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When Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Do what you can…where you can…with what you have…” he probably wasn’t talking about home décor—but it makes perfect sense. Working with what you have is the idea behind the emerging trend of interior redesign, making it an affordable, less time-consuming, alternative to traditional design. (more…)

The showers that first appeared in North America homes in the 1870s were primly utilitarian devices, consisting basically of an inverted watering can and a hand pump. But it wasn’t long before design flourishes were added to this new-fangled accoutrement to hygiene, according to The Elements of Style, an architectural dictionary edited by Stephen Calloway. (more…)

It seemed only appropriate that there was scaffolding all over the church where my mother’s funeral was held. She was, in fact, a builder-a builder of home and family. Her greatest buildings were her children, her grand- and great-grand children, and a loving marriage of sixty years. (more…)

There’s an emerging trend in home design and decor that has no shape, colour or texture. It’s the notion of privacy and it’s going to exert more and more influence on the way we live in our homes. Perhaps that’s why decorative screens are popping up in more and more homes. (more…)

While spring weather has its ups and downs, we all cling to the knowledge that warmer temperatures, and the end of the NHL season, are now in sight. On those days that still seem wintery, you can keep yourself busy by making sure that outdoor furniture, tools and garden accessories are summer-ready. (more…)

My New Year gift to our faithful readers is to make sure they all know what will be hot and trendy in 2007. Some of the items I’ll mention are very simple, some very expensive—naturally—and some just plain useful. The one thing that they all have in common is that they’re all on my 2007 must-haves list. (more…)

When it comes to furniture design, either form and function can trump the other, and force a homeowner to choose between an exquisite piece that no-one will want to use and an overstuffed behemoth that scores high on comfort and low on looks. (more…)

I was recently channel surfing when I came across a very popular design show. I stopped for a moment, as the segment was about how a well-known designer had redecorated her home. She had done a lovely job. The colours were fresh and soothing, and the fabric was relaxed, yet sophisticated. I thought, “That looks great!” But as the camera panned about the room I noticed that all was not well. In fact, the more I saw the more ill I began to feel. (more…)