Furnishing a home successfully has always been about balancing the practical with the pretty. But it’s become even more important as we live in smaller spaces. Luckily, it’s probably never …
Housewares as pretty as they are practical
How functional, attractive furniture is crafted from textile waste
“Good design is not a colour of the year or a Pinterest board,” says Jeff Forrest, the founder of Stacklab, a Toronto-based multidisciplinary studio that handles both residential/commercial projects, and …
What makes furniture a hand-me-down or a heirloom?
An heirloom, as everyone knows, is a treasure that’s handed down from generation to generation. But what elevates it, and makes it worth passing on? is it form, function, family …
Botanical beauty: how to grow a glowing complexion
Let’s just say that as I’ve slowly learned to shift my diet away from animal products to other forms of proteins, and discovered just how long and extensively botanicals have …
Spring cleaning boosts health and happiness in the home
Finding it hard to spring forward with cleaning chores? Not terribly surprising, after such a long, hard winter. Let me see if I can be of assistance. Will it help, …
