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Inside design: Brad Lamb Inside design: Brad Lamb
Inside design: Brad Lamb
Toronto real estate expert brad lamb, of brad j. lamb realty, has sold more than 14,500 condominiums worth $3.5 billion over the past 20 years. his show, big city broker (hgtv), has exposed millions to the underbelly of condo and loft sales and development in urban centres. here, he shares...
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Inside design: Barbara Sallick Inside design: Barbara Sallick
Inside design: Barbara Sallick
There are some who say that barbara sallick is responsible for transforming the way people on this continent think about bathrooms. (click here for a larger view of image on left). both the company she founded in 1978, waterworks (a purveyor of fine bath fixtures and accessories), and her latest...
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Inside design: Kevin Karst Inside design: Kevin Karst
Inside design: Kevin Karst
An industrial designer with more than a decade of experience, kevin karst has rescued disorganized, disordered and discombobulated homes with both his karst closet systems (exclusive to neat storage essentials in toronto) and custom-made cabinetry. we asked the toronto-based designer to help us...
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Inside design: Judith Miller Inside design: Judith Miller
Inside design: Judith Miller
In her book influential styles (georgetown publications, 2003), judith miller, british author, broadcaster and antiques columnist for canadian home & country magazine, traces design trends, from neoclassical to country, and explains how those styles have shaped modern interior decor. in...
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Inside design: Mary Randolph Carter Inside design: Mary Randolph Carter
Inside design: Mary Randolph Carter
An admitted junk junkie, new york-based writer and editor mary randolph carter worked her way through a number of positions in publishing -- including beauty and health editor at mademoiselle and creative director at self -- before penning her passion: american junk ($38, rizzoli) in...
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Inside design: Powell & Bonnell Inside design: Powell & Bonnell
Inside design: Powell & Bonnell
Toronto-based designers david powell and fenwick bonnell opened their practice in 1990; a line of furnishings, lighting and textiles followed in 1996. in 2006, the association of registered interior designers of ontario (arido) awarded them project of the year for an 1857 historic mill. and a...
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Inside design: Joe Mimran Inside design: Joe Mimran
Inside design: Joe Mimran
Sah: you've spent a lot of time in high-end fashion and home decor. why the move to lower-priced lines? jm: as a culture we're embracing style. i've never seen this level of interest in stylish design in all my years. people are saying, "hey, i'm not just interested in cheap products, i want...
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Inside design: Alexa Hampton Inside design: Alexa Hampton
Inside design: Alexa Hampton
You know her as the plucky expert from the 2004-05 season of this old house (pbs). insiders admire the timeless touch she's lent to projects like trowbridge house, a home away from home for past presidents sojourning in washington. we talked to alexa hampton about small spaces, including her...
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Inside design: India Hicks Inside design: India Hicks
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Decorating with the Designer Guys Decorating with the Designer Guys
Decorating with the Designer Guys
The extent to which home decor shows like martha stewart living , trading spaces and designer guys are influencing homeowners' design choices is uncertain. but one thing is for sure: "people are looking at their homes not just as a dwelling, but as a sanctuary," says steven sabados, co-host...
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Inside design: Brian Gluckstein Inside design: Brian Gluckstein
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Inside design: Chuck Williams Inside design: Chuck Williams
Inside design: Chuck Williams
For gourmands, the arrival of williams-sonoma in canada five years ago was a welcome addition to the culinary landscape. the chain was born in 1956, when founder chuck williams purchased a hardware store in sonoma, calif. he quickly traded electrical wire for whisks, and today the chain is 250...
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Inside design: The ''how not to decorate'' duo Inside design: The ''how not to decorate'' duo
Inside design: The ''how not to decorate'' duo
"step away from the mdf and put down your stencil kit," order self-proclaimed design gurus colin mcallister and justin ryan of how not to decorate (hgtv canada). the pair have, they say, saved hundreds of homes from style purgatory with their show and their eponymous follow-up book (time...
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Inside design: Jane Hall Inside design: Jane Hall
Inside design: Jane Hall
Jane hall lives and dreams in full technicolor. her business name sums it up nicely: jane hall it's all about colour. jane, an advocate for the boutique paint line c2 collections of colour (distributed across north america by independent dealers), started out as a visual artist and frequently...
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Inside design: Vern Yip Inside design: Vern Yip
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Inside design: Carolyne Roehm Inside design: Carolyne Roehm
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Inside design: Dee Dee Taylor Hannah Inside design: Dee Dee Taylor Hannah
Inside design: Dee Dee Taylor Hannah
Dee dee taylor hannah is a one-woman design force to be reckoned with. she is arguably one of toronto's preeminent architects -- her company, taylor hannah architect, designs everything from retail stores to lakeside cottages, leaving no drainpipe or doorknob unconsidered. she's also president...
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Inside design: Barbara Barry Inside design: Barbara Barry
Inside design: Barbara Barry
For some, barbara barry's style epitomizes hollywood glamour. her rooms ooze sensuality and drip with luxury. yet there's little extravagance in the interiors she designs, including celebrity homes and corporate offices, for a vast clientele. instead, the los angeles-based designer creates...
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Inside design: Avi Friedman Inside design: Avi Friedman
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Inside design: P. Allen Smith Inside design: P. Allen Smith
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Inside design: Victoria Hagan Inside design: Victoria Hagan
Inside design: Victoria Hagan
In her corporate bio, manhattan-based interior designer victoria hagan concludes that "suitability" is one of the most important considerations in decorating. perfect, we thought. who better than victoria (a working mother of twin boys) to reconcile the sometimes duplicitous joys of stylish decor...
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Inside design: Peri Wolfman Inside design: Peri Wolfman
Inside design: Peri Wolfman
In the introduction to her book a place for everything (clarkson potter, 1999), author and product designer peri wolfman confesses to a lifelong compulsion for stacking and folding. as early as age nine, peri writes, she was folding clothes with display-worthy panache. peri has capitalized on...
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Inside design: Karim Rashid Inside design: Karim Rashid
Inside design: Karim Rashid
"design is the whole experience of living," is the quotation that marks the beginning of industrial designer and artist karim rashid's website. it's an apt departure point for a man whose designs, like the garbo garbage can that he created for umbra, have become so famous. but mainstream karim is...
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The renaissance of chic The renaissance of chic
The renaissance of chic
What is it about the french and style? they seem to be born knowing how to dress beautifully, while french cuisine is considered among the finest in the world. and they're justly proud of their extraordinary design heritage: priceless antiques passed down lovingly from generation to...
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Make it personal
When I look at a room, it's the personal touches like artwork and travel memetoes that elevate a space from generic to genuine. I'll take a house adorned with books, family photographs and decorative accessories any day over a cookie-cutter interior that's perfectly and pristinely furnished with basic pieces... I believe that a home should reflect the people who own it.
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