Canadian Home Trends MAKEOVERS FOR EVERY BUDGET | Page 145

Sectional Sofa, Cabana
Collection