Bethany | This Little Estate co. | Design & DIY

This one goes out to the bird that was up at the crack of dawn singing me a morning song. Loudly. My growing green thumb and garden thanks you. Who else is excited about the sun finally making an appearance today?? It was so beautiful I had to share it with you. I know my struggling garden is goi...

AM I DREAMING??!! After almost two months of living in dry wall dust clouds, the heavens parted and I found what my kitchen dreams are made of.Sorry to sound dramatic, but after we have lived for over a year with a counter top that was disintegrating faster than a paper straw in a slushy, Im elat...

Our budget friendly DIY kitchen renovation is still in full swing. *picture a swinging hammer for the full Dad joke effect. Recently, and one by one, our kitchen walls are being changed around here.We said bye-bye to some shiplap, we ripped out hundreds of pounds of plaster walls and we are now c...

I thought chaos gardening was a term used to describe the act of throwing a bunch of flower seeds together and seeding them haphazardly in your garden. But, perhaps the term can ALSO be used when youre gardening with your pets as your sidekicks and your Canadian weather turns from sunny, to freez...

We have been a week without a working kitchen and Ive done a lot of thinking. And mathing. It turns out, through the years, my family has lived off and on for over an entire YEARS worth of days, without a working kitchen. Isnt that chaotic? When my kids were really little and we just had two of t...

Our biggest DIY regret. In 2020, upon the potential collaboration with a kitchen company, we embarked on a modest DIY kitchen expansion. We saw it as the perfect time to alter some areas in our kitchen and to add a cook top that was safer for our kids to use. But then, the world shut down. And wi...

PART ONE of our Master Bedroom Makeover is up!Or maybe, from this behind the scenes footage, youll see that things are falling down more than theyre staying up in the end. I am sharing the good, the bad and the funny from our husband and wife bedroom demolition. (Full three minute video on TikTok...

Any one else keeping tabs on the sun these days??EIGHT MORE WEEKS PEOPLE!!! I personally cant wait until the sun shines for more than 8 hours a day! The countdown is on!Until then, Ill be spending these early evenings working on a passion project Ive put more than a years time into.I also will be...

After a few rough years, 2023 turned out to be the best one yet.2023 was the year I prioritized balance. I said no to a lot of things and on the other hand said yes to many more things. As I look back on this year, the outcome was absolutely amazing and I can safely say 2023 was my most fulfillin...

Ive been swooning over the natural pine garland everyone is using to decorate their holiday homes this year.You too!?!Alas, the #amazon links have been way out of my personal budget so I began to rethink and pondered possibly repurposing the items I already have a on hand. I decided I wanted to r...

I have very exciting news to finally tell you. Because today is #givingtuesday I thought it would be an opportune time to share what Ive been doing to be a part of the giving initiatives within our #Guelph community this year. It has been half a year since I joined the Big Brothers Big Sisters of...

We have spent twenty birthdays together and the one we celebrated this weekend with our family and extended families has been the most special one yet. Happy 44th my handsome hubby @artthislittleestate If youre hesitant about getting older, I wish you could have heard our conversations about both...