Tag: home decor
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GlobeIn Artisan Box September 2020: The Comfort Box
I received September’s GlobeIn Artisan Box in exchange for an honest review. This post also appears on A Year of Boxes. GlobeIn Artisan Box is a monthly subscription box featuring handmade, ethically sourced products from makers around the world. The company curates a couple of themed boxes each month. For September I received their Comfort…
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Wonder Plants 2: Your Urban Jungle Interior + Win a copy!
I received Wonder Plants 2 for review purposes. All opinions are my own. I almost brought another plant home from the grocery store today — a darling little philodendron in a simple terracotta pot — but my basket was already weighed down with milk and tomatoes and other essentials (and non-essentials) that I’d be struggling…
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Hello Color: 25 Bright Ideas for DIY Decor by Rachel Mae Smith
Penguin Random House Canada sent me Hello Color in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and from the heart. Sometimes a book falls into your lap just when you need it and that was exactly the case with the with the one I’m talking about today. With the end of the school…
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My Floral Affair by Rachel Ashwell
CICO Books sent me a copy of My Floral Affair in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine and from the heart. If we ever have a backyard where we can actually grow anything, I would love to plant a lush cutting garden and create fanciful arrangements of fresh flowers of all colours,…
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Wonder Plants: Your Urban Jungle Interior by Irene Schampaert & Judith Baehner + Win a copy!
Now some of you may say plants never go out of style, but in the past couple of years their popularity in home decor and design has grown in a huge way (pun absolutely intended). Wonder Plants: Your Urban Jungle Interior by Irene Schampaert and Judith Baehner, is a tribute to some of of the most…
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Domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home by Jessica Romm Perez and Shani Silver
This Christmas my wish list is all about feathering our nest. I’d love a Scandinavian-inspired mirror for the entry, a swoony diffuser for the living room, some kind of lighting situation for the dining room (I finally painted it white but it’s still so dim), and a big screen TV to curl up with and watch all…
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Five things from Ottawa’s new Simons
We’ve still got one more sleep before it’s open for shopping, but in this special edition of five things I’m sharing five sneak peeks at Ottawa’s new two-storey, 100,000-square-foot Simons store. It’s the anchor of the Rideau Centre‘s 230,000-square-foot expansion and the thirteenth store for the Quebec retailer. Simons CEO, Peter Simons, hosted a media…
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Chic Boutiquers At Home by Ellie Tennant
Grab a cup of tea and settle in for some major design inspo with today’s look at Ellie Tennant‘s second book, Chic Boutiquers at Home: Interiors Inspiration and Expert Advice from Creative Online Sellers. The UK-based interiors journalist takes us inside the homes of 12 designers, makers and curators known for their stylish online shops and shares a…
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At Home: Sarah Style by Sarah Richardson
Years ago I went to a lecture at the University of Ottawa by Margaret Atwood, followed by a signing of her then-latest novel, Alias Grace. I was daunted by the opportunity to meet her (I’d seen Margaret and her daughter shopping at Jacob in Hazelton Lanes the year before but had been too shy to…
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