– 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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