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 Spring cleaners, start your enginesWhy not get a head start on your spring cleaning while the cold weather is keeping your trapped inside?
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 Wordless Wednesday: Valentine's Day eye candy(Courtesy Tara Dalla-Nora - learn how to get the look here) (Michael Graydon/Style at Home) (Valentini, from Canadian House and Home) (Apartment Therapy) (Elle Decor) (DesignSponge)
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 Crack open those crayons and colour block your home?For the Spring 2011 runways, "Designers went positively colour mad, seemingly determined to use all the colours in the Crayola box -- in one outfit," says the Star's Derrick Chetty. With textiles embracing bold hues, walls, of course, can't be...
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 A chair for hugging?Sometimes, design comes up with brilliant solutions for problems in our homes that we'd long ignored - take, for example, the Magisso magnetic dishcloth holder that preserves your kitchen's sightlines without leaving your dishcloth in a soggy heap at the...
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 A touch of the Irish ... green room roundupAh, St. Patrick's Day. While the evening festivities are certainly a draw, I also see it as an excuse to explore a colour that doesn't factor very heavily in my wardrobe or decor: green. So, in honour of my green...
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 Lighting up in my apartmentI must confess, winter makes me complacent. First, there's the holiday rush, where shopping, decorating, travelling and partying pushes aside normal routines and to-do lists. Then there's the January blahs, when all you want to do at the end of...
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 A pop of purpleEven if the weather has been less than spring-like, I'm still striving to embrace the season (while sporting a wool coat). And part of that means pulling in more pops of colour around my space as I go through my...
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 Spring cleaning: Who has the time?Officially, it's spring, though it does seem that Mother Nature begs to differ after yesterday's blustery snow squalls. That means it's time for gleaming windows, fresh scrubbed floors and perfectly organized closets. At least in theory. (To help get you...
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 Will your swanky pad improve your luck with the ladies (or lads)?Forget flashy cars, expensive watches and impeccably turned out wardrobes: Turns out what the ladies really love are hardwood floors, expansive views and high-tech kitchens. Or, at least, so says the New York Post, in an article titled "Would you...
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 Royal wedding: Regal touches for the homeCall it an occupational hazard, but after months of feeling so-so about the royal wedding, I've finally gotten swept up in all the pomp and circumstance, the fashion and, even, the fairy tale. So, in honour of tomorrow's early wake-up...
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 Sneak peek at Toronto's Interior Design Show
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 Unlock your door by text messageThe wave of the future, or a whole lot of work for little payoff? It's hard to say. But either way, I'm kind of impressed by this guy who programmed his door to lock and unlock with a text message....
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 For the love of vodkaTurns out, vodka's a powerful substance. And while I have been known to indulge in a sip or two of this potent beverage, I'm actually referring to its many uses around the house, or, to quote a recent release from...
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 Dining for swingersIn January, I often find myself thinking about sprucing up my space and entertaining, likely as an antidote to the dreary weather and the letdown of the end of the holiday season. After a month or two of parties, returning...
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 Waking up is hard to doThere's nothing like waking up in the pitch black, only to realize that while it may look like 3 a.m., it's actually 7:00 a.m. and you're going to be late for work. Turns out your trusty cellphone alarm not only...
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 Resolutions for the homeThe new year offers a fresh start for so many of us - whether we're committing to live healthier, pursue a dream or simplify our lives, it's a time to make promises, and, hopefully, follow them through. And, when you're...
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 A few more fabulous gift findsSure, I have my fair share of dreams of sugar plums, and spiked egg nog, but I also have a few longer lasting items populating my holiday wishlist. While some of my top picks popped up in our gift guide...
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 And the winning hue is ... honeysuckle?Everything will be coming up rosy in 2011, according to Pantone. The colour authority has selected "honeysuckle", a hot pink shade, as their colour of the year for 2011. Calling the reddish pink "a vibrant, energetic hue," Pantone says that...
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 A great hostess gift for the holidaysI started off today planning for a Wordless Wednesday post, but just couldn't resist sharing the details of this season's limited edition Evian bottle, by Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake. The flower petals are pleated, in a nod to Miyake's...
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 Send us your decor dilemmasGetting tired of your blah beige space but don't know how or where to start? Can't figure out how to incorporate that had-to-have-it purchase into to your decor? Stumped about how to carve out space to work and play in...
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 Wordless Wednesday: Trimming the treeMy theme was purple, of course, with an urban girl spin - thus the shoes, sparkle and martini shakers! What will be your tree theme this year?
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 What are your go-to holiday gifts?As I prepare to start my own holiday shopping this weekend - with the hopes that my to-buy list soon has a few more details than "presents" and a list of people's names - I'm also keeping an eye out...
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 Sneak peek: Tree trimmingAs part of the Festival of Trees for Southlake Hospital, I found myself doing a mad dash to Newmarket last week to trim my first - but certainly far from my last - tree of the season. After doing a...
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 Shop like a pro: Night lightsNow that you're sitting in the dark a little earlier, Shop like a Pro's Angela Koszuta shares her picks for a bit of industrial-strength lighting to brighten up the house. Library extender lamp, $360. Available at Barrymore Furniture. Weighted floor...
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 Photos with personalityPart of my holiday house guest prep is finally putting up some personal photographs. An interesting part of my change in lifestyle and environment is that much of the stuff that I used to have on my walls just no...
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