by Colin Eaton, Garden City Tree & Landscape – Most clients I meet for the first time know they want a substantial change to their landscape. They haven’t put much thought into what that change involves, so they seek ideas from a professional. At this stage, I like to involve our in-house professional design team. […]
West Coast Gardener – A Blueprint to Landscape Success
by Kristy Palmer, Homefront Ideas – I am finding that more people moving to the Saanich Peninsula and Greater Victoria are downsizing from their existing homes to either a condo or smaller home. When downsizing, you may be used to having a much larger kitchen and pantry and liked utilizing that space as much as
On Design – the Art of Kitchen Storage
by Linda Hunter – It’s all about perspective: what looks large to me might appear quite small to you. We all interpret things through our own personal and subjective lens, one that’s informed by our culture, our past experiences and the messages we choose to believe. And while perspective can be manipulated, the numbers don’t
Loving Large, Living Small – Size Does Matter!
I confess: I jumped on the “Keto” bandwagon recently, and then promptly fell off it again after a couple of months. I say “confess” as after reading Tara Brunet’s article on current diet trends (page 57), looking at “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” I have to admit I feel a bit as if
I’ve been thinking a lot about Lara Gladych’s column “Word on the Street” for this Travel Issue. In it, she asks locals “what’s your favorite vacation, ever?” For me, that’s a tough one to answer. As a child growing up in the Maritimes, we didn’t have a lot of money to spare, so we didn’t
