The wait is over…
Transcontinental Media has just named Erin McLaughlin the new editor-in-chief of Style at Home (and my new boss!). Formerly the editor of Canadian Home & Country magazine, Erin will be EIC for both Style at Home and our sister gardening magazine, Canadian Gardening. Welcome on board, Erin!
Take a peek inside our new editor’s home!
A huge thank you (and happy holidays!) to everyone who stopped by to see Karl Lohnes, Jane Franscisco and me at the Seasons Christmas Show at the International Centre in Toronto yesterday. We had a total blast throughout the day, and really loved the chance to chat with everyone one-on-one after our seminars.
The gorgeous Toronto Star Stage (above), which we took over for our seminars, was decked out in the latest and greatest from Woodbridge, Ontario’s Zilli Home Interiors, and styled by none other than Jane Lockhart. I’m so upset I don’t have any tighter shots, as Jane did a fantastic job pulling together a lovely dining vignette — a lovely backdrop for our holiday decorating and entertaining projects.
Jane and Karl didn’t send me the memo about dressing appropriately, though… I’ll be sure to bring my Santa cap next year! 
You officially have Style At Home’s blessing to begin decorating for the holidays… The Seasons Christmas Show is here!
Tomorrow – Sunday, November 22 – is Style At Home Day at the Seasons Christmas Show at the International Centre in Toronto: your one-stop shop for holiday decorating and entertaining. Catch me live on the Toronto Star stage at noon, with my colleagues Karl Lohnes following at 2PM, and editor-in-chief Jane Francisco at 4PM. Â Check out the full roster of stylish seminars here. I’ll be demonstrating some luxe-for-less DIY dressings for the dining table, and how to get top-notch festive decor out of your next trip to the grocery store!
Hope to see you there!
Set your VCR/Tivo or prepare to call in sick…Â
Join Kimberley Seldon, Style At Home’s new editor-in-chief Jane Francisco and yours truly on CityLine, airing at 9AMÂ (EST) on Tuesday, July 28!
In this ep, Kimberley talks railings and outdoor furniture, while Jane adds a Price Is Right-style twist to Style At Home’s ever-popular High/Low column. I’m on-hand to share some tips and tricks on easy, breezy summer table settings, and some must-have Scandinavian lines that are heating up the tabletop.
Be there! 
Got together this weekend with Pure Design’s Samantha Pynn (left) and style at home’s new editor-in-chief Jane Francisco (right).
Sam is still a contributing style editor at style at home (until this past spring she was a design editor at the magazine), and we were chatting over coffee about her ongoing role at the mag, as well as TV, decorating, love, life, and lots of other things.
She’s very excited about the upcoming 2nd season of Pure Design, which starts airing Sept. 29 on HGTV. The show focuses on green, enviro-friendly makeovers, which make both Sam and me very, very happy!
Sam’s all about reusing what you have and sourcing eco-natural goods and, starting with the October issue, she’ll be writing a regular column for style at home about an episode from her show, the makeover featured on it and how she’ll pulled it all together.
So look for the October issue — which we’re just wrapping up now, if you can believe it! – on stands Sept. 7.
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With a new editor-in-chief at the helm here at STYLE AT HOME magazine, everyone’s clamouring to hear more about Jane Francisco. The former editor-in-chief of Wish magazine (amongst other titles in her impressive 18 years in publishing) will be joining our team in July, and we’re all pumped to work alongside this style-savvy mag-maven. Jane popped by the office this afternoon for an impromptu chat with yours truly, and, wanting you to have a chance to get to know her as well, I asked her a few questions, rapid-fire style!
Here’s Jane on…
Her proudest career achievement (other than becoming STYLE AT HOME’s new editor-in-chief, of course): “At the time, placing runner-up for my work at Venue magazine at the National Magazine Awards.”
Her fave colour: “It changes over the years. Right now, it’s somewhere in the category of ‘orange’. Orange is my new neutral.”
Her style: “I consider myself to be an extreme eclectic. I’m lucky enough to have a cottage, which allows me a second decor personality. I’m interested in a broad range of styles and trends — if I like something, I like it. Not to say that I’m not influenced or interested in trends; but I don’t just stop liking something if it’s no longer ‘trendy’.”
What’s on her iPod: “Mostly 80s stuff. I made up a huge collection that I call “Forgotten 80s” – stuff that’s not played regularly, but totally takes me back. Psychedelic Furs, Level 42, Alphaville…”
Her last home purchase: “Siding for my boathouse on Lake Joseph.”
What’s on her home shopping list: “I’m looking for a really good kitchen table. I want it to have a bit of personality, and to bring the feel of the cottage indoors. Something round and rustic… I’ve also got an oval Saarinen dining table that needs some chairs — something comfortable and upholstered.”
What’s on her nightstand: “I just finished reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, so I need a follow-up that’s extremely light. In the pile is Chasing Harry Winston, which might be a nice frothy antidote!”
Karate-chopped pillows or natural, as-is pillow styling?: “Natural!”
Welcome, Jane!
Médias Transcontinental
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