February 2009 - Posts


Top 5 Friday: Our Favourite Sofa Styles The Market Kitchen at St. Lawrence Market, Toronto Makeover: Colin & Justin's Moroccan-Inspired Bedroom Glen Peloso Talks About the Meaning of Green Shoestring Makeover: A Baby Room  Scenes from the Toronto National Home Show  Question of the Week: Are Stainless Steel Appliances Getting Tired? If So, What’s Next? Come Up To My Room, More Photos Wooden Stapler? Green Up Your Office Supplies Hotel Room Photo Gallery: The Ivy at Verity Jim Caruk at the Canadian Home Workshop Show in Toronto Send us Your Design Dilemmas! Photo Gallery: Artful Design at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel GUEST BLOGGER: When To Splurge, Plus a Giveaway Question of the Week: What Do You Collect? Build Your Love the HGTV Way Top 5 Friday: The Latest in Bathroom Trends Makeover: Colin and Justin Bring Back the Love Craft a Valentine with Your Face! Interior Design Show 2009 (#IDS09) Videos: The Latest in Kitchens and a Corian Couch Question of the Week: Wackiest "As Seen on TV" Purchase for Your Home?  TICKET GIVEAWAYS: Canadian Home and Garden Shows  Interior Design Show, 2009 - Your First Look! Cheap Artwork Find: Love, Love, Love Photo Challenge: "What Project Are You Most Proud Of" Winner Photo Challenge: Show Us Your Creative Storage Solutions Interior Design Show '09 Hits Toronto, February 5th – 8th  Question of the Week: Which Show Would You Want to Be On? 
 
Feb
27

Top 5 Friday: Our Favourite Sofa Styles

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/27/2009 2:06:00 PM
From a makeshift pallet circa god-knows-when BC, to what we now call sofa , couch and sometimes even chesterfield (depending on your age and continent of origin), reclining on soft seating has been an integral part of domestic habits. The sofa is the
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Feb
26

The Market Kitchen at St. Lawrence Market, Toronto

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/26/2009 6:26:00 PM
The St. Lawrence Market in Toronto, a venerable old favourite of Ontario's foodies, has unveiled a beautiful new cooking school and event space crowned by the aforementioned gorgeous kitchen. Check out The Market Kitchen gallery bellow and get all the
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Feb
26

Makeover: Colin & Justin's Moroccan-Inspired Bedroom

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Posted by Alicia Cox 2/26/2009 2:44:00 PM
This week on Colin & Justin's Home Heist , the boys ambushed Paul, Lisa and their three young kids while astride an elephant at the zoo -- gotta love those guys! I'm in the middle of finalizing my own bedroom decor (I went with grass green and pink,
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Feb
25

Glen Peloso Talks About the Meaning of Green

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Posted by Alicia Cox 2/25/2009 12:29:00 PM
I had the chance to speak with designer Glen Peloso (you've seen him on Restaurant Makeover ) while at the Interior Design Show earlier this month. Of course, green is the hot buzzword these days -- which is wonderful, go planet Earth -- but what does
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Feb
25

Shoestring Makeover: A Baby Room

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/25/2009 8:31:00 AM
When we moved into our house we were two. Just over a year later we were three. Bedrooms we had, but a cute baby room, we did not, and we needed to deal with it ASAP. Having sunk everything we had and ever will have for the next century into financing
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Feb
23

Scenes from the Toronto National Home Show

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Posted by Terry Wong 2/23/2009 5:00:00 PM
Last Friday, I attended the Dirty Thirties-themed housewarming party at the Toronto Star Dream Gardens at the Toronto National Home Show . Party goers were encouraged to adorn themselves in their swankiest thirties garb and mix and mingle with CityLine
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Feb
23

Question of the Week: Are Stainless Steel Appliances Getting Tired? If So, What’s Next?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/23/2009 2:55:00 PM
Photo: Caplan's Appliances show room in Toronto. (A great store BTW, if you're in the Toronto area, with top notch selection of appliance options, not just stainless. They've a few promotions on right now as well!) First off, stainless appliances have
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Feb
23

Come Up To My Room, More Photos

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/23/2009 9:21:00 AM
As promised, here is the rest of the artful design show, Come Up To My Room put on annually at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel. As I mentioned , this show was going on at the same time as IDS09 , and I thought it fit to give you guys a glimpse of something
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Feb
21

Wooden Stapler? Green Up Your Office Supplies

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/21/2009 1:22:00 PM
I love these. They're sleek, take standard fillers (tape, staples, clips) and are made of solid wood. That’s all. Just wanted to share them with you. Clockwise from the top: Wood Tape Dispenser , Wood Clip Holder , Wood Sharpener , Wooden Stapler , all
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Feb
20

Hotel Room Photo Gallery: The Ivy at Verity

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Posted by Alicia Cox 2/20/2009 11:44:00 AM
Last week, I was invited to take a sneak peek at Toronto's newest boutique hotel, The Ivy at Verity before it opened its doors on February 13th. Verity is something special in the city, a 55,000 square foot private club for women with the full-service
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Feb
18

Jim Caruk at the Canadian Home Workshop Show in Toronto

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/18/2009 6:03:00 PM
There’s never been a more perfect time to DIY around the house. Times are tough, and if all you need is a little confidence that you can build it, fix it or make it yourself, then Canada’s largest woodworking and DIY show is the place to get it. If not
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Feb
18

Send us Your Design Dilemmas!

