wallpaper weekly

There are few things in this entire world that I love more than wallpaper. My rent is cheap, I like to move a lot and house prices in Canada are ridiculous (we haven't gotten our "bust" yet, but it's coming). So I don't ever really consider owning. Except when I look at wallpaper.

Oh what I would give to be able to plaster my walls in some of the vibrant, sumptuous patterns I've fallen in love with over the years. It's almost enough to make me save up for a downpayment and sign my name on the dotted line.

I know y'all feel the same. If there is one thing I know, it's this.

So I've decided that once a week I'm going to share my favourite paper of the moment, or wallpapered space that made me stop in my tracks. It's how I'll get my fix until I can make the real thing happen.

Kicking it off is an absolutely gorgeous powder room from Desire to Inspire. I honestly dare anyone to not love this space. It's vintage perfection, and I can't stop staring at it.

Can't you just smell the country air and ageing wood?

All my love luvs.

happenins around here: taking care of #1 (and some serious insta love)

Hey there luvs, hope you all had amazing weekends! Mine was probably the healthiest, most grown-ass-lady one I've had in a long time. Apparently turning 30 in a couple weeks was what I needed to finally start, you know, taking care of myself. Veering slightly off the usual "cookies for breakfast" path, I bought a nutribullet, a book on superfoods and a shit ton of spinach and started blending green smoothies.  And then hell froze over. I also faced my fears and tried an adult dance class, and spent hours out in the sunshine letting my dog get into trouble while I browsed the latest Style at Home.

I even biked my little butt all the way across town to a wholesale flower depot to treat myself to some bargain basement blooms. I went in thinking I'd just pick up a few peonies, and ended up buying so much that I had to ditch the bike and take the bus home. You know that thing about not grocery shopping on an empty stomach? What's the equivalent for flowers and a hardcore aesthete?

If you follow me on Instagram you've already been subjected to pics of some of what I brought back with me. You've also probably already seen this little makeover that I finished my weekend off with:

I'm not sure how I feel about it yet, but it's just so easy to switch up if I decide I'm not into it that I figure it's no harm no foul. These chairs may not be the thonet-style bentwoods I lust after, but I love them because they let me to get my diy fix without breaking the bank or my back. 30 minutes with a staple gun and presto, chango, the whole room looks different. Is it unhealthy that I keep things because they're more work?

Speaking of Instagram, a couple of things occurred to me yesterday: 1) If I'm instagraming up a storm, you can pretty much guarantee that my home is a mess and I should be cleaning it. This is how my brain works. 2) Insta has quickly started to rival Pinterest as my absolute favourite social media tool. So. much. inpiration. Sometimes I see stuff in my feed that I love so damn much that I screencapture it just to remind myself to go online, pull it up in webstagram and pin that baby so I never lose it.

Like this INSANE bedroom that Amber posted a few days ago:

I honestly do not believe I could be more obsessed with it if I tried. You know when you see something so good that it makes you hate everything in your own place and want to burn it all in a self-loathing bonfire and start again? No? Just me? Well fine, but that's where I'm at.

I was thinking I might start sharing some of my fave feeds on here so you guys can partake in their pretty too. What do y'all think? I totally find that some of the best feeds aren't the most popular, so I would LOVE to hear which ones you can't get enough of too!

Happy Monday beauts!

west elm comes to montreal!

Oooof my loves, I can't tell you how happy I am that it's finally Friday - I'm not sure why, but this week has absolutely crawled by. Yesterday, though, it got a great boost when West Elm announced the opening date of their Montreal store! It's official - as of June 20th (so soon!) I will no longer have to drag my poor friend Matt through their Toronto location for hours upon hours every time I visit.

Please note: I will probably still do that.

To commemorate the event West Elm partnered with local artist Bess Callard on an adorable print that they'll be giving away to select customers on opening day. I kinda love it . . .

. . . and also just think it's such a cool thing to do. Way to ingratiate yourself with the local crowd right off the bat, right? West Elm really knows their marketing.

I was a little worried for them over what appears to be a pretty glaring typo (for those that don't speak french, the words in the bottom right corner should mean "we love your way of life", but "nous" isn't spelled with an i), but a visit to the artist's blog showed that it's not on the actual print. Thank goodness, cuz lord knows peeps around here care about language! It also showed that the print is even cuter in physical form:

I think I kinda want one. Is this worth getting up early for? Is anything really worth that?

Have an amazing weekend lovers! Time for us all to go out, buy peonies and instagram the crap outta that shit!

P.S. June 20th is only 5 days before my birthday. Who wants to make bets on how much damage I do in the name of "treating myself"?