A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

Modern tales of a messy abode

Tag: blog

  • 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…

  • Pictures of Montreal

    Here are some outtakes of photos that I took for my articles on Untapped Cities (Plateau Mont-Royal, Old Montreal).

  • New look and feel

    Hi guys! As you can see, the site is going through some small changes visually speaking. I hope you like it! I’ll soon be working on some more content but I’ve been busy with a new job so that’s why I haven’t had time to write many stories lately. Meanwhile, I’ll try to post some…

  • Easy crafts for lazy people: Ikea Bekvam step stool hack

    The title is a bit provocative but is every bit the truth. I love crafting, but I’m lazy about it. If something becomes too complicated, I try to find another, easier way to do it, even if this means that it will come out mostly pretty but also imperfect. When I was in art school,…