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/18/2009 8:18:00 AM
Doesn’t it seem completely logical? Many of our posts here on Style Sheet inspire some great questions about all things home and garden, not to mention the questions we sometimes receive via email. Instead of simply posting a response, we want to share
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Feb
17

Photo Gallery: Artful Design at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/17/2009 4:51:00 PM
The same weekend IDS09 was going on , The Gladstone Hotel hosted a different annual design show, one that is a little more -- OK, a lot more -- avant garde. "Come Up To My Room" enjoyed its sixth year of showing, airing out some artful and always inspiring
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Feb
17

GUEST BLOGGER: When To Splurge, Plus a Giveaway

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Posted by Guest Blogger 2/17/2009 10:50:00 AM
I’m not buying the notion the economic downturn will send shoppers flocking to discount retailers and dollar stores. Consumers today are sophisticated; they know that the best deal isn’t often the lowest-priced item. But homeowners are thinking more carefully
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Feb
16

Question of the Week: What Do You Collect?

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Posted by Alicia Cox 2/16/2009 11:33:00 AM
Besides my lifelong collections of books (especially children's books from my youth), black handbags and girly notebooks, I have a growing menagerie of bird-shaped items from my travels around Toronto and beyond. It all started years ago with a delicate
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Feb
13

Build Your Love the HGTV Way

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Posted by Vanessa 2/13/2009 11:30:00 AM
Forget the usual generic Valentine's cards this year. We've created a collection of cheeky, romantic greetings just for decor and DIY lovers. The vintage-inspired cards feature witty (if we do say so ourselves) home and decor-themed sweet nothings and
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Feb
13

Top 5 Friday: The Latest in Bathroom Trends

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/13/2009 10:03:00 AM
I read somewhere that bathrooms are the new den. No matter what a person’s budget, luxury in a bathroom seems to be high on the list of reno priorities. Here are five of the top most prevailing trends in bathroom design, going strong despite the economic
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Feb
12

Makeover: Colin and Justin Bring Back the Love

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Posted by Alicia Cox 2/12/2009 12:56:00 PM
This week, Colin & Justin's Home Heist was all about rekindling the love - how appropriate! Single mom Laurie shares a dark, mismatched home with her three kids. After ambushing her at a speed dating event, and declaring her home unworthy of a second
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Feb
11

Craft a Valentine with Your Face!

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Posted by Alicia Cox 2/11/2009 4:05:00 PM
Who hasn't wished that they could create the perfect mate? Now you can with this fun and easy craft from Erika Kern of Craftstylish.com who states "This Valentine's Day I've decided why wait for Mr. Right when I can just make my own!" Get the step by
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Feb
10

Interior Design Show 2009 (#IDS09) Videos: The Latest in Kitchens and a Corian Couch

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/10/2009 6:04:00 PM
As promised, here are two of mine and Alicia’s interviews from IDS09. Alicia speaks with Glen Peloso of Restaurant Makeover fame, who gives her a tour of some recently unveiled kitchen style, while I chat with Douglas Birkenshaw of B+H Architects about
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Feb
09

Question of the Week: Wackiest "As Seen on TV" Purchase for Your Home?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/9/2009 5:06:00 PM
Clockwise from the top: Didi Seven Cleaning Solution , Leather repair Kit , "The Clapper" , The Shamwow . And by “wacky” I really mean anything that made you smirk while you were dialing that number on your screen or clicking “Proceed with Purchase” on
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Feb
07

TICKET GIVEAWAYS: Canadian Home and Garden Shows

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Posted by Terry Wong 2/7/2009 9:05:00 AM
Spring is just a few months away and to get you into the home and garden spirit, we are giving away two pairs of tickets for each of the home and garden shows in Toronto and Vancouver! This year's Toronto edition of the National Home Show (February 20
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Feb
06

Interior Design Show, 2009 - Your First Look!

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/6/2009 10:06:00 PM
If, you haven't been there too, that is. Well, if not, then do enjoy the below gallery that my colleague Alicia and I put together for your viewing pleasure. There is so much stuff to see at the IDS09 ; it is overwhelming! Below is a random collection
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Feb
06

Cheap Artwork Find: Love, Love, Love

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Posted by Alicia Cox 2/6/2009 10:10:00 AM
Maybe it's because I'm a word nerd with a romantic streak, or maybe it's because I heart fonts. Whatever the reason, text-based poster art is enjoying an "It" moment in design and I'm feeling the love (no pun intended) for these affordable -- and, I have
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Feb
05

Photo Challenge: "What Project Are You Most Proud Of" Winner

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Posted by Vanessa 2/5/2009 2:58:00 PM
We got such a fantastic response to our "What Project Are You Most Proud Of" photo challenge , it was really difficult to choose just three winners. We finally chose our favourites and have included all three in the gallery below, plus some you just have
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Feb
03

Photo Challenge: Show Us Your Creative Storage Solutions

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Posted by Jessica McLaughlin 2/3/2009 3:55:00 PM
I'm hesitant to make too many storage commitments in my current rented abode, other than tossing around some boxes and baskets. I just don't want to spend a lot of money on semi-permanent items. But next year, when my boyfriend and I move into our currently-under-construction
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Feb
02

Interior Design Show '09 Hits Toronto, February 5th – 8th

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/2/2009 6:28:00 PM
Bring out your finest black attire because IDS09, Canada’s largest contemporary design event , is ready to unfold its extravaganza beginning this Thursday, February 5th, in the Direct Energy Centre at Toronto’s Exhibition Place. The show is in its 11th
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Feb
02

Question of the Week: Which Show Would You Want to Be On?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 2/2/2009 2:57:00 PM
As you may have read previously, I like to do my own decorating . But being a confirmed HGTV addict (good thing, right?) there are so many shows that I would have a blast being on, if extended the invitation. First off, I’d love to hang out with Sofie
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