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House Proud – Create An Opulent Finish That’s Affordable

Flip through photographs of homes of the very wealthy and you won’t see a lot of bare wood. Furniture is either highly glossed or adorned with elaborate finishes that cost thousands. While a cherub-painted ceiling and gold-embossed night-stands might not be to your taste, a few ornate pieces here and there can really bring a home to life.  …

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Turning Decor Into Child’s Play – House Proud, Sun Media

Now that it’s impossible to escape the back-to-school hubbub that reminds us another too-short summer is coming to a close, we may as well accept it. So join me as I present Swedish for Canadians, just in time for the arrival of the annual Ikea catalogue. …

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Erotica Finds a Place in Design – Sun Media, June 7-9

One day you may find you need a little help in the bedroom and you know the only solution is to call in a specialist. You’ll need someone who’s sensitive yet knowledgeable and prepared to give you the straight goods without doing irreparable harm to your tender ego. Erotica Interiors offers niche decorating at its most intimate and personal.  …

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Give Your TV a New Look – House Proud, Sun Media

A prevailing decorating philosophy has required a chic family home to appear as if a television doesn’t exist.  The so-called idiot box gets hidden away in an armoire or worse, relegated to a man-land in the basement.   Guests are meant to believe the home’s occupants would never be so gauche as to glom onto the latest hit show.  The TV is only brought out from its hiding place when the prying eyes of strangers aren’t about. …

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Come Visit the Dry House – House Proud, Toronto Sun

You have a nice house.  But is it a dry house?  This weekend at the Toronto Fall Home Show, The Insurance Bureau of Canada is offering free plays at their interactive display, The Dry House, in hopes of helping homeowners and renters learn about ways to keep moisture outside where it belongs. …

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