July 2010 - Posts


Bargain Saturday: An Outdoor Bar How To Garden: How Grows It?  Top 5 Friday: Outdoor Dining Accessories Spotlight: Summer Fun in Whistler -- Lush Hotels and Seasonal Deals Kim Vallee: Revisiting Swimming Pool Trends Design Dilemma with Glen Peloso: Wall Decor to Cozy Up Double-High Ceilings  Kingsbrae Arms, A Relais & Châteaux Inn, St. Andrews By-the-Sea Lunchtime Fix: 8 Outdoor Retreats Question of the Week: Three Outdoor Accessories We Love to Love...But Not Use?  Twitter/Facebook Poll Results: Do You Make Your Bed and Have Decorative Pillows? How to Garden: Get Inspired with Garden Tourism Top 5 Friday: Five Al Fresco Party Ideas Real People Reno: Fancy Fancy En Suite Modern Country: Unexpected Arrangements Real Estate: Waterfront Property: What $400k Buys You in BC, Ontario and PEI New & Now: 3 Cool Decor Finds Splurge vs Steal: Modern Mailboxes Question of the Week: Outdoor Kitchen or Outdoor Pool? Bargain Saturday: Make a Time(less) Statement, 4 Large Clocks Top 5 Friday: Components of an Outdoor Kitchen How to Garden: Vermiculture -- Composting With Worms Shop Watch: Vancouver's Wow Interiors Gets More Wows Design Dilemma with Scott McGillivray: Personality for a Lifeless Parlour Home Tour Tease: So Much to Learn from Arren Williams Question of the Week: Manual Push vs Powered Lawn Mowers -- Does Convenience Trump Green?  Top 5 Moments From Twitter and Facebook Top 5 Friday: New and Favourite Rugs How to Garden: Strawberry Time Makeover: Bringing the Outdoors In Magazine Review: Lonny June/July 2010 Splurge vs Steal: Sale Alert! Don't Snooze on These Hammocks Kim Vallee is Back on Style Sheet: Office Desks for Small Spaces Question of the Week: Swimming Pools: Great for 3 Months, Bad for Resale?  Sarah Richardson and Jann Arden to Divulge their Passions!  Flickr Round Up: Take It Inside! Gallery Bargain Saturday: Antique Fair Finds -- I Got Me Some Grain Sacks  Top 5 Friday + 2: To Sit On an Ottoman, Pouf or a Log? How to Garden: Haven't You Always Wanted a Water Feature?  Modern Country: Customized Paper Lanterns Makeover: From Untamed Wild to Blooming Garden  
 
Jul
31

Bargain Saturday: An Outdoor Bar

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Posted by Vanessa 7/31/2010 11:30:00 AM
D.O.T. Furniture Copper Teak Tea Trolley , on sale for $186; PC Classico glasses, $2.99 - $3.49 I love a mojito or even a pitcher of sangria in the summer and I hate for my hosts to have to run into the house to refill my glass. So I think all yards worth
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Jul
30

How To Garden: How Grows It?

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/30/2010 2:53:00 PM
By: Veronica Sliva How is your garden growing? It’s mid-summer and by now you know if things are going well in your garden or not. What seemed like a good idea in late April may be a disaster by late July. Even though there’s lots of growing time left
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Jul
30

Top 5 Friday: Outdoor Dining Accessories

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Posted by Alicia Cox 7/30/2010 11:30:00 AM
Can you hear it? It's the collective anticipation of millions of Canadians waiting, pining and craving for the long weekend! While I'm about to explode into tiny bits of happiness, I have a job to do, Style Sheet readers, before I go. Today, that job
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Jul
29

Spotlight: Summer Fun in Whistler -- Lush Hotels and Seasonal Deals

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/29/2010 5:58:00 PM
Pool at Four Seasons Whistler Private Residences; street view, Whistler. Photos by Remy Scalza Word is officially out on Whistler . In 2009, for the 13th year in a row, the BC resort town was voted North America’s premier ski destination – and that was
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Jul
29

Kim Vallee: Revisiting Swimming Pool Trends

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/29/2010 9:33:00 AM
Two years ago I wrote about swimming pool trends . Let’s see what has happened since 2008. Photo via Bestor Architecture Architects and landscape designers are pushing the envelope of the rectangular cement pool . Take this raised pool designed by architect
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Jul
28

