Lemon Thistle

DIY, Hand Lettering + Home Decor

Rancher Style Home – Modern Decor Sources

This is the house our family of 6 is currently living in! It’s a rancher style home with a walkout basement and we love it so much.

I get asked all of the time where I purchased certain building materials and modern decor used in my home, so I thought it would be a great idea to have it all in one place for you!

We bought this home in 2018 and started renovating it right away. You know we love a great DIY room makeover and the first one we did here is the kitchen. Since then… we haven’t stopped, and there’s more still to come!

You can see the full before tour from the week we moved in right here and the most recent full home tour including unfinished spaces right here.

You can see all of our paint colours right here.

If you know which space you’re looking for, you can save some time scrolling and click the link below:

If you don’t see what you’re looking for, check out our former home here.

Many of the items I have in my home are from photography campaigns or sponsored posts from the past 8 years of blogging. I’ll mark products received with an asterisk*. I’ve also used affiliate links wherever possible in this post. You can find all of my blog policies here.

Exterior

Since moving in, we replaced pretty much everything you see here! We re-sided, replaced windows, the door, replaced the decking in front of the bay window, the soffits, gutters… all of the decor! You can read more about that journey, right here.

Modern Entryway Decor

This bright white entryway makeover featuring tons of storage was a long time in the making. With warm wood details and pops of black contrast. When we moved in, it was dark, crowded and tough to fit our family of 6 through the door. Now? It’s bright and, for it’s size, feels spacious. You can read all about the transformation right here.

Bright, light entryway decor with modern accents

DIY HallWAy makeover

When we moved in, we did a full main floor remodel. We gave our home new flooring, paint, doors, and trim. In the hallway, that was already a huge upgrade from what it was.

This hallway was boring, so I added a family gallery wall, changed the light to distract from the attic entry, and finally added a runner that matches the rug in the dining room. Now this space feels complete and makes me smile each time I walk down it. Read more here

Modern Living Room Decor

The decor in this living room is minimal and most importantly, built for a family of 6! It’s taken the longest of all the rooms to feel ‘right’. We’re actually still looking to make a couple changes and because of that it’s the one ‘finished’ room in our home I haven’t shared a reveal/room tour of!

But what’s gone into it so far? We needed ample seating, durable furniture, easy to clean leather and of course, a washable rug! Once we had those basics, it’s a lot of DIY and of course, lots of plants.

Cozy summer home tour

Modern Kitchen Decor

This kitchen was such a labour of love but also so rewarding to see come to life. It’s not just the sweat that we put into the space (which we really did!) but also the reward of seeing the design and time that we spent dreaming about it coming to life. You can read more about how we balanced DIY and contractors to make this happen, right here.

Kitchen decorated for summer

Modern Dining Room Decor

This space was the last of the common areas to come together. I wanted it to feel cozy and inviting. I decided to keep it neutral so that I had the flexibility to add pops of colour with seasonal decor. You can check it out here.

White dining room with cozy accents

Modern PRIMARY Bedroom Decor

We loved having a dark and moody bedroom in our last house and I knew that I wanted something very similar for this home as well. This space features a DIY molding wall, layered window coverings and of course… a lot of DIY Decor! See the whole space here.

Shared Boys Bedroom Decor

With a Nordic Industrial vibe- this blue boys room is packed with storage and simple, tone on tone style. There’s three kiddos in this space so it had to be completely functional with lots of storage and still leave space to play and create. And sleep ;) See the full space here.

DIY Wooden Shade Hack for a boys shared bedroom

Girls Bedroom Decor

Light, bright, PINK, and modern. I designed this room with my daughter. I had such a fun time talking with her about what she likes and wants and was always so curious to hear the things she came up with. I love all the texture in here and how much the space reflects who she is and the things she loves!  You can read the full post on her room, here.

Sweet little girls bedroom with pink walls and neutral decor
  • Paint Colour: Peachy Bloom, General Paint. The closest match that I could find is Stolen Kiss by Behr
  • Ceiling Fan: Emerson Fans* (I shared more about it HERE)
  • White Desk:  Was from Leons Furniture* (discontinued), but now exact one is available on Wayfair!
  • Door Knobs: Grandeur Hardware* (I shared more about them HERE)
  • Grey Desk Chair: Leons Furniture (discontinued…I couldn’t find a comparable chair!)
  • Nightstands: Vintage
  • Headboard: Leons Furniture* (discontinued)
  • Wood Window Blinds: Costco
  • Polka dot curtains, Pink Throw Pillows, Heart Lamp, Desk Lamp, small fur rug: Homesense
  • Black Minimal Curtain Rod: Amazon
  • Picture Ledge Shelves: Amazon (we painted them)
  • Doll Crib Paint: Premier Paint Alana Cranberry
  • Doll Crib Bedding: Made from Fabricland fabric
  • Closet Organizer: Imagine the Room Kamloops* (I shared more about how it’s designed to grow with her HERE)
  • Closet Organizer Hardware: Anthropologie (discontinued)
  • Pink Bins in Closet: Amazon
  • Large Area Rug:  NuLoom from Rugs USA
  • Plain Pink Throw Pillows, throw blanket, bunny hamper, wood coat hooks, plush swan head: All discontinued from H&M Home
  • Pink Fur Pouff: Bouclair (discontinued). Here’s something similar
  • Macrame: DIY, check it out
  • Rope Basket, Unicorn Plush & Bedding: Target (discontinued)
  • Do Hard Things Pennant: DIY, see the tutorial here
  • Ampersand Watercolour: a gift from a talented friend when the twins were born :)
  • Mini Wooden Pennant: DIY… want a tutorial?
  • Mirror: Urban Barn- a wedding gift 13 years ago!
  • Geometric Photo Frame: also a gift, but available on Amazon right here

