December 2011 - Posts


2011 Round Up: The Top Posts of 2011 2011 Round Up: Hot Topics of the Year Top 5 Friday: Glam Essentials for New Years Eve Fan Holiday Photos Revealed! #TweetYourTree Colin and Justin's New Line of Scented Candles: C&J Home Happy Hanukkah! (Starts Tomorrow) Holiday Decorating From A Man's Perspective: It's Important Festive Home Tour: Classic Christmas in Red, Gold and Silver Don't Stop Decorating! Holiday Decor Ideas for Every Nook and Cranny Party Idea of the Month: Fun Pink and White Holiday Cocktail Party Part 2 Top 5 Friday: Hostess Gifts to Get You Through the Holiday Party Circuit We've Made It Easy: Gifts For Everyone You Love Mood Board: Create the Coziest Breakfast Nook to Fend Off Winter Party Idea of the Month: Fun Pink and White Holiday Cocktail Party Question of the Week: The Two-Christmas-Trees Trend -- Are You Buying It?  Share Your Photos: We Want to See Your Holiday Decor #TweetYourTree Holiday Home Tour: Designer Meredith Heron, 2011 Holiday Craft for the Non-Crafter: Homemade Advent Calendar 3 Shops, 6 Gifts: Decor & Gift Ideas from Montreal's Avenue Laurier Book Review and Giveaway: Chicago Spaces and Big, Easy Style December is Time to Celebrate the Season! Top 5 Friday: Out-of-the-Box Gift Wrap Ideas 
 
Dec
30

2011 Round Up: The Top Posts of 2011

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Posted by Alicia Cox 12/30/2011 9:58:00 AM
Happy New Year's Eve Eve! Continuing with our round up theme from Wednesday's top three hot topics of the year post, I bring you, without further ado, the top 10 posts of 2011 . These are the posts that got you clicking, commenting and, not surprisingly,
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Dec
28

2011 Round Up: Hot Topics of the Year

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Posted by Alicia Cox 12/28/2011 12:22:00 PM
I love a year-end list , don't you? We've seen hot topics sprout up seemingly out of nowhere here on Style Sheet, as well as on our Facebook fan page and via our Twitter feed @hgtvcanada . For one reason or another, people are more vocal about some topics
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Dec
23

Top 5 Friday: Glam Essentials for New Years Eve

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 12/23/2011 10:55:00 AM
If your Chrismahanukwanzaka decorations are really doing it for you, I don't see why you can't just sail through to new years eve . Some of you however are a little bit fussier, and prefer that each holiday have its own, respective palette. If anyone
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Dec
22

Fan Holiday Photos Revealed! #TweetYourTree

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Posted by Alicia Cox 12/22/2011 11:03:00 AM
What a gift! When I asked you all to please send in your holiday decor photos , I didn't know what I could expect. It's a busy time of year, and there I go adding one more request to your already full lists. So I thank all the folks who Tweeted, Facebooked
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Dec
20

Colin and Justin's New Line of Scented Candles: C&J Home

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Posted by Alicia Cox 12/20/2011 2:21:00 PM
We know that many of you are still big fans of Scottish design duo Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan and their show Colin and Justin's Home Heist . And no, it's not coming back on air -- sorry. Still, you can see all the makeover photos from the past two
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Dec
19

Happy Hanukkah! (Starts Tomorrow)

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 12/19/2011 5:06:00 PM
Come sundown tomorrow, it's Menorah time! Observant and non-observant Jews who just like to get their blue-and-white on, will be feasting on potato latkes and jelly-filled doughnuts, and lighting the first of eight candles for each night of Hanukkah .
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Dec
19

Holiday Decorating From A Man's Perspective: It's Important

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Posted by Guest Blogger 12/19/2011 11:02:00 AM
It’s hard not to feel a little bah-humbugish about the holiday season . It has become a cliche for people to decry the start of holiday creep earlier and earlier into the year, particularly now that the once-unimaginable Halloween barrier has been breached.
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Dec
18

Festive Home Tour: Classic Christmas in Red, Gold and Silver

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Posted by Alicia Cox 12/18/2011 9:56:00 AM
Lovely readers, last Sunday I asked you to please share your festive holiday home decor with us, and so far, so great! Keep on sending them via Facebook, Twitter or email at stylesheet@hgtv.ca and we'll feature them all this Friday. Moving right along,
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Dec
17

Don't Stop Decorating! Holiday Decor Ideas for Every Nook and Cranny

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Posted by Guest Blogger 12/17/2011 10:55:00 AM
The tree is finally up and I am still in the mood. The holidays are always a great excuse to carry on the festive cheer and find other nooks in your home to dress up . All my holiday decor holds so many memories from Christmases past, that I just can't
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Dec
16

