Morgan Jane Home Blog
beauty | simplicity | order | grace | whimsy
Stories about our shop, our favourite recipes, our life in Nova Scotia, and more
We would open the huge Sears catalog with such anticipation and awe, turn a page and we would all try to be the first one to put our finger on the item on the page that we wanted. We would shout “I borrows this!” and so on.
We brought in a line of decorative vinyl floor mats from Beija Flor. Here are some examples from our home. They really are beautiful, don't you think? And very practical too.
Take a look.
We had our first ever pop-up sale with Brett Meech from Conifer Shop. Brett is a gifted young man with a great style sense, who brings in containers from Europe and India. We were very excited to host him in our little shop.
Many of us these days are concerned for the environment. With that in mind, we have formulated some beautiful bar soaps, dish soap, lotion, laundry powder, and soy candles under the name of “Jane” for our shop.
Our little shop has been opened now for two weeks; and what a two weeks it has been. It is a labor of love and we have met the loveliest of people, sold lots of wonderful things, and we’re already re-ordering.
The work at the shop is really coming along. We have pretty much gutted the place, removed a wall, added doors, light fixtures, repaired the bathroom, and fixed walls. We are really making headway…
I have five words that guide all my actions… they are beauty, simplicity, order, grace, and whimsy. The prefix to these words is “to bring about.” I may not always succeed in this, but those words are my true north.
I have become quite a homebody. I wander around the province with my camera, but it is such a joy to come home, even after my daily wanderings.
To this day, I love houses and I am entranced by curtains blowing in a breeze. I love windows, doorways, and halls with light and shadows spilling across the floor.
Winter has settled into our little corner of the world which is all new to me because we lived in California and the Pacific Northwest for many years and snow was just a passing phenomenon.