Now that we were planning to keep the teak, its aesthetic is driving many of our renovation decisions.
Our renovation retreat
The first thing we agreed upon, when we decided to renovate: We weren’t going to live in the house while the bulk of the work was going on.
What lies beneath
As an adult I’ve gravitated to older homes, which in Ontario means houses built in the 19th century. They are never perfect.
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.
Teahen Tales 