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2012! Here’s a list of some of the trends we can look forward to for 2012. Keep in mind that you can infuse just a few of the ideas – you don’t have to get rid of all of your treasures and start again.“Live Your Life By Design”
Design Trends for 2012
FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES Last Year: [...]
Dark Tools – architectural lighting distributors
I recently dropped in to see a new lighting shop called Dark, located just south of the Lakeshore on Carlaw Avenue. I was given the full tour by owner Mo Nahar who was incredibly friendly and knowledgeable.
If you’re looking for modern lighting that takes budget into consideration you must make [...]
We were out at an evening talk hosted at ELTE Furnishings last week. The guest speaker was the new editor for Styleathome magazine Erin McLaughlin. Erin spoke about the ‘trend’ of infusing a global look into interior design calling it ‘Global Style’. Erin presented slides showing works of designers such as Martyn Lawrence Bullard (www.MartynLawrenceBullard.com [...]
As you know, we have started new weekly Blog Series where we will feature one of our favourite shops every week. We thought we’d also tell you about our “Design Find of the Week” which will be a unique product that is too interesting to keep to ourselves. Let’s shop!
AllSet Interiors:
We absolutely love shopping for tiles. Dramatic [...]
We are starting a new Blog Series and every week we will feature one of our favourite shops. I’m often asked if I have any favourite shopping haunts, so I thought I would try to blog one shop at a time. I have so many different shops that I’ll visit each week depending on what [...]
Friends with benefits.
Much of our travels include fantastic invitations to friend’s vacations homes. One of my very best friends Maria and Glen Jenkins have an absolutely spectacular ‘farm house’ in Prince Edward County. About 8 years ago Maria and her daughter Carolyn went on a scouting mission to find the perfect summer home. They found [...]
I’d like to share a secret with you
How do we start the design process:
When I’m commissioned for a new design project, it usually begins by presenting a story board of sorts to the potential client and although not set in stone, this is a basic idea of what I think the overall design will look [...]
I have to admit that I am very bad when in comes to taking after photos of all of our projects, let alone before pictures. That’s the reason that our new website will still show visitors only a small fraction of our projects.
This time however I was fortunate enough to have been introduced to Michel [...]
I just got back from a fabulous long weekend. Friends of ours rented a family cottage just outside of Port Carling and invited us to join them. My partner and I love taking short drives through the country always trying to find a hidden farm road or old logging road to explore after a quick [...]
