Category: The Kitchen
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After having lived here for over a year, we’re finally able to say that our kitchen is pretty much complete and looks like a real, functional kitchen. That feels nice. I’d already shared glimpses of the kitchen’s white and blue decor in this previous article. Here’s the full reveal (Please excuse the bad grain in…
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When I’m not out looking for a new subject to blog about, I work at a small, family-owned grocery store. I’m one of those people that gets amazed at the little things in life, and the fact that I get to play with fruits and vegetables all day long makes me happy. Rarely will I get…
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Most of the furniture I own is conceived by Swedish designers and built in factories. No great story there (yet). This is one of the few pieces in my house that comes with it’s own past. It was sculpted by my great-grandfather (on my father’s side), Cesare Balestreri. Cesare first came to North America in…
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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…
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For the third installment of the series (part 1, part 2), I have prepared for you the easiest tutorial yet published: how to make picture magnets. The biggest challenge may be to find the actual magnet sheets to make the magnets. I found mind at the local dollar store and there is no specific brand…
A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer 