By Kelsey Pudloski and James Bombales If your Instagram feed is teeming with design bloggers, you’ve likely come across a #shelfie or two. A search for the hashtag yields over 380,000 posts, each surface more perfectly styled than the last. While the word itself originated from social media, the shelfie is essentially a vignette — a grouping of objects that...[ read more ]
By Michelle Hopkins An oversized pendant light, vases filled with fresh cut flowers, and a cluster of photographs positioned in just the right spot. When interior designers decorate or stage a condo, the colours, design, style, lighting, size of rooms, and location are all taken into account. West Coast Condominium asked some of Vancouver’s busiest interior designers to show us...[ read more ]
By Jane Lockhart Buying your new home is a rare opportunity to start with a blank canvas – it’s a great opportunity to choose the perfect colours. Hues speak to us on a subconscious level, and it is important to use what is best suited for the space. Once you have chosen the colour, it’s time to personalize it with...[ read more ]
By Michelle Hopkins Most of us live incredibly busy lives and, between work, family, travel and more, who has the time or energy to maintain planting on our balcony or deck? For many of us, the idea of a maintenance-free outdoor space, one that is worthy of our neighbours’ envy but requires no work, is extremely appealing. Linda Rushlow, horticulturalist at...[ read more ]
By Fred Albert Before you grab that first paint chip, figure out your needs, your decorating style, and what to get rid of. Congratulations. You’ve decided to decorate your home. Now what? Whether you’re furnishing your first place or redoing the house you’ve owned for decades, decorating can be a challenging task, filled with costly decisions whose outcomes could haunt...[ read more ]
How do you turn a dramatic space into a home? By Stephanie MacDonald A dramatic departure from the usual Vancouver condo building, Boffo developments’ Artemisia is an architectural landmark in the heart of downtown. Neo-classically inspired, with a distinctive marble mosaic entrance and soaring cathedral ceilings, Artemesia is a building that is elegant and eye-catching, and the most spacious and...[ read more ]
Today we look at an important question to consider when locating your television: How high should you set it? By Matt Clawson Houzz contributor. Home builder, project consultant, and writer. Loves sensible style. A home without a television is like a castle in the clouds — it exists only in fairy tales. And that’s only a slight overstatement. The Nielsen...[ read more ]
