Covet Garden - Jenn Hannotte's home + my lemon tattly

July 21, 2013 Alanna Cavanagh

I'm totally inspired by the gorgeous home of Interior Designer Jenn Hannotte featured in the latest issue of Covet Garden.

I really love her delicious mix of materials + time periods for eg the antique warm wood combined with the bright white IKEA cabinet in this shot.

I also love that many of her savvy reno ideas are very budget friendly!
For eg she repainted these kitchen cupboards instead of buying new and used plywood for flooring.
Love the mix of the kilm +marble table in this shot.
Total inspiration for my own home.
Both photos by Jodi Pudge.

The issue also contains a photo by Ashley Capp featuring my lemon Tattly.

Thanks Covet Garden and Ashley for making my work look so good!

Reno Update: My new Floor!

July 17, 2013 Alanna Cavanagh

Ok Decor lovers... New flash: Last week - at long last I got my floor installed.
Readers of this blog will know that it has been a bit of a search for me to find a floor I could love. mmm ... That would be an understatement. BLUSH.

In my search I found many of the floors out there to be very varnished + fakey looking. I felt allergic to them. :-( My goal was to find a floor that looked like it was out of a cottage with a natural + beat up quality and no icky varnish! Happy to say I finally found that floor at Nadurra.

The floor I finally chose is a Wide plank White Oak from Nadurra's Rustic Neue collection.
As you can see there is a ton of variation between the planks and a gorgeous matt finish.
Just what I was looking for.

Here is a closeup of the wood.

Look at those knots baby!

In addition to having gorgeous, FSC approved products the customer service at Nadurra is exceptional. Rob Kingsley gave me very personalized attention and helped me with selection, delivery and follow up. Can't recommend him enough.

Thanks must also be sent to Kim, Janet, Gaby, and Donna who were all incredibly helpful during my flooring saga. So glad it's over. I never wanna look at another floor sample again. :-)
Now onto the kitchen reno!

Ingenious Double Duty furniture

July 17, 2013 Alanna Cavanagh

So I have been in reno mode for a few weeks now....
I have been trying to figure out how to accommodate my huge map drawers (where I store my prints) plus have a guest bed.
Et Voila: The solution below!
Just love this very smart piece built by Fugitive Glue in Toronto.