10 Questions with the Queen of Organization

Ashli lives in a magazine-ready-for-a-shoot townhome in Canada. Her blog is a perfectly curated flow of advise on how to live green and clean. We are honored she has agreed to do 10 Questions With, and we hope you find her blog as informative and beautiful as we do!

1. What's Your Name and URL: My name is Ashli, my husbands name is Lee and our blog is The Maillardville Manor www.maillardvillemanor.com

2. When did you start blogging? What drove you to eco chic as a topic?: I started creating the blog late last year but didn't release my first post until June of this year, and have been posting one a day ever since. I'm not sure I gave too much thought into what my blog topic would be, I just started blogging about what I do, and what I know. I've always been design conscious and have been making greener choices for a while now it only seemed natural that the two would blend together. Eco chic makes the most sense to us, we want to make sure we are making healthy choices for us, good choices for the future and if it can look stylish we've wrapped it up and taken it home.

3. What has been your favorite post?: My favorite post would have to be our Mudroom re-do. The bright green stripes made such a huge difference, and the pebble boot tray is both functional and pretty. There aren't too many places you can get away with Kelly Green rugby stripes but for some reason it works in the mudroom.

4. Where do you go to for inspiration?: For inspiration I do a lot of different things, I love store displays. There's nothing like a good Pottery Barn display to get your motor running :) I follow many different blogs and find all kinds of inspiration from real peoples homes. But mostly I find inspiration in nature. I know it sounds kinda "earth mother-y" but I find the homes I'm drawn to, have a fair amount of plants and greenery in them, as well as natural textures and colors.

5. Every home should: BE ORGANIZED!! There is so much piece of mind when you know where things are. When leaving the house is as simple as, leaving the house, not a treasure hunt to find what you need. When your organized everything is faster and easier. When you know what's under you kitchen sink (I mean way behind the garbage cans) it's a good feeling.

6. If you had unlimited funds you would buy: The Ovopur water filter. It is hands down the most stylish water filter I've ever seen. Style and function all in one.

7.Where would you buy a second home and why?: Italy, I would buy a little villa near the ocean, and George Clooney. Italy has everything, great food, little markets, designer duds, beaches, mountains, and the close proximity to the rest of Europe means you could hop in the car in be in any number of countries with in hours. And did I mention George Clooney.

8. What's your favorite piece of furniture in your home?: My favorite piece of furniture in the house is a tie, between our old Church Pew, turned dining room bench, and our 7 foot harvest table. Both Craigslist finds, both major scores. The Church Pew was a $60 find, + a little white paint.

And the Harvest table a steal, at $150

9. Your homes style is: Simple, we don't have too much in our home that doesn't have a function. We don't have special china for once a year dinners, our simple white dishes get used daily. We don't have furniture that we are afraid to sit on. . . . or spill on for that matter. Everything we own gets used regularly.  And our favorite decoration is a small, simple bouquet of flowers.

10. Three words to describe your personal taste:        SIMPLE        FUNCTIONAL        GREEN