Introductions!

My day so far.... 

Currently on Netflix: Dr. Who re-runs. (Season 4, the Dr. and Donna season, love me some Donna)

Currently Snacking on: Chocolate chips (shhhhh... that's just between us) 

Alright, welcome to my new blog! I promised a quick introduction page just to get the ball rolling so here a few quick facts. 

Home Style - Small(ish) 1955 Bungalow, lots of original hardwood and interior brick. Love the place! Its not overly large but we have lots of fun here! 

Design Styles I like - Mid Century Modern, Industrial, vintage-y, slightly nerdy, anything that can be spray painted copper! 

Current blogging companion - My 3 year old dog Indiana (Indy for short... "We named the dog Indiana" - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. yep my husband and I are slightly nerdy) she is demanding a tug of war game so if there are any editing errors blame it on me typing with one hand while the other plays tug of war. 

So here is the current plan... we moved into our house in December 2011 and it was pretty move in ready.

It has been renovated a few times over its life time, the most recent being in 2008. The upstairs is larger than the apartment we moved out of and in very good shape, almost nothing needed to be done, I just painted the bedroom and then we moved in our furniture. The basement is finished but was probably done a while ago, the walls are wood paneling that has been painted over and the ceiling is half drop ceiling and half some old tile ceiling. We have 2 bedrooms in the basement and 1 large 'rumpas' room. The plan as it stands now is to convert the small bedroom in the basement into my husbands office, then refinish/update the rumpas room turning it into our main family room and games room. This will involve all sorts of DIY projects and fun things! My plan is to share these DIY's and other fun things with the interwebs while using all products that can be easily sourced in CANADA. Since I spend a good portion of my time on Pinterest trying to find a Canadian substitute for all the cool things that can usually be found in Target (or somewhere similar) for super cheap! 

So lets get started shall we? Part of re-doing the basement is that a good portion of the furniture upstairs is getting moved downstairs... which means.... new furniture upstairs! I love the mid-century modern style, essentially I would love my living room to look like Samantha Steven's from bewitched. 

Ah... love it. Here is what I'm looking at furniture wise right now....

To be fair... I love the couch.. actually I bought it today. It was less than half price! Sometimes the bay has great sales! Now just to wait for a chair on sales at IKEA for the lovely green chair (and footstool... it has the most adorable foot stool!) It is actually a re-release of a chair that IKEA sold in the 60's. I haven't settled on the club chair yet. I like the idea of the club chair... they are just $$$ so I am still looking for a lower cost option... actually I kinda like these guys... 

Also from IKEA, I love that IKEA is bringing back some old favorites! As for the coffee table, we probably wont actually buy one. My husband is a pretty handy guy and we got some old coffee tables at a garage sale that have the right legs so hopefully he can make me a wooden top for a bit less $$ and out of real wood! Then I just need some bright pillows and a cool rug to pull it all together! I love these rugs, I found them on pinterest so I am still looking to see if they can be shipped to Canada for a reasonable amount of money or for a Canadian option.

Turkish Rug

What my husband calls "The Balloon Rug"

Anyway, its getting late for me and I'm off to bed to probably dream about couch colours, coming up soon are some lighting DIY's and how I squeezed 2 feature walls into my house's tiny back entrance. 

~Chelsea

Welcome!

 I'm so happy you found me here! Since every first blog post should have a funny meme.. and this is your first impression of me I will pass this along to my sitcom hero... Mr. Phil Dunphy!

Alright, now that we've taken care of that... I've been mulling over the thought of a new blog for a little while now and I'm excited to see what this little guy will turn into! This is my second attempt at blogging, my first had a good run while I was in university, but then kinda fizzled once I'd left school. It's still live, and posts are added to it (once in a while!) so go and have a gander if you have a spare few minutes to look at pictures of custom cakes! Cakengineer.blogspot.com. You may notice the theme in the name... short word that ends in 'e' then the word 'engineer', (that is intended to be 'Cake Engineer' not Cak engineer as some of my darling cousins call it!) This brand new sparkly blog is the House Engineer! You may have guessed that I am an engineer by trade but like to branch out in my spare time with some more creative endeavours. In university it was Cakes, and now it's mostly random Pinterest projects around my house and a few cakes thrown in for good measure!

My idea for this blog is to take you on an exciting adventure thru DIY projects, mostly sourced from Pinterest, and life at home as I update my 1955 bungalow located in the great white north... AKA Canada! If you live in Canada (or the UK, or Australia, or anywhere that isn't the USA) then you might also be familiar with the frustration of finding an awesome tutorial/piece of furniture/idea but all or most of the things are only available in the states! Seriously, if you are from the states you have no idea how lucky you are! This blog will be me, updating and DIY-ing with things that can ALL be found in/shipped to CANADA with relative ease and hopefully (my husband reminds me from the kitchen) on a budget. So lets get started shall we? Click on to the next post for a more formal introduction!

xoxox
~Chelsea