Design Dilemma with Glen Peloso: Wall Decor to Cozy Up Double-High Ceilings

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/28/2010 2:45:00 PM
Glen Peloso cracks on! Today he tackles a room I've see all too often in newer neighbourhoods. Just recently, Alicia and I had a tour of a model home in a new community in Brantford, ON, and there was a very similar room in the floor plan (see photo below).
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Jul
27

Kingsbrae Arms, A Relais & Châteaux Inn, St. Andrews By-the-Sea

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/27/2010 7:10:00 PM
Remember how CJ of foodnetwork.ca and I hit Vancouver and the West Coast ? Well, we did the same for the East Coast . We organized a whirlwind peruse of mostly New Brunswick and PEI (I had a day and a half in Nova Scotia and boy do I have tales), to find
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Jul
27

Lunchtime Fix: 8 Outdoor Retreats

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Posted by Alicia Cox 7/27/2010 12:02:00 PM
Photo by Janis Nicolay Having a peaceful outdoor retreat is like having a mini-vacation spot just outside your door. Whether you want to sit and watch the view (if you're lucky enough to have one), take a luxurious bath, do some yoga or savour a morning
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Jul
26

Question of the Week: Three Outdoor Accessories We Love to Love...But Not Use?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/26/2010 1:54:00 PM
Pottery Barn ; ElitePicnicBackpacks blog ; RugsDirect blog We blog our hearts out about these very pretty outdoor accessories every summer, but in all honesty -- and the decor gods may strike me tasteless (ha!) where I sit -- how many of us have actually
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Jul
24

Twitter/Facebook Poll Results: Do You Make Your Bed and Have Decorative Pillows?

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Posted by Alicia Cox 7/24/2010 9:04:00 AM
Happy Saturday folks! On Thursday, I took a rather random poll of our Facebook fans and Twitter followers and posted this lovely shot of the master bedroom from Sarah's House season 1 to find out two things: 1. Do you make your bed every day? 2. Do you
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Jul
23

How to Garden: Get Inspired with Garden Tourism

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/23/2010 5:21:00 PM
By: Veronica Sliva When I need to take a break from gardening (and who doesn’t from time to time?), I like to snoop into the gardens of others: garden tours . Thanks to garden tours, there is no shortage of great ideas to incorporate into my own humble
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Jul
23

Top 5 Friday: Five Al Fresco Party Ideas

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/23/2010 3:51:00 PM
Summer is two-thirds way gone: do you know where your party is??? Have you had an outdoor fête yet? Hosted an eve of cocktails and mosquitos? Trampled that lawn a tad? What in the H are you waiting for??? Soon you'll be fighting to keep "Jingle Bells"
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Jul
23

Real People Reno: Fancy Fancy En Suite

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/23/2010 1:18:00 AM
It's funny, most of the Real People Renos my net pulls in happen to be bathrooms... I canvas everyone I know for reno photos and I try to present a variety of projects, but people just LOVE to renovate bathrooms ! So ok -- I'm giving in. If it's bathrooms
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Jul
22

Modern Country: Unexpected Arrangements

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Posted by Vanessa 7/22/2010 9:30:00 AM
We're big on flowers here at the farm. But one thing I like to do is use unexpected things from the garden that wouldn't be considered for an arrangement ; also things that wouldn't be used for a vase. One of my favourite things to pick and use is dill.
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Jul
21

Real Estate: Waterfront Property: What $400k Buys You in BC, Ontario and PEI

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/21/2010 4:25:00 PM
We Canadians are lucky to have an incredible amount of water ; from the Pacific to the Atlantic, to the Great Lakes and the not-so-great lakes in between. Of course everyone wants a gorgeous waterfront property , but how many of us can afford to basically
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Jul
20

New & Now: 3 Cool Decor Finds

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Posted by Nadine Sharon Anglin 7/20/2010 12:04:00 PM
Soundscreen Design Poster Frames for the Indecisive Set As the rule goes, once you pass the age of majority you must frame your posters. Only teens thumbtack Starry Night reprints to the walls. Don’t agree? Then I’ll never look at your walls again. Never.
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Jul
20

Splurge vs Steal: Modern Mailboxes

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/20/2010 9:10:00 AM
I find that in my pursuit for the right balance, inside and out, there is experimenting, like when you create a recipe from scratch. Often I hear myself saying “a little of this, a little of that,” but ultimately it has to be tasteful. Recently I was
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Jul
19

Question of the Week: Outdoor Kitchen or Outdoor Pool?

