– by Tracey Jones and Stacey Kaminski – Happy New Year! It’s that time when we take stock of what we have and, more importantly, what we have too much of. After a year of collecting, maybe the house needs a cleanse too! It’s not the most glamorous part of creating a new look for […]
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– article by Barry Mathias; photography by www.nuttycake.com – Every new house tells a story; some tell many: the dreams, the frustrations, the successes and the compromises. When it’s your first home, it’s often a tale of enthusiasms, enormous energy and cooperation. So it was when I interviewed Jessica O’Brien Cameron. “This house was completed
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– by Doreen Marion Gee – A progressive retail business in Sidney infuses a social conscience into everything it does. Laloca’s mission is to improve people’s lives around the globe and bring out the potential of disenfranchised citizens – all through the kinds of products it sells. Christine Downing, Laloca owner, has a warm kind
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– story by Barry Mathias; photography by www.nuttycake.com – Seen from the quiet, rural lane, the large house presents an attractive picture set among its lawns and mature trees, and I didn’t immediately appreciate I was looking at the side of the house. It has large dormers at each end, with three broad windows
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– by Susan Tice, Russell Nursery – Christmas means something different to everyone and there are many ways to celebrate it (or not!). Family traditions play an important role in Christmas celebrations and serve to connect us to each other and to our past. These days families are scattered and fragmented, but traditions draw us
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– by Cydney Hellier Gray, Cydney Hellier Gray Design – Welcome to the fast approaching Holiday Season! Here on the West Coast, we are lucky to conjure up different images of how the holidays appear to us, instead of the typical snowy fields and icy sidewalks. More often than not, we are surrounded by trees
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– article by Barry Mathias; photos by Vince Klassen – If, like me, you live in a traditional house built before 2010, then you are likely to have only a limited grasp of what a “Smart Home” is. You may have an electrically operated garage door, double glazed windows, a motion sensor light on
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– by Colin Eaton – When I started my landscape career, communication with clientele was mainly by phone which became quite cumbersome. I would return calls when I had the time, probably miss the client, leave a message, miss their return call, and try again. The introduction of email significantly improved communication, but only in
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– by Daniel Boot – In a dense urban situation an added benefit of sloping sites is that they can allow for multiple levels lit by natural light while reducing the building footprint and enhancing our environment. However, sloping sites pose a set of unique problems that in turn require unique design solutions. In
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– photos by www.nuttycake.com; special thanks to Trendspotter Susi McMillan – KING OF THE BERRIES Blackcurrants can rightfully be called the “King of the Berries.” They contain twice the amount of potassium found in bananas, four times the vitamin C in oranges and twice the antioxidants in blueberries. Create a new tradition and add
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