My love for interior design has grown exponentially over the years. Perhaps it’s because I become more and more of an introvert and so my home becomes the place where I spend the most time, and naturally, I want my home to be the best that it can possibly be. In my most humble opinion, …
We no longer live in a world where industrial kitchens are restricted to high end restaurants that are pumping out lobster tails and garlic bread. More and more, folks are looking for kitchens for their homes that share the same level of space, function and minimalistic aesthetic. Industrial style kitchens don’t really abide by a …
Breakfast bars have absolutely exploded in kitchen design popularity simultaneously with the spectacular growth of kitchen islands. However, islands don’t have a monopoly on the breakfast bar. You can find them along kitchen peninsulas as well! Since the kitchen is often the central and most important room in the home, it’s becoming more and more …
Introducing the Essential Herb It’s pretty much guaranteed that nearly every home on this planet has at least one form of oregano in it. Whether it’s dried, fresh, or coming in oil form, oregano is one of those essential herbs that’s just gotta be in your pantry. Oregano is present in so many different cultures …
Introducing Post-Harvest Strawberry Plant Care I just love the process of growing strawberry plants. Their leaves are so bushy and green, their tiny white flowers do a great job of attracting pollinators, and there is nothing more exciting than seeing those tiny red berries start to grow. If you’ve ever grown strawberry plants before, chances …
Introducing Methods for Healthy Oregano Growth Oregano is one of those essential herbs that you’re going to find in nearly and pantry on the planet. The Greeks were right in describing it as “the joy of the mountain”, as it is most of the time the joy of the kitchen as well. Any time that …
Introducing the Highest Yield Strawberry Plants I have had quite the journey with my garden. Gardening takes a superb amount of work and patience, and a certain amount of grace in dealing with disappointment. Growing edible plants is incredibly exciting, but sometimes it doesn’t turn out the way you may have hoped. There are fewer …
Introducing Strawberry Plant Pollination The world of horticulture is getting to be a pretty crazy place. In a world where something called an Ugli fruit exists (it’s a hybrid of grapefruit, orange, and tangerine) it’s starting to seem that the options are endless when it comes to manipulating what nature does all by itself. If …
Introducing Herb Cold Protection Methods For anyone who has experience with it, you know that growing herbs takes a considerable amount of work. The beginning of the season requires tons of time and dirty hands, they require maintenance throughout the season, and there’s a whole other procedure when it comes to preparing them for the …
Introducing Strawberry Growing Methods There are so many great things about city life, but something that I’ve struggled with is not having the space to garden when you’re a person who is interested in gardening. I prayed for south facing windows, I experimented with balcony gardens, and finally I moved into an apartment with its …
Introducing Methods to Protect Strawberries from Extreme Heat A couple of years ago I bought myself my very first strawberry plant. I finally had an apartment that had a south facing window which allowed me to take advantage of the very short growing season in Montreal, Canada. I was so excited. I could finally attempt …
Introducing Oregano, the Pests that Hurt Them and How to Protect Them From Pest-Ridden Harm Where would we be without oregano? Pizza sauce would be bland, stews would be colorless, gardens would be down a solider, and folks would be desperate for a natural cough and cold remedy. There are so many reasons to plant …
Introducing the Best Coffee Table Ottoman Now some of you out there may not agree that an ottoman is a surprisingly useful piece of furniture. I myself used to doubt the necessity of an ottoman, that is until I found an irresistible one in an antique shop and realized that it completely tied the room …
Introducing the Very Best Curtain Brands There is something very special about drapery. Many people may think that curtains serve mainly to provide privacy and to allow you to control the amount of sunlight that enters a room, but they can be so much more than that. Curtains add texture to a space, they add …
Introducing the Very Best Blinds Brands There really is so much that goes into the creation of an ergonomic, well functioning, yet still beautiful house. You may think it’s just a comfy bed, a quiet fridge, and nice wood floors, but it goes so far beyond that once you really start to pay attention. I …
Introducing the Very Best Bathroom Basin Brands Have you ever tried to wash your face in an awkwardly tiny bathroom sink where it’s way too shallow and the faucet keeps hitting your forehead and water is just splashing all over the place without a care in the world? Well, luckily this type of situation is …