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Posted by Vanessa 7/19/2010 1:39:00 PM
Today marks the beginning of our two-week Outdoor Entertaining special on both Style Sheet and the foodnetwork.ca blog! So tune in for tips, ideas and to share your opinion on how best to party this summer. On Friday I wrote a post about the luxury of
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Jul
17

Bargain Saturday: Make a Time(less) Statement, 4 Large Clocks

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Posted by Jessica McLaughlin 7/17/2010 9:08:00 AM
I like clocks . I like them colourful and I like them big. I have three wall clocks in my own apartment, including the big one below from IKEA. Thing is, some clocks are pricey. For example, I'm quite smitten with this Large Spot Clock . But, at just
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Jul
16

Top 5 Friday: Components of an Outdoor Kitchen

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Posted by Vanessa 7/16/2010 2:15:00 PM
Luxurious outdoor kitchens from HGTV's Top 10 I've been inspired by our Create the Ultimate Outdoor Kitchen article. And as far as I'm concerned, the most luxurious splurge you can add to a backyard is a kitchen. Sure, a pool would be nice but a kitchen
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Jul
16

How to Garden: Vermiculture -- Composting With Worms

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/16/2010 9:32:00 AM
By: Veronica Sliva Keeping worms in the closet? It’s called vermiculture , or vermicomposting , and I got into it a couple of years ago when I was researching a story on a method of using worms to recycle organic waste into a soil conditioner. I decided
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Jul
14

Shop Watch: Vancouver's Wow Interiors Gets More Wows

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/14/2010 4:49:00 PM
One of Vancouver’s favorite vintage furniture and home accessories stores has moved-on-up to the west side. Wow Interiors closed the doors of its downtown Pender Street location and opened up a shiny new shop in Kitsilano on 4th Avenue between Pine and
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Jul
14

Design Dilemma with Scott McGillivray: Personality for a Lifeless Parlour

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/14/2010 2:15:00 PM
I have a few Design Dilemmas from Scott McGillivray , left! (Any excuse to put up a photo of Scott McGillivray... Side note: Am I getting nauseating? Like Rosie O'Donnell became with Tom Cruise when she had her show? Please tell me when/if that happens.)
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Jul
13

Home Tour Tease: So Much to Learn from Arren Williams

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/13/2010 3:05:00 PM
You know when things speak to you? You look at something -- an interior, in my case -- and you 'get it'? You think, "well of course that looks good! And had I thought about my place just a little bit harder, I may have even arrived at the same solution!"
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Jul
12

Question of the Week: Manual Push vs Powered Lawn Mowers -- Does Convenience Trump Green?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/12/2010 10:05:00 AM
Grass lawns aren't great for the environment (I bow my head in shame having recently re-sodded my lawn.) Opposing studies have played tug of war with lawn facts, with disheartening emissions studies finally neutering the argument that a grass lawn makes
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Jul
10

Top 5 Moments From Twitter and Facebook

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Posted by Alicia Cox 7/10/2010 10:06:00 AM
Happy Saturday! I hope it's beautiful where you are, here in Toronto it's a lovely, sunshine-y day. One of the things I love about Twitter and Facebook is hearing how HGTV Canada touches your lives. I've rounded up five sweet and funny posts and Tweets
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Jul
09

Top 5 Friday: New and Favourite Rugs

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/9/2010 5:26:00 PM
As with everything else (too bad for me), if I can't have the right one, I don't want it at all... Naturally, this goes for rugs too. So I don't have any. Though in the case of rugs, there are some affordable options that I should certainly entertain,
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Jul
09

How to Garden: Strawberry Time

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/9/2010 1:42:00 PM
By: Veronica Sliva Other than being an expert on eating them and doing the “pick your own” thing in my stay-at-home Mom days, my only experience with strawberries has been growing an ornamental variety called ‘Pink Panda’ (Fragaria x ananassa). Not intended
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Jul
08