Party Idea of the Month: Fun Pink and White Holiday Cocktail Party Part 2

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Posted by Guest Blogger 12/16/2011 3:48:00 PM
If you missed part 1 of our festive and feminine holiday party idea of the month -- you'll find cute and affordable timbit cake pops, bright signature cocktails and tips how to make an impact as soon as your guests arrive. Are you ready for part 2? Carry
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Dec
16

Top 5 Friday: Hostess Gifts to Get You Through the Holiday Party Circuit

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Posted by Jessica McLaughlin 12/16/2011 10:15:00 AM
Picking up a bottle of wine is easy, and yes, completely acceptable as a hostess gift . What host/hostess doesn’t love an extra bottle when large groups of family and friends descend on their homes for one of many holiday get-togethers? But, let’s face
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Dec
15

We've Made It Easy: Gifts For Everyone You Love

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 12/15/2011 4:52:00 PM
Just reminding you that if you haven't yet perused the extensive collection of gift ideas in our Holiday Guide , you're making things unnecessarily hard for yourself. 40+ Gift Ideas! Great Gift Ideas for the Foodie in Your Life from foodnetwork.ca Reset
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Dec
15

Mood Board: Create the Coziest Breakfast Nook to Fend Off Winter

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Posted by Guest Blogger 12/15/2011 11:09:00 AM
I think we all dream of whiling away a cold winter morning with newspaper at hand, a bottomless pot of coffee or tea and the knowledge that you have nothing else to do all day. The only thing that could make this thought any better is the perfect spot
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Dec
13

Party Idea of the Month: Fun Pink and White Holiday Cocktail Party

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Posted by Guest Blogger 12/13/2011 2:33:00 PM
When you're planning to host a party at your house, one of the first things you should ask yourself is what colours do I want to use? Different colours evoke different feelings; generally, brighter colours create higher energy. This month’s colour palette
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Dec
12

Question of the Week: The Two-Christmas-Trees Trend -- Are You Buying It?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 12/12/2011 11:46:00 AM
Every year around this time we lifestyle writers wrack our brains over how to make everything old, new again. Delighting folks with fresh, new decorating ideas , year after year, is no easy task. Oh we love it well enough, but we worry -- can we pull
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Dec
11

Share Your Photos: We Want to See Your Holiday Decor #TweetYourTree

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Posted by Alicia Cox 12/11/2011 11:23:00 AM
Christmas Day is two weeks away and we know you've been busy decorating (as well as shopping, wrapping, baking, hosting, drinking, eating...). We've been busy, too! Site manager Mia shared her easy-peasy DIY advent calendar last week and there's lots
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Dec
08

Holiday Home Tour: Designer Meredith Heron, 2011

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Posted by Alicia Cox 12/8/2011 2:17:00 PM
Last year we featured designer Meredith Heron's ( Restaurant Makeover , Principal, Meredith Heron Design ) charming Toronto home right around holiday season and boy, did we all love it! So of course I asked her if she'd be interested in letting us invade
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Dec
08

Holiday Craft for the Non-Crafter: Homemade Advent Calendar

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Posted by Mia Rodak 12/8/2011 9:00:00 AM
Confession: I am SO not a crafter. Really, it's shameful to admit given that I've worked for HGTV for over 10 years, but I never craft. I love reading about crafting. I can spend hours flipping through magazines and pouring over blog posts, all the while
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Dec
07

3 Shops, 6 Gifts: Decor & Gift Ideas from Montreal's Avenue Laurier

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Posted by Guest Blogger 12/7/2011 5:30:00 PM
Text and photos by Genevieve Paiement With its cozy cafés, classy bistros and schmancy shops, Laurier Avenue exudes that bourgeois-chic Frenchy vibe more than any other street in Montreal . The decorating-obsessed head to Laurier’s furniture stores and
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Dec
06

Book Review and Giveaway: Chicago Spaces and Big, Easy Style

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Posted by Alicia Cox 12/6/2011 2:54:00 PM
If there's one gift that fits perfectly into the "something I want but don't want to spend my own money on," it's design books . They look good, they're full of gorgeous photos and they offer countless inspiration. But, they're often expensive. (Groceries
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Dec
05

December is Time to Celebrate the Season!

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Posted by Alicia Cox 12/5/2011 2:21:00 PM
We know that December can be hectic, so this month's theme is all about Celebrating the Season . Embracing endless carols, shopping mall mania and cookie batter in your hair is easier said than done, however, so we've rounded up our best tips on how to
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Dec
02

Top 5 Friday: Out-of-the-Box Gift Wrap Ideas

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Posted by Guest Blogger 12/2/2011 4:00:00 PM
If you want your gifts to stand out this holiday season , try giving traditional wrapping paper and bows a pass in lieu of these fun, alternative ways of bundling your presents . Not only will your friends and family applaud your ingenuity but you’ll
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