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In The Lounge Of Luxury

October 14, 2010 - Ten months ago I decided to finish my loft in The Button Factory and take it to 'the next level', meaning I was actually going to complete the space and make it more of what I'd always dreamed of rather than what I had settled for. It was an enormous…
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Applause For John Bentley Mays

October 12, 2010 - Every week I look forward to what the Globe and Mail's Architecture Columnist John Bentley Mays will have to say about our city's built form. This insightful gentleman offers a point of view cognizant of the many variables that influence the success or failure of space and place. He explores a structure's materials, scale…
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Strangers In The Light

September 23, 2010 - Ok, so if you're familiar with my blog you know I get a kick tossing in a little fun here 'n there. Today I bring you a little soundtrack to compliment this 'Strangers In The Light' blog about the art and benefit of shadow. Click here for your listening pleasure. Recently I wrote about the magical benefit of mood…
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What’s That Glow About You?

September 10, 2010 - I'm all about mood lighting. Yes, I appreciate one should have task lighting for cooking (I don't - I just light extra candles), enough wattage by a vanity to put makeup on (not that I ever do), and spot lights for security (instead I hang bags of tar and feathers with a tripcord above my…
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Pass The Sugar, Be-ach

August 23, 2010 - When I was a kid, one of the very first inappropriate jokes I learned went like this: Pass the sugar, Sugar Pass the honey, Honey Pass the tea... Bag! Hysterical at the age of 9, worthy of an eye roll today, eh? I'm sure the title of my blog…
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Stairway To Heaven

August 20, 2010 - Ok, I'm sure you know well by now I'm a product of the 70s, so please forgive the 'Stairway To Heaven' reference on a stair railing blog. It simply can't be helped given 'Stairway To Heaven' is, without doubt, one of the greatest rock anthems ever created! Released by the English rock band Led Zeppelin in 1971, this breathtaking eight minute song…
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Wonderful Wallcovering

August 16, 2010 - For a good chunk of my adult life, those who subscribed to the purity of contemporary architecture and design considered wallpaper a bit of a decorating no-no. Or at least it seemed that way to me. Canadian and American Shelter magazines like Metropolitan Home (now defunct though archived), Dwell Magazine or Canadian House…
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History Today

August 10, 2010 - Sir Henry: Casa Loma king lived in a world unto himself August 09, 2010 John Goddard The Toronto Star No statue was erected to the man, no arena named for him, no postage stamp printed in his honour. If you screamed “Sir Henry Pellatt” down Yonge St. almost nobody would…
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Toronto’s Villa Discrete

August 07, 2010 - I can't say I was completely won over when that Michael Lee-Chin 'Crystal', by architect Daniel Libeskind, smashed into the venerable Royal Ontario Museum in 2007 and stuck. I think I would have liked it more had it actually been a crystal and not a bunch of galvalume with a few strips of glass that…
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Sweet Dreams For Bed Head

August 04, 2010 - Research shows that being well-rested is one of the most essential aspects for healthy balanced living. And yet I have a sneaking suspicion most of us are sleeping on mattresses that have gone past their prime, using pillows which don't compliment the way we rest our weary body and head,…
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