Makeover: Bringing the Outdoors In

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Posted by Vanessa 7/8/2010 12:10:00 PM
You gotta love this classic Colin & Justin's Home Heist makeover. The only unfortunate thing about summer, as far as I'm concerned, is that is has to end. But this room means you can enjoy the sun all year long. The solarium was really quite sad before
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Jul
07

Magazine Review: Lonny June/July 2010

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Posted by Alicia Cox 7/7/2010 1:07:00 PM
Elana mentioned Lonny magazine (which stands for London/New York) as one of her top 5 favourite decor magazines back in May. It's also one of my favourites, so without further ado, my review! The Stats Title: Lonny Magazine Price & Availability: Lonny
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Jul
06

Splurge vs Steal: Sale Alert! Don't Snooze on These Hammocks

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/6/2010 6:30:00 PM
Crate & Barrel; Canadian Tire There is arguably nothing better than lounging outdoors on a beautiful summer's day. Taking in some well-deserved R&R, curling up with a good book while feeling the warm breeze…oh how I love summertime! And really,
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Jul
06

Kim Vallee is Back on Style Sheet: Office Desks for Small Spaces

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/6/2010 3:29:00 PM
Sometimes people lose touch -- it happens. Well we weren't at all happy to lose touch with one of Canada's most respected design bloggers, Kim Vallee, of At Home with Kim Vallee , and so she's back! We've asked Kim to do a monthly trend round-up for us
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Jul
05

Question of the Week: Swimming Pools: Great for 3 Months, Bad for Resale?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/5/2010 2:42:00 PM
Well, for three months in Ontario anyway... (Maybe four months in Vancouver?) I've always had mixed feelings about swimming pools . I grew up in an apartment building with a pool, and no matter how hot it got, I couldn't shake the horrid image of that
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Jul
05

Sarah Richardson and Jann Arden to Divulge their Passions!

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/5/2010 10:42:00 AM
I’m sure I need not wax on about how much we love Sarah Richardson, but I will say that whenever her show is on, we here at HGTV.ca get plied with your questions: how is it that she’s soooo good at what she does? Why isn’t she designing a clothing line?
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Jul
04

Flickr Round Up: Take It Inside!

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Posted by Camille Hemming 7/4/2010 1:09:00 PM
It's summer. It's warm... well, most of the time, the gardens are blooming, and naturally gardening culture is aflutter. We here on Style Sheet are no different; from how to create your own Al Fresco Getaway to how to personalized garden lanterns and
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Jul
03

Gallery Bargain Saturday: Antique Fair Finds -- I Got Me Some Grain Sacks

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/3/2010 9:41:00 AM
I know that ' antiques ' and ' bargains' in the same sentence is a bit of a stretch but you know I'm bad at bargains. Point is, you go looking for a bargain, and bargaining is something you do at antique fares, so I think I'm ok. Ontario's big mother
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Jul
02

Top 5 Friday + 2: To Sit On an Ottoman, Pouf or a Log?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/2/2010 4:21:00 PM
Repeat confession: I can't stop buying occasional home accessories . I've mentioned in a previous Top 5 Friday how one can never have to many mirrors, occasional tables, chairs and so on... Well, add ottoman , pouf , stump to the list. What are they?
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Jul
02

How to Garden: Haven't You Always Wanted a Water Feature?

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/2/2010 2:44:00 PM
By: Veronica Sliva I’m really ticked at the marauding raccoon that is trying to help himself to the fish in my pond. Which got me thinking…even though raccoons are a pain, no outdoor space should be without a bit of water -- it’s worth the aggravation.
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Jul
01

Modern Country: Customized Paper Lanterns

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Posted by Vanessa 7/1/2010 4:23:00 PM
Plain paper lanterns are everywhere. Make yours original with some quick and easy adornments . I have several balls of yarn -- don't you? If not, pick some up in your favourite shades at the craft store. While you're there, grab some stickers — whatever
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Jul
01

Makeover: From Untamed Wild to Blooming Garden

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Posted by Alicia Cox 7/1/2010 9:30:00 AM
I love how the flowers are growing towards the sun I've never been a gardener. I once killed a cactus. A cactus, people! They survive just fine in the desert, but oh no, one week at my house is too much. So this week's makeover is a gardening triumph
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