Category: Home Tours

HGTV.ca Original Home Tour: Karen and Andy Lynch, Halifax, NS

The Lynchs' great room. Who: Karen and Andy Lynch, self-described empty nesters. Karen is enjoying early retirement wile Andy Lynch still practices as an architect, and is one half of the well-established (c.1979), Halifax-based firm, Lydon Lynch . As
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An Architect's Secret Garden: Shobac Cottages, Lunenburg, NS

This is Part I of my tour of architect/professor Brian MacKay-Lyons' ocean-side properties on the South Shore near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Shobac Cottages, Lunenburg, NS. Photo via shobac.mlsarchitects.ca First, a shameful admission: before CJ of foodnetwork.ca
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HGTV.ca Original Home Tour: Judith and Robert, Saint John, NB

Entrance, looking into front sitting room. Photography by Jennifer MacLean of Hemmings House Pictures . Who: Judith Mackin , Principle of PUNCH Productions marketing agency, journalist -- talked about our visit in her column ! -- freelance documentary
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Lookie Here: Elana's Home Featured on Design Blog

Photo by Kristin Sjaarda Last month we featured the lovely west Toronto home of Emma and Myles , and dear Emma, who also runs a great blog called The Marion House Book , has returned the favour! Maybe she felt she had to, but I'll take it! (Because I'm
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HGTV.ca Original Home Tour: Courtney, Toronto

Who : Courtney Wotherspoon, a successful illustrator and aspiring interior designer with an eye for quirky collectibles. What : A semi-detached Victorian house circa 1875 which Courtney has renovated and divided into basement, first-floor and second-floor
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Who Is The Selby? World Sensation Interiors Photographer Comes to TO

Todd Selby at Holt Renfrew , photographed by Jennifer Myers . This past Wednesday, Canada’s most lavish retailer, Holt Renfrew, opened the concourse of its Bloor Street store to the wildly popular photographer/blogger , Todd Selby . Hard to believe the
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HGTV.ca Original Home Tour: Emma and Myles, Toronto

Phew! Just snuck this in before the end of the month! Welcome to the second installment of our new monthly feature, HGTV.ca Original Home Tour , in which you get to peek inside real homes of real people , not at all styled, propped or staged -- this is
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For Sale: Olympic Village Condos!

It was probably the biggest open house Canada has ever seen. 12,000 people toured Vancouver’s Olympic Village over last weekend, taking a peek inside the maze of gleaming new high-rises that housed 2,800 athletes and officials during the Winter Games.
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New Feature, HGTV.ca Original Home Tour: Alix and Fiona, Toronto

Lucky Elana is in Mexico this week, so I'm happy to announce a new feature here on Style Sheet that I hope will get you readers excited! Take a peek inside real homes of real people , with our new editorial feature, the HGTV.ca Original Home Tour . And
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Video Tour: The 2010 Dream Home: Kid's Bedroom and Playroom

Last week , I brought you parts 1 and 2 of the 2010 Dream Home Tour , which included the exterior, foyer, dining room, kitchen, living room and mudroom. Part 3 is all about the children . Sharon Grech , Cityline decor expert and Benjamin Moore colour
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Video Tour: The 2010 Dream Home: Foyer, Dining, Kitchen, Living Room

I was excited to take a designer-led tour of the 2010 Eurodale Dream Home presented by The Toronto Star and Cityline (whew, that's a mouthful!) last month. This year's home was imagined by four designers and Cityline Decor Experts: Janette Ewen (who designed
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Model Home Tour: What Your 3-Bdrm New-Build Could Look Like

Alicia and I have been stealthily tweeting and dropping hints about our Model Home series starring HGTV alums Cheryl Torrenueva and Andrew Pike , soon to debut on HGTV.ca. Cheryl and Andrew were retained by Empire Communities , a large Southern Ontario
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Video Tour: Bryan Baeumler's House, Part 4: The Great Rooms

Bryan Baeumler (left), Adam Well, actually, I called this final installment of my exhaustive visit at the Baeumler homestead, "The Downstairs, Cat, and Adam." Because both that cat you've been seeing throughout parts 1 - 3, and Bryan's faithful apprentice
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Exclusive Video: Rod and Nat Talk Baby, Baby Room and Love!

Nat, Rod and baby Abigail. *Tear* I can't believe it's over!!!! Thank god we've got the whole season in our video centre , so that I can revisit my favourite Rod and Nat moments such as when Rod makes Melissa the designer cry. OK, that's not really my
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Home Tour: Designer Tricks = Unique Condo Elegance

New place + busy + some money = hire a designer. At least that's my math. But before those of us missing the third variable in the equation go dismissing the following home tour , remember that we can learn from that which we cannot afford -- that's what
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