Happy Easter!

Our Easter weekend started out a little more like Christmas with an ice storm like the one we had a couple of years ago.  But Saturday & Sunday were absolutely beautiful...the trees were full of ice, which looked like diamonds when the sun was shining on them, & you could hear all the ice melting.  

This was Friday....white.

And this was Sunday...green!

We drove up north to visit with family & friends near Meaford, ON & saw this beautiful little stone schoolhouse.  Is this not just perfect?   Love the pop of red on the door!

 I've posted a few pics of some changes to our kitchen on Instagram & I'll share a little 

 more detail of our kitchen progress on the blog soon.

Have a great week!

The "Sweetest" Little Bakery

 Is this bakery not the cutest?   I was just wandering Main Street (as one does) this beautiful Easter weekend when I noticed this new quaint little bake shop called cupCAKE.  They just moved to Main Street, Newmarket, ON but also have a location in Barrie, ON.  I had such a fun time checking them out.  (As you know, I like to feature quaint small town stores & galleries when I can.  Like last year, for instance, when I featured this antique store & this art gallery.) cupCake offers coffee, tea, cookies & cupcakes on location and they also do wedding cakes & custom cakes.   To see what else they offer, you can check them out at iwannacupcake.com.  Coming soon, they'll be offering birthday parties on location in their Pinkalicious Party Room.  

This place has such a wonderful small-town feel.  I loved the ambiance & I'm so happy that places like this, that are locally owned, are starting to pop up on our beautiful historic Main Street.  If you live in the area, please check them out.  You won't be disappointed!

(all pics taken with my iPhone)

I know it's been a little quiet here on the blog lately.  It's been a cold long winter & I've been switching things around in my house.  Partly because I'm a chronic decorator and partly because I just needed a change, so I'll be sharing some of the changes soon.  Also, I haven't forgotten about my daughter's teen room.  I'll be updating you on that...I'm almost at the finish line. 

Country Home Kitchen Tour

 On my recent trip up north at Easter I also went to visit my friend who lives in a stone home that was built in the late 1800's.  She's recently renovated, and I wanted to show you her gorgeous new kitchen.  So, armed with an iPad and a cup of coffee, I took these photos to share with you.
(Sorry, no fresh fruit and fresh flowers for props.)

I think she did a fantastic job of making a new kitchen fit into an older home. 
Check out the enormous window sills and medallion (above)!  

I love what she did with this old hutch.  She had it built right into the new cupboards.  What a great way to marry old with new.

I have medallion envy - I wonder if she'd like my stuccoed ceilings instead.

Gorgeous, right?

Trip to the Country

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend.

  We packed up our Valley Bulldog, Po, and the kids this weekend and went up north to our friend's country home for a visit with family and friends.  We were a couple hours north of Toronto near Georgian Bay.  

Every meal I sat at this table and looked at the amazing view above.  The furniture in this home is beautiful and most of it is from Restoration Hardware, including the chairs below.

Po enjoyed the view too!!

I just wanted to show you this old painted church bench that I love. In my recent post here, I talked about bringing new life to old wooden furniture by painting it.  When you enter the home there are two of these benches flanking the door.  Check out the ends of the bench.  

Beautiful detail!!

(Thank goodness they had matching rubber boots that I could prop it with!!)

After days of running in fields, this is what Po looks like now, and she's looked this way for the past 24hrs.  If she could talk she'd say "need sleep".

Happy Easter

via Pinterest

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Easter.

I just couldn't resist this image of an 

oh-so-chic bunny on a Panton chair!!

Have a great long weekend!!