specifically, capturing portraits of strangers on the street. I’ve decided to do a series of posts sharing these pictures, going country by country. First is France. France is the country where I’ve spent most of my life after Canada. I’ve both traveled and lived there…