‘Tis the season for staying at home with friends and family, embarking upon holiday decorating adventures, baking more delicious food than could every be consumed, and laughing until your stomach hurts.
This week, Style at Home spent some time perusing Pinterest for a pinner who exemplifies the festive spirit and while there are many of you out there, this week’s feature pinner caught our eye.
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Have you seen the new HGTV television series Four Houses Canada yet? If you have, you’ll know it’s a property show like no other. And if you haven’t, you must tune in. In each episode, four strangers tour and rate each others homes. Each house is critiqued in secret for style, design and overall impression. The homeowner with the highest score wins bragging rights as “Best House,” a cash prize and, best of all, a photo feature in an upcoming issue of Style at Home magazine. Here are six interiors of the winning homes. Four Houses Canada airs Sundays at 9 pm ET/PT on HGTV.
There’s a gift-giving trend on the rise that has folks shopping for gifts that, in addition to making loved ones smile, benefit others and support a special cause!
For the art enthusiasts in your life, shop Generation Art, a limited edition product line available exclusively from Canadian design house, EQ3 (both in-store and online at EQ3.com). The collection includes notebooks, pillows, posters and more; and it’s raising awareness about social issues through art designed by nine young Canadians between the ages of 15 and 30.
All of the proceeds from Generation Art purchases support Michaëlle Jean Foundation’s initiatives (the Arts Save Lives) to empower underprivileged youth. “EQ3 has partnered with the Michaëlle Jean Foundation because we strongly believe in the cause it serves and the ability for engagement of the entire EQ3 staff and customers across Canada. Art is a great tool which can help disenfranchised youth to find a way out of their complex social environments,” explains Peter Tielmann, President of EQ3.
I just love the stories behind these art-inspired goods and couldn’t resist pulling together a small gift guide for you with a few of my favourites…
Market Notebook, $3.99 (top-left) | Artists: Sophie Levesque, 22, Location: NB
World Beauty Notebook, $3.99 (bottom-right) | Artist: Sam Jarmasz, 20, Location: Winnipeg, MB
Fab find
Mini vaccuum cleaners, $15; VacMan.
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Which would be a more stylish addition to your cool winter fun? A sassy yet sophisticated bar cart to greet guests with or a drop-dead gorgeous double breasted jacket to sport while battling Christmas shopping crowds?
This week your budget is $180. You can only buy one item — which do you choose?
Keep reading to learn more about each item…
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What is Christmas known for apart from food, fun and festive decorations? That’s right — crafts!
This week’s pinner has an appreciation for great decor all year round and a few creative Christmas ideas to make the season extra special!
Keep reading to learn more about this week’s featured pinner and how you could be featured too!
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There just wasn’t enough room in the magazine to house all the fabulous fox products I found for the January issue’s Trendspotting column. Here are a few more foxy finds.
Fox-print Sweatshirt, Madewell, $59.50 US.
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Being a member of the tribe, preparing content for Style At Home’s holiday issue last year was a total educational experience for me. I decorated my first tree, found out what a Christmas cracker was and dove headfirst into my premiere produced Christmas story, fittingly based on the style of my design icon: the one and only Dorothy Draper. It was such a blast for me to let my imagination run wild and translate the over-the-top decorator touches of my style idol into a holiday tableau. Sara Cation and I pulled quotes from Draper’s books to emphasize the design lessons behind each vignette and it was refreshing to think outside the traditional red and green holiday box.
We decorated the tree so it would resemble a bright chintz that I’m obsessed with by Designer’s Guild called orangerie. We achieved this effect with a flocked white tree studded with faux blooms, both by winward, along with jewel-toned ball ornaments in complementing colours. Fun fact: our ornament hooks went missing so we used silver paperclips instead that luckily blended into the white flocking!
One of my favourite things I commissioned for the shoot was an artasnal tiered cake by Cake Opera Co. that perfectly embodied the hand-painted feel of the chintz fabric. It looked especially divine on the malachite-hued Aldo Tura bar cart from Ribbehege and Azevedo.
Choosing china for the dining table was a treat as I always enjoy sourcing at Cynthia Findlay Antiques. We layered gold and white china on the striped table cloth for a graphic effect and the result was very glam and festive.
Check out the December issue for more pics and some great insight into the history of Miss Draper herself!
Fab find
Holiday cupcake stencils, $19: Williams-Sonoma.
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Holiday decorating is always a lot fun. However, planning your ideal Christmas can be a stressful at times. Between running around searching for turkeys, stockings and secret Santa stuff, it can all get a little overwhelming. So why not take a moment and treat yourself to a little something sparkly?
This week your imaginary budget is $15; just enough to buy yourself something lovely while keeping Christmas on a budget. Which pretty trinket do you treat yourself to — a trio of delicate snowflake ornaments or a pair of ice-like earrings?
Keep reading to learn more about each item before deciding!
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