Tween boys bedroom

My oldest son moved down to the basement to have his own bedroom for the first time (he’s a twin!). He was so patient with us as we used weekends to work on projects to get his room complete instead of hustling through the makeover like we have in the past. He moved in while we decorated and was a part of every design decision- he has such great ideas. You can see the complete makeover here.

DIY Tween Bedroom makeover with modern built in desk and shelving

Modern Bathroom Decor

This bathroom turned out better than I’d dreamed. We hadn’t planned to remodel it during the pandemic (we took it. on after a flood), and I felt pretty discouraged with the access to decor but once it all came together, I fell in love with it. It always amazes me what a bit of DIY can do for a space! See the whole thing here.

Cozy modern bathroom makeover

Modern Home Office

This blog studio and office is white, bright, and full of DIY storage… all out of a dingy unfinished basement! This might be my favourite room in our house – it’s truly a dream to get to work in here. This is really two rooms, so here’s two photos ;) If you’d like to see more, you can see the full reveal here!

DIY built in shelving with rolling door... and rolling craft table in this office makeover
Office layout for a long narrow room

Basement Bathroom

This space was a super fast makeover. We finished it in just one week. ONE WEEK! It’s the perfect little space for guests and for the kids to use (their playroom is right next door!). You can see the makeover right here.

green bathroom with beadboard and black and white tiles.
  • Wall Colour is a custom colour match to the IKEA kitchen cabinets Bodarp Grey Green. I used up a can leftover from my dad’s kitchen renovation… the closest colour match is Boreal from Behr.
  • Double bead Beadboard purchased from Windsor Plywood
  • Tile: Home Depot on clearance, this one is similar
  • Hand lettered Art: DIY, if you’d like to learn to letter- start here! Just want this as a printable? Get it here!
  • Hanging planter, geometric wall hanging: DIY… that’s just a short video, should I do a full tutorial?
  • Corner Shower: Home Depot
  • Vanity Light: Lowes*, discontinued here is a similar one
  • Vessel Sink: Kraus, Lowes*
  • Chrome Faucet: Lowes* but discontinued, here’s a similar one
  • Picture Frame: Umbra, discontinued
  • Mirror: custom cut, I just drew the template
  • Vanity is a DIY made of 2x4s- Find the Tutorial Here

Light and Bright Basement Playroom

This space was made over using what we had plus a $100 budget. It’s always so fun to see what you can do when you put yourself on a budget and challenge yourself to a deadline. You can see the full makeover with all the DIYs here.

modern neutral playroom with ikea painted storage

Basement Exercise Room

I know this isn’t much of a room to source, but I do know this photo has made it’s way around the web once or twice ;) If you happen to be looking for this space… I got you!

Green modern paint colours

Modern Patio

We tore off an old small wood patio and built this beauty after a summer living in our new home. The whole backyard looks completely different now!

Cozy modern patio decor
  • Sora Beach Sand Sectional: Article * (discontinued)
  • Gera Black Granite Side Tables: Article*
  • Medan Graphite Lounge Chairs: Article*
  • Tuva White Terrazzo Small Planter and Silenn Gray Terrazzo Large Planter: Article* (both discontinued)
  • Solina Gray Terrazzo Stool: Article*
  • Wood Lanterns: Superstore (discontinued)
  • Outdoor Rug: Rugs USA
  • Throw Blanket: HM Home (discontinued)
  • Tabletop plant pot, candle: Homesense

Dining Patio

Looking at this now, wow! This space has seen a few changes since I’ve photographed it. But the staples remain the same- it’s such a wonderful place to dine outside! You can see it’s original reveal here.

Outdoor Dining Area

Lower Brick Patio

This patio changes with the seasons, we move the seating under cover (under the upper deck) when fall hits so we can keep cozy but this space has the best shade in the heat of the summer day. It’s where you’ll find me 3pm on any given tuesday June-September ;) I don’t have a blog post about the space currently, but you might have spotted it on IG. You can see the original reveal of the space here.

Moody brick patio with tie dye and a charcoal sectional
  • Charcoal Sectional: Article*
  • Concrete Table/Stool: Jysk, discontinued
  • Lanterns: Kitchen Stuff Plus*, discontinued
  • Blue Vase, Superstore
  • Tie Dye Pillows, DIY
  • Blanket, Candle Holder: Homesense
  • Black Concrete Wall Cover: See the DIY Here
  • String Lights: Coscto

Modern Kids Playhouse

Okay, okay, I know this isn’t technically OUR house BUT I get a few questions about it so thought I’d add it in here :) You can read more about the exterior here and the inside decor here.