Category Archives: Our Home

$100 Home Depot Gift Card Giveaway. Maybe. With your vote.

April 19th, 2013 | 64 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, Our Home, Random Craziness

Come vote for this kitchen on lynneknowlton.com for a chance to win a $100 Home Depot Gift Card !

Did you know that there is a Home and Garden contest going on right now? Right now. Now. In this moment. A contest !! And I’m losing. I’d hate to say that I am a sore loser. I am …

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Creative ideas to build your own Funky Outhouse or Wooden Throne

March 7th, 2013 | 60 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, DIY, Interior Design, Our Home, Unique Outdoor Design

Need some inspiration for creating an outhouse ~ small garden shed ~ or small outbuilding ? All three buildings are the same same but different. Outhouse – toilet + gardening tools = Very cool garden shed DIY OUTHOUSE IDEAS : …

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Breathe it all in. Love it all out.

November 17th, 2012 | 12 Comments | Posted in Holidays, Our Home, Photo Albums, Quotes, Jokes & Funnies, Random Craziness

Dear Karma, oh dear dear Karma...hahaaaa....

Are you celebrating THANKSGIVING this week? What is your Thanksgiving THANKFULNESS ?? That is a mouth full. Geesh… I am thankful for shorter words. I am thankful for the weekend. I am thankful for elastic waistbands during Thanksgiving dinner. …

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Toronto Fall Home Show -> Free ticket giveaway to sexiness…

September 10th, 2012 | 73 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, Interior Design, Our Home

GUESS WHAT ?!! That’s what. Jokes. The Toronto FALL HOME SHOW is on…. in T.O. tinsel town Sept 20-23 Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place And…wait for it…wait for it….they gave me 20 TICKETS to give away. Saaahhhweet. Each photo today is …

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Dear Magazine Publishers, I HEART you. May I SMOOCH you ?!

August 25th, 2012 | 51 Comments | Posted in Our Home

Be careful what you WISH for, you just might get it. Sort of. I wished for a million dollars. Uhhm…. Didn’t get that. Clearly I need to shout a little louder at the Lotto-Max seller. Or at least buy a lottery …

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How to Bring the BEACH Coast Right In Your House

March 20th, 2012 | 12 Comments | Posted in Beach, Decorate Like A Designer, DIY, Interior Design, Our Home

A view of the mountains from Gili Island, Bali

Are you living on the beach ? Do you see an ocean outside your window ? If you can see the ocean RIGHT NOW, skip this post. You are disqualified. But, but, but, but….. before you skip the post, Do …

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I Am A WHITE Paint Lovin’ TROLLOP- Just sayin’

February 20th, 2012 | 28 Comments | Posted in Beach, Decorate Like A Designer, DIY, Our Home

I don’t know how it happened. I became a WHITE paint and home decor trollop of sorts. A definite trollop. A lover of WHITE. White madness. WHITE everything. A whirlwind of WHITE BLISS-FUL-NESS. This is one of my favourite …

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I Was BORN In a BARN at Christmas

November 16th, 2011 | 13 Comments | Posted in Interior Design, Our Home, Travelogue

Ok, I made that part up. If you asked my parents, they would have told you that my dinner manners qualified me for living in a barn status. So, technically, I could have been born in a barn. For those …

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Would You Believe Me If I Told You….

November 12th, 2011 | 15 Comments | Posted in Interior Design, Our Home

That I have a Christmas House Tour TOMORROW And I have not put up ONE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT. That’s right. Not one. *_*. Because it snowed. It really snowed. It’s a winter WONDERLAND around here. I have been having too much …

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A Unique Outdoor Landscape- A pool built in an old Stone Barn Foundation.

October 10th, 2011 | 13 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, Interior Design, Our Home, Unique Outdoor Design

I am a designer. Nothing boring ever happens. Ever. Well, one exception: Excel spread sheets. B*O*R*I*N*G However, in design, so many things are EXCITING !!! I like to jump outside the box a little. CASE IN POINT : Our pool …

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How to create stunning outdoor lighting with grapevine

October 6th, 2011 | 7 Comments | Posted in DIY, Interior Design, Our Home, Unique Outdoor Design

Do you love these as much as I do? Clearly, not only am I a white cotton sheet hussy, I am a grapevine lighting trollop too. Are you a floozy just like me? I love them almost as much as …

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I am a white cotton, white loving, natural fiber HUSSY. Yup.

August 27th, 2011 | 9 Comments | Posted in Our Home, Unique Outdoor Design

I didn't give these ones away...they are WHITE :-)

It is official. I am an all cotton, white linens lovin’, funky outhouse crazed – hussy. A natural fibers hussy is my new official title. I think I will have it printed on my biz cards. Jokes, Mom ~ jokes. Join …

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LAUGH OUT LOUD ~ WHERE’D MY AIR CONDITIONER GO ?!?

August 17th, 2011 | 5 Comments | Posted in Our Home, Quotes, Jokes & Funnies, Random Craziness

My brother is a pretty funny guy. As we get older, he gets funnier. He also isn’t any less shy than he ever was. He has never been shy. Oh to have a shy brother. Dreamy. He typically blurts out …

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HOME IS WHERE I KEEP MY HAT~ MY HEART~ MY EVERYTHING

August 8th, 2011 | 11 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, Our Home, Our Treehouse, Unique Outdoor Design

Design life has always been a super busy life for me. How does everyone else have time to brush their hair?! Taking time to just stop and enjoy the quiet moments can be a challenge. Please tell me that everyone …

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HAVE A DREAM? My goal is to have our home published~oh how dreamy that would be~

August 5th, 2011 | 29 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, Mosaics, Our Home, Unique Outdoor Design

There is no place like home We recently had a photo crew come to our home. What an absolute privilege on this earth to have an incredible photographer and team (!!!) come to our place. ANDREW GRINTON, can you feel …

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A SNEAK PEEK OF THE POOL PHOTO SHOOT

July 19th, 2011 | 3 Comments | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, Our Home, Unique Outdoor Design

That’s it. It’s official. Andrew Grinton is one adorable, talented, kind, incredible soul of a photographer. Just sayin…. Check out his work. Here is a sneak peek of our latest photo shoot at our pool. The link to his …

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Home Sweet Home

July 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Decorate Like A Designer, Interior Design, Our Home, Unique Outdoor Design

Well, the time has come. We will make our journey onward and upward to HOME SWEET HOME ~ Canada. Someone better hide the maple syrup, s’mores, crispy crunch chocolate bars, homemade pie, crispy bacon, and ketchup potato chips. Now, as …

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