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Usually I glance through house-styling magazines while waiting for my turn at the cashier and when it comes up, I put them right back on newsstand.
 Although a feast to an eye, I find those magazines SO out of reach. Designer tips, like “…add TEXTURE to your room, here is a great $600 rug to help you with that” – don’t work for me - a cautious consumer. I prefer much more “down-to-earth” tips and advices that I find on real-life blogs. They are far more practical in that retrospective and, not to mention, totally free!

As I was flipping through pages with stunning imagery of this Chatelaine special publication issue,

 I was nowhere close to buying it, until I saw this kitchen image:

Image: Chatelaine

It may not tell much to anybody else, but if you see what our kitchen looks like, you’ll get my affection by it right away:

The countertop and floor colour might be different, and we don't have marble mosaic backsplash, but I couldn’t pass the overall resemblance to our “still-in-the-works” little kitchen! I can’t wait to share our experience with this first-ever house renovation that we’ve done. We just need a bit more time applying final touches.:)