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Lynda Reeves reveals three inexpensive, must-have items for any stylish home: woven baskets, matte black candles and books like Paris Secrets: Architecture, Interiors, Quartiers, Corners. Style editor Michael Penney shows off his space and shares budget bedroom tips, including how to transform door panels into a headboard, and repainting vintage finds. Plus, design editor Cameron MacNeil offers advice on updating and unifying the living room and kitchen of an open-concept condo.

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Lynda Reeves’ Decorating Favourites

Woven baskets – Bacon Basketware
Matte black tapered wax candles – HorseFeathersHome
Matte black candlesticks – Cynthia Findley Antiques
Paris Secrets: Architecture, Interiors, Quartiers, Corners By Janelle McCulloch
Images Publishing Group Pty. Ltd. (July 16, 2009)
gingersbath.com.

Budget Bedroom Decorating Tricks

House & Home, June 2009
Portrait, Absolutely North, Toronto (416) 922-6784; curtain fabric, Designer Fabrics, Toronto (416) 531-2810 or visit designerfabrics.ca. Wallpaper, Blue Mountain Wallcoverings, The Home Depot, call 1-800-628-0525 or visit homedepot.ca for locations across Canada; bedding, Lucca, Toronto (416) 485-4999; vintage clock radio, Arcadia Antiques, Arcadia Antiques, Toronto (416) 534-0348 or visit arcadiaantiques.ca; bedside table, Funk & Gruven A-Z, Belleville, Ont. (613) 968-5612; bedside table hardware, eBay, visit ebay.ca; black printed cushion, Constantine, Toronto (416) 929-1177 or visit constantineinteriors.com. 

Condo Update

Oxford White (CC-30) – Benjamin Moore
Zia Natural Shag Rug – Crate and Barrel
Tidal Bay/Pewter (for curtain fabric) – Robert Allen
Ultra Velvet 346D (yellow throw pillow fabric) – Designer Fabrics Outlet
Whistler Dove (flannel throw pillow fabric) – Lee Jofa
Herman Miller Noguchi table – Design Within Reach
Zurich end table – Structube
Arania lamp – Structube
Glass tile - Ciot

Runtime: 9:20
Released: May 17, 2010