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Chocolate style

Posted in Design, tagged , , , , , , , on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I got to visit the Hershey’s Designer Challenge suite this week – designers Arren Williams and Karen Sealy were given a budget of $2500, a week of planning and two days of installation to reinvent a tired one bedroom suite at the Delta Chelsea Hotel, taking inspiration from the newest Hershey’s milk chocolate bar. You [...]

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The Inspiration – The Ivy at Verity

Posted in Style, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Lovely blue wallpaper and dream-inducing bed 

The newly-opened boutique hotel, The Ivy at Verity, offers glorious feminine design in small bijoux packages. I had the pleasure of visiting the hotel and working on a story for Canadian decor blog Style North – see my story here at Style North - and some more pretty images to enjoy below. 
 
 

The Ivy at Verity – small [...]

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Canadian Check-In: Quebec City & Magog

Posted in Design, Travel, tagged , , , , , , on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I didn’t grow up in Ontario so the obligatory school trip to Quebec City wasn’t something I got to do (I went to Victoria, B.C. instead). My first trip to this 400-year old walled city made me instantly decide it wouldn’t be my last: whatever the time of year, this provincial capital is welcoming and [...]

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Karenfoundit

Posted in Design, tagged , , , , on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

588 Markham Street, Toronto
416. 535.7432, Wed – Sat 11am – 6 pm, Sun 12 – 6 pm
My friend Chris clued me into Karenfoundit, a vintage shop in Toronto’s Mirvish Village. Tucked above the street in a Victorian row house, this store is a treasure trove of owner Karen Wilson’s finds from estate sales, auctions and [...]

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International Check-In: Bahamas

Posted in Style, Travel, tagged , , , , on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

 

Nassau, Bahamas – this a special place for me, mainly because one of my oldest friends has lived here for over 10 years. Furnishings and décor are expensive in Bahamas because nearly everything is imported. Many properties come already furnished, which eliminates the stress of sourcing but can also dampen the personal style statements we’re [...]

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