Fab find
Coup clover 23″ x 11″ pillow, $34.95; CB2.
Love at first sight! A shot I took at the CB2 Queen West opening event.
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If you remember, back in the summer I was working on getting my mom settled in her new condo. After my father passed away, we sold our family home and found a more manageable place for my mom to live. The whole process came with challenges, both emotional and logistical. But amidst all this, my unwavering goal was to help my mom create a space that felt comfortable and as much like home as possible as she took her first steps on this new journey of her life.
It’s amazing how much that sense of home was created through the details. Of course it’s the family that makes a house a home but in my mom’s new condo, so much of what makes it a beautiful place for her came in the form of our design choices. We tried to strike a balance between incorporating things that were reminiscent of the home she shared with my dad her whole life and adding new things that would in some ways help to guide her along a new path.
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It may be a couple months late, but CB2 has finally come to Canada, first opening its doors in Toronto, Ontario.
I first discovered Sputnik through styleNorth. Today, I finally made my way over to their storefront, located at 12 Advance Road in Etobicoke, ON.
I fell in love… With the furnishings, decorative arts and especially the lighting!
Fab find
Fanned placemat set, $17.06 (set of 2), West Elm.
A new year means 365 days of new possibilities!
I’ve always been an agenda girl and I take my time finding the perfect planner. Some of my preferences in design change year to year. Like the changing Pantone colour of the year, I’ll go from loving red, to purple, to grey, to good old black and white. Then there are the endless patterns! From vibrant polka dots to bold giraffe prints, here are five agendas that have caught my eye for 2012.
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facebook readers share their around-the-house resolutions for 2012
- by Natalie Bahadur
- Jan 11, 2012
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The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to resolve to make changes around the house. Here at Style at Home, we have our own list of promises we plan to keep when it comes to our homes. Check out our around-the-house resolutions for the year. Plus, we asked our Facebook readers for their at-home resolutions and here’s what they had to say:
Fab find
Dabney Lee personalized file folders, $30 US (set of nine); Layla Grayce.
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Modern kitchens need not be so serious. Indulge your inner child by injecting some playfulness back into this family friendly space.
LUprints, based in Pemberton, British Columbia, offers handmade, eco-conscious kitchenware. Their line ranges from placemats, to coasters, to aprons, and everything in between.
Each design has a simple, yet striking, graphic quality. Combine that with pops of fresh colour and you’ve got a proudly Canadian line of unique homewares that offer a nod to the designer’s Swedish roots.
Here are some of my faves from LUprints online store…
Eclectic style has been gaining momentum in recent years; and, much to my delight, it appears to be graduating in 2012 from style statement to full-on trend.
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