Introducing the Best Kitchen Sink Brands Meal time is the most important time of day for a lot of people. If you’re a person who loves to cook, it is essential that you have an ergonomic and well organized kitchen. And if you have a well organized kitchen, it is essential that you can easily …
Introducing the Best Kitchen Faucet Brands I’m a person who has moved over 30 times in my life. This means that I’m exceptionally good at packing, I’m even better at unpacking, and it also means that I’ve experienced so many different variations of apartments and all the little unique things that come with living in …
Introducing the Best Bed Frame Brands Out There! Long gone (maybe not so long, for some) are the days of walking into your new crushes home and being appalled. There’s no toilet paper in the bathroom, there’s 4 different Sriracha bottles on the kitchen counter, and in their bedroom, there is nothing but a mattress …
Introducing the Best Bunk Bed Brands Bunk beds were always part of my childhood. My sister and I used to share a bunkbed when we were little, and when we were old enough to have our own rooms, we both chose to have our own bunk beds (those super fun lofted kinds). Some of my …
Picking the Perfect Ottoman Ottomans are one of those pieces of furniture that are quite often forgotten about. If you have a couch and a coffee table to throw your feet up, then what’s the point? Ottomans actually have far more potential that we may realize, and I only learned this when I picked up …
On the Hunt for Furniture Interior decorating can be a challenge. There are some people out there who don’t know what style they like, others who don’t have the financial means to find nice furniture, some who simply don’t care about how their home looks, and others who think that a mattress right on the …
Choosing the Perfect Dining Table I don’t know about you, but meal time has always been a very important time of the day in my life. I was raised in a household that had dinner together every night. I remember on special occasions it was always my responsibility to get the extra slats out of …
Choosing the Perfect Home Office Chair Like you, I am one of the many thousands of people who have transferred from in-person work to at-home work, and it took me a little bit of time to understand just how important it is to have a proper office space when you’re working from home! For the …
Choose the Perfect Home Office Desk If you’re anything like me, you have had the sincere privilege of working from home for the past couple of years. As excited as I was to be doing remote work, I was not at all prepared for what the meant! I don’t have a home office, I have …
Choosing the Best Modular Sofa Brand Nowadays, us consumers are just spoiled for options. There are so many different types of sofas out there that you can buy: recliners, sectionals, leather sofas, sleeper sofas, loveseats, giant L shaped sofas, and lately, modular sofas have been all the rage! We’re spoiled for options in more ways …
Choosing the Perfect Reclining Sofa I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting older or movies are just getting better and better (come to think of it, I mostly watch the classics) but I find that I spend a wonderful time on the couch! I nap on my couch, I’m currently writing this article on …
Choosing the Perfect Leather Sofa There’s just something special about a leather sofa. I always used to hate leather sofas when I was young because I would always slide right off, but now I realize it’s just because I wasn’t ready for the majestic experience that is sitting on a leather sofa. Sitting on a …
Choosing the Perfect Lounging Sofa I don’t know about you, but I have pretty much earned professional couch potato status. As I age, I find that the longer I stay out at night the more deeply I long for my living room sofa. Now don’t get me wrong, I love my existing comfy couch, but …
Choosing the Perfect Reading Sofa Living in a world that is so dedicated to consuming information from screens, everyday it becomes more and more important to dedicate some of your day towards reading. Whether it be a magazine, a good book, a comic, or your own journal entries from 6 years ago (yikes), reading is …
Buying a Deep Seated Sofa I don’t know about you, but as I age I become more and more of a homebody. Socializing exhausts me like it never has before, I do nothing all day and then feel exhausted, and when I do leave the house I find myself dreaming about my couch. Reading that …
Purchasing an Affordable Sofa Inflation is happening and it doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon, (though I did hear on the radio that it seems to just be leveling out and not increasing anymore) life can get really expensive! Appliances break, pets get sick, cars need repairs, you forget an anniversary and have …
Firefly Mimics It ain’t a summer evening in North America without dancing fireflies in your eyes. I don’t see these beauties all that much anymore, but whenever I do, it completely stops me in my tracks. Fireflies are wonderful little creatures, but most of the time we can only tell that it’s a firefly in …
Bee Mimics I’m sure that you’ve been in a situation where you were having a picnic, sitting on a bench, on a first date, riding a bike, simply minding your own business when a buzzing, flying insect started buzzing around your head. You immediately panic. You throw your smoothie in the direction of the buzzing, …
