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Lauren & Nick

MACKIE HOUSE
Brieanne & Jace

PAINTED ROCK ESTATE WINERY
Lauren & Orin

PRIVATE PROPERTY
Jessica & Jeff

LINDEN GARDENS
Goyla & Nathan

PAINTED ROCK ESTATE WINERY
Ashley + Jonathan

PAINTED ROCK ESTATE WINERY
Alexandra & Craig

PONDEROSA POINT

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If I’m learning anything about renovations I’d say I’m more so reinforcing my belief that having a strong team behind you that you trust is EVERYTHING. We have a contractor, Wally from @murovecrenovations (Melinda from A New Leaf Floral’s husband) helping us with pieces we cannot DIY and I don’t even know how I would’ve begun finding the right electrician, drywaller, or cabinet company. Honestly, I would’ve taken to Google. And I think that’s what most brides do without planners, is they head to google or head to Instagram and start sending inquiries. Many of the best people don’t have the best google rankings and marketing is hard guys. Super hard. So, if you don’t have a planner to give you the referrals, my best advice to you is to find a planner you really resonate with, and stalk their instagram. See who they work with frequently. Chances are they love them for good reason and that’s probably a safe bet for you! Anyone I tag on here I love. (So I’m giving you full permission to steal my tried and true vendors you see me tag!)

It’s moving day! (Well.. today and tomorrow and probably Wednesday. We’re doing it ourselves to save money. I’ve gotten to the point that every $100 in my life equates to a new door... so, more doors!) We also sent our final edits on our kitchen with @westwoodfinecabinets and are So excited to sign off on that this week. Corinne there has been incredible to work with. Yesterday we picked up all our paint from Benjamin Moore. We’re painting the house white but have grey cabinets, brass hardware, medium wood floors, and you should see Rowyn’s feature wall colour Basically designing this house has been such a dream. Moving is the least of our workload... we’ve got a whole house to redo. But I have got to say that we are beyond words for the energy and love we’ve had pour in from friends and vendors. It’s honestly so mind blowing to me that we’ve had friends offer to drive from Kamloops to help us move, my assistants ask if they can come help me, our neighbors offer child care and space in their garage, friends having us over for dinner so we don’t need to cook while packing, Wally @murovecrenovations making an exception to help take on more minor contract work with his invaluable expertise, our realtor @daviddelormerealestate playing with our kids during house visits so we can concentrate on the Reno discussions and calling anytime this process has felt confusing to put us at ease and in the loop, the list goes on. We’re just So incredibly grateful. Even the messages of support here have been so special. Thank-you x 1000. Now off to packing!

This seating chart was trickier than most! I had @roycesihlisphoto cut down the plexi for me and drilled holes for hanging. I knew Erin from @bowiemae was my girl to get on board because she was pressing flowers from other weddings of mine. I had her collect some spare ones from another wedding of mine in a similar colour palette that would’ve ended up in the garbage and she saved them for this July wedding. She came the morning of the wedding to help assemble it all. And Carrie from @gingercreative did all the design to get the decals ready to go to easily put on! Lastly, Melinda from @anewleaffloraldesign added a floral embellishment on top to accent it. Such great teamwork to make a unique piece come to life!

Morning oat milk latte date at my favorite local coffee + bread shop @sproutbreadshop. Easily my favorite coffee and avocado toast in town topped off with a rustic minimalist design (including wood beams and cafe string lights... obviously I love it!), and amazing people behind it all. It’s also so great that the owners happen to be the daughter + son in law of Melinda from @anewleaffloraldesign (who we Love working with!) and now we’ve got Melinda’s husband Wally helping us as our contractor for our new house. So I guess we’ve just embraced allll the talent of the Murovec family. Supporting local never felt so easy