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You’ve read his decorating advice in Ask A Designer™, now check out his personal style at home! Find out why H&H design editor Cameron MacNeil added drama to his kitchen with tiles and wallpaper — instead of tearing down the walls. Watch Joel Bray give office-store bulletin boards a chic new look using paint, trim and ribbon. Plus, watch food editor Claire Tansey to find out four simple tricks that will guarantee better cookies from your favourite recipes.

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Modern Kitchen Tour

Counter and sink: Perfect Stainless, Toronto (416) 533-5653 or visit www.perfectstainless.com; custom cabinets, Deir Design, (905) 717-8596; upper cabinets, Ikea, call 1-866-866-IKEA or visit ikea.ca for locations across Canada; glass wall tiles, 12" x 16" porcelain floor tile (Yura Foggy), both Olympia Tile www.olympiatile.com; metro shelving: High Tech www.hightechonline.ca; marble top: Designers Choice Marble & Granite, (905) 503-0009; wood blind: Hunter Douglas www.hunterdouglas.ca; faucet: Penmar Plumbing (905) 856-4455; range: Bertazzoni www.bertazzoni-italia.com; wallpaper (no longer available) designed by Marcel Wanders for Cole & Son www.cole-and-son.com or see Wanders’ collection for Graham & Brown www.grahambrown.com

Bulletin Board Ideas

Bulletin board with wood frame, at office supply stores
Primer, Beauti-Tone Signature Series Interior/Exterior Alkyd Primer Sealer Undercoat
Paint for trim, Sico Cashmere Semigloss Latex in Night Owl (6168-63)
Paint for cork, Beauti-Tone Designer Series Eggshell in Soho (6J2-3)
Baseboard, moulding, trim or chair rail to frame the bulletin board
Pencil, measuring tape
Mitre saw and mitre box
Paint roller and paintbrush
Finishing nails
Pushpins or tacks
Grosgrain ribbon

Cookie Baking Secrets

Pans, bowls, measuring cups, All Clad.

Runtime: 12:02
Released: January 11, 2010