Overwatering Oregano If you’re anything like me, there’s a chance that you have a whole lot of plants in your house and some of them get forgotten about for a week or two. This doesn’t make you a bad plant parent, if anything, sometimes our kiddies need a healthy dose of neglect! This is where …
Making Oil of Oregano So you know all about growing oregano, how to harvest the leaves and how to harvest the seeds. You’re a pro at washing the leaves, at drying them after and grinding them up into spice. But you’re not an oregano expert until you learn how to make your very own oil …
Dying Oregano Oregano is one of the awesome, essential, resilient, prolific, delicious, fragrant, and irreplaceable herbs that everyone should have either in their garden or dried in their pantry. It is known as being super tough and easy to grow, but sometimes, no matter our greatest efforts, things can go awry. If you’re a gardener …
Harvesting Oregano There’s nothing like finishing off a beautifully prepared meal with an aromatic herb that you plucked from your very own garden or indoor herb garden. Growing oregano, thyme, basil, or mint is a great way to elevate your regular recipes, and a great way to increase your gardening skills, too! Gardening isn’t always …
Flowering Oregano Chances are that you’re here because you already have an oregano plant growing in your outdoor or indoor herb garden. Who can blame you! This perennial herb is easy to grow, lovely to look at, and it’s both an amazing edible and medicinal plant on top of it all! Like many other perennial …
Collecting Oregano Seeds Growing oregano is wonderful for so many reasons. It can function as a gorgeous ornamental plant for your garden while simultaneously attracting pollinators, but it is also essential if you’re at all serious about preparing delicious and fresh meals. Growing oregano is especially wonderful if you’re not too keen on heading to …
Drying Oregano Simon & Garfunkel missed an important ingredient when they were writing about parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme: oregano! Oregano is an essential herb when it comes to savory cooking, and everyone probably already has it in their pantry. Homegrown herbs are a great way to ensure that you always have fresh herbs on …
Introducing Oregano Oregano is an herb that you have already likely seen in a pantry, grocery store, or refrigerator. It is an essential herb to all sorts of cultures of cuisine and brings a pleasant kick to all sorts of different savory dishes. One important aspect of oregano care is knowing how to handle it …
Introducing the Different Types of Bamboo Welcome to the huge family of bamboo plants. The bamboo plant family is a super diverse group of perennial flowering plants that are also evergreen. This means that they have stems and leaves that persist and remain green all year round. Bamboo is part of the subfamily bambusoidae, and …
Introducing the Different Types of Lotus Flowers Alright, I’m going to be honest with ya’ll here. I have written about hundreds, thousands of different tree and flower species so far in my career, and there is no other plant species as evasive and illusive as the lotus plant. Nobody can really seem to agree on …
Why Grow Alocasia Plants? You’re obviously here because you’re a bit of a daredevil gardener. You’ve figured out how to keep tomatoes happy, you think the art of bonsai is a cinch, and orchids never really gave you much trouble and you simply do not know what all of the fuss is about! Alocasia care …
Growing Trailing Plants Indoors There’s really nothing like a trailing houseplant to liven up a living area. I think that trailing houseplants give a different feel than more erect and upright plants do. There’s nothing like greenery coming at you from every angle! Trailing houseplants have that lovely cascading growth habit. You can drape them …
Basil Seed Germination I think every gardener goes through the phase of planting seedlings and eventually takes a whack at starting a plant directly from seed. After all, it is a natural evolution to learn how to garden right from the start! Sometimes this process can be tricky! There are some plant seeds that take …
Encouraging a Bushy Basil Plant If you’re growing basil, chances are that it’s going to be for culinary purposes. Basil is one of the most popular and widely used culinary herbs on the plant, and being able to have a fresh one in your house at all times will add a fresh kick to any …
Rooting Basil I don’t need to tell you that you love basil. That is probably why you’re here! But not everybody has the time or patience to grow basil right from seed. Luckily, there is a super timely and cost effective to grow basil and that is through growing from cuttings! Basil is going to …
Flowering Basil A flowering basil plant is a beautiful thing, but it is also quite a meaningful plant-happening depending on why you are growing basil in your garden in the first place. We’ve written this article in an effort to inform gardeners about why their basil plant is flowering, and what you should do going …