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Ask A Designer: How To Wake Up A Tired Dining Room

In this Ask A Designer column, Jennifer Koper shares her ideas for refreshing a dining room without changing the furniture. Question: I’d like to pull my dining room together and give it some style, but I want to keep my furniture. Where do I start? — B.B., Montreal Answer: The good…

Decorating & Design

11 Entryways, Hallways & Landings With Style In Spades

When it comes to decorating, transitional spaces are easily overlooked. But why should living rooms and kitchens get all the love? Consider this: entryways, hallways and landings stand to make a captivating impact and deserve the considered attention other spaces receive. From the moment…

Decorating & Design

Ask A Designer: How To Create A Beachy, Open-Concept Cottage

In this Ask A Designer column, Jennifer Koper shares her ideas for designing an eclectic cottage with seaside flair. Question: I’ve been decorating my new open-concept cottage and have purchased a modern sofa, dining table and reupholstered chairs. How can I pull the look together? — J.T., Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba.

Decorating & Design

Lynda Reeves On Creating A Dreamy Lakeside Cottage

This article originally appeared in the July 2019 issue of House & Home I have a file I call my “Forever File” that contains photos of rooms I can’t throw away because they continue to inspire me. I go through it a few times a year to see if I still…

Decorating & Design

How To Decorate Like H&H Designer Of The Year Nam Dang-Mitchell

Nam Dang-Mitchell came to the Prairies by way of Paris (she was born there while her mother was studying at the Sorbonne), and it shows. Scroll through her Instagram feed and you’ll see countless examples of the same effortlessly chic style that all French…

Design Lab

Designer Tips For Arched Window Treatments

Arched windows are beautiful architectural details, but they can be difficult to treat. Designer Maia Roffey of Black Sheep Interior Design shares three different solutions for this common design dilemma. Find out when it’s appropriate to use drapes and where to hang the rod, and discover whether roman…