Decorating & Design

Inside Palm Springs’ Hippest New Hotel, Holiday House

In the October 2017 issue of House & Home we feature an interview with the talented designer Mark D. Sikes, who has made a name for himself collaborating with director Nancy Meyers (The Intern, It’s Complicated). Mark is also known for his love of blue and does he ever…

Decorating & Design

See Pantone’s New Purple Inspired By Prince

Pantone has just released Love Symbol #2, a dark purple shade inspired by Prince’s Yamaha piano, which was to go on tour with the musician before his death last year. Throughout his career, Prince became known for his association with purple — most famously for the 1984 film Purple Rain, which…

Decorating & Design

See Gucci’s New Home Decor Line

The house of Gucci has never been one for shrinking violets, and their new home decor line is no different. The colors are rich, the animal motifs are fierce and the overall look is very, very opulent. The collection will be available to purchase online, and at some Gucci and…

News & Events

Toronto Reference Library Stars In The Weeknd’s New Video

Architect Raymond Moriyama’s Toronto Reference Library has a starring role in Toronto singer The Weeknd’s new Secrets video, a track from his hit 2016 album Starboy. The video has close to 20 million views and is the second Toronto-based video he’s dropped this month. The red carpeting was…

Celebrity Style

Gloria Vanderbilt Shows Off Her Lavish Style On Instagram

Socialite, artist, designer, mother of Anderson Cooper and now new Instagrammer, 93-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt (yes, 93) is killing it on the social media platform with photos of her ultra-glam designs pulled from past and present homes. Since joining Instagram last month, she’s attracted over 70,000 followers and posted 24 shots, which include…

Decorating & Design

A New Drake Bakery By Designer John Tong

The latest addition to the Drake Hotel empire is the Drake Commissary, slated to open June 9 in Toronto’s Junction Triangle. Described as a fast-casual bakery, bar and food emporium, it’s designed to serve as a social hub and will host culinary workshops. The 8,000-square-foot space has been designed…

Decorating & Design

DESIGN NEWS NOW: Gabriel Scott’s New Lights & A Cool Decanter

Stay up-to-date with the latest in the world of interior design with our weekly column, Design News Now. Montreal duo Gabriel Scott releases two new lighting collections modeled on pear-shaped gemstone cuts and bioluminescent organisms. — Design Milk See Karim Rashid’s funky, fractured wine…

Decorating & Design

A Cottage Bunkie With A Front-Row Seat To The Stars

It’s hard to get closer to nature than this. Studio North’s “Dreaming Platform” is a diving board that doubles as a screened-in bunkie for stargazing. This project in Bob’s Lake, Ontario, was designed by architects Matthew Kennedy and Mark Erickson of the Calgary firm. The platform was constructed…

Decorating & Design

A Combo Washer & Dryer Perfect For Cottages

A compact multitasking washer-dryer from Haier may be the best thing to hit cottages since the s’more. It can fit in unconventional spaces because it requires no external venting. All you need is water hookup and a standard outlet, so it could fit in a closet or nook under the stairs,…

Decorating & Design

See The World’s Biggest Paint Swatch

Last week Canadian Tire launched their new Premier paint line and it was a pretty big deal — about 35,000-square feet to be exact. That was size of the world’s biggest paint swatch, which the company created in a parking lot north of Toronto. The swatch includes 185 of the…

Bedrooms

Sleep Easy With Sustainable & Organic Bedding

Used linens are one of the most difficult things to recycle; up to 80% of donated bedding is sent directly to North American landfills by donation services, where decomposing natural fibers release methane gas which contributes to climate change. In an effort to help cut down on the 10 million tons…

Decorating & Design

DESIGN NEWS NOW: Homegrown Goodies For Canada’s Birthday

Stay up-to-date with the latest in the world of interior design with our weekly column, Design News Now. Hudson’s Bay releases the Grand Portage collection of clothing and home goods (enamel mug, shown left) this May to raise awareness and funds to help complete The Great…

Bathrooms

Kohler Opens First Signature Store In Canada

Hankering for that perfect cross faucet with enamel buttons? Vancouverites can find it at the new Kohler Signature store, the first one of its kind in Canada. Located in the heart of Vancouver’s design district at the corner of Broadway and Fir Street, it’s open to both the trade…

Decorating & Design

This New Flat Screen TV Looks Like Art

The black hole presented by flat screen TVs has plagued designers and homeowners for years. One popular solution is hiding a TV within a gallery wall to downplay it, but Samsung, in collaboration with designer Yves Béhar, has gone a step further with The Frame, a screen that…

Decorating & Design

DESIGN NEWS NOW: Ellen DeGeneres’s Furniture Line At The Bay & More

Stay up-to-date with the latest in the world of interior design with our weekly column, Design News Now. The ED Ellen DeGeneres Crafted by Thomasville furniture line launches exclusively at Hudson’s Bay this March. Oh Joy! blogger Joy Cho collaborates with Christiane Lemieux for the Cloth…