As an adult I’ve gravitated to older homes, which in Ontario means houses built in the 19th century. They are never perfect.
Author: Kelley Teahen
The kitchen dream makers
After two kitchen renovations fueled by IKEA, I wondered if this time we could possibly afford — gasp — custom cabinetry.
The dream kitchen
Knowing that, somewhere down the road, we had a kitchen renovation ahead, in the past three years I started looking more closely at other people’s kitchens.
Up ahead: Renovation Road
Despite my desire to not undertake renovations ever again, the house we bought needed work on the kitchen. And while we’re at it …
Ten years of injury prevention awareness, brick by brick
A visit to my work world: memories from my five Lego-bricks years of service at Parachute, Canada’s national charity dedicated to injury prevention.
Finding the urban forest
It took a time of isolation for us to discover the urban miracles that are the Toronto ravines.
It never dawned on me until now
My pandemic shopping adaptation: Hitting the St. Lawrence Market at 5 a.m. when it opens on Saturdays.
Inching our way toward “mostly plants”
The goal: beef, pork, fowl, fish or shellfish at only one meal per day and proteins from grains, pulses, nuts, vegetables, eggs and dairy at the other two meals.
