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Decorating & Design

10 Tips For Creating Fun & Functional Play Spaces For Kids

Los Angeles-based designer Linda Hayslett breaks it all down!

Decorating & Design

7 Small-Space Myths Debunked — And What You Should Be Doing Instead

Designer Nike Onile shares her best tips and tricks!

Design News

Housebound Ep. 14: Ali Yaphe Shows Off Her Airy & Layered Family Home

See Ali's own fabulous fabrics and vintage rugs!

Design News

Housebound Ep. 13: Join Brian Gluckstein As He Gets The Tour Of Lynda Reeves’ Toronto Home

Plus, Lynda shares her best tips for achieving her "grand casual" style!

Best Paint Colors

Fresh Ways To Decorate With White For Summer

Senior market editor Kai Ethier shows how white can bring summer style to your space. One of the many joys of summer is the color it brings with it: blue skies, gardens full of multi-colored flowers and the greens of grass and trees. Here in Canada, people shed their black…

Ask A Designer™

Ask A Designer: How To Create A Sunny Dining Area

In this Ask A Designer column, Valérie Morisset shares her advice for sprucing up a tired dining area. Question: I just bought a beautiful condo in Old Montreal. I’d like to have a dining area next to the window, a round table with four chairs and drapery panels instead of…

Decorating & Design

How To Style Your Coffee Table, Four Ways!

Senior design editor Jennifer Koper shows us how to give your coffee table a makeover from home. We’ve all been spending a lot more time at home than usual, and it’s likely you’re getting pretty sick of the same surroundings day in and day out. I know I am! Every…

Design News

Housebound Ep. 12: Visit Scott Yetman’s Fabulous Country House, Mid-Reno!

The designer just bought an incredible property that’s being updated in his impeccable style.

Decorating & Design

How To Bring The Cottage To Your City Backyard

Senior interiors director Stacy Begg shares her tips for getting a cottage look in your urban oasis. The call of cottage country happens every summer for many of us, but this year, it might be difficult to actually get there. What is the draw of fleeing urban life? For me,…

Design News

Housebound Ep. 11: Kate Zeidler Shows Off Her Minimal Take On Classic Style

Join Lynda Reeves for a tour of the designer's warm family home and design studio!

Budget

How To Refresh Your Space Without Buying Anything New

With prolonged periods of time spent at home (read: staring at your rooms), the urge to redecorate and rearrange is at an all-time high. Before you start filling your online shopping carts with items you don’t need, see what some of our favorite designers have to say about sprucing up…

Design News

Housebound Ep. 10: Discover Sarah Richardson’s Dreamy Style At Her Off-The-Grid Farm

The designer shares her tips for living in an open-concept space and shows us her favorite places to sit and relax!

Bathrooms

Feasby & Bleeks’ Step-By-Step Guide To Planning Your Dream Bathroom

The designers share their tips for bringing your vision closer to reality!

Design News

Housebound Ep. 6: The Big Reveal! Brian Gluckstein’s New Kitchen Reno

Lynda Reeves returns to tour Brian's fabulous renovated kitchen!

Budget

Where To Splurge & Save In Every Room Of The House!

Looking to add some drama to your next decorating or renovation project? The Silverhorn development showhome, built by Maillot Homes in Bearspaw, northwest of Calgary, provides plenty of inspiration. We asked designers Reena Sotropa and Alanna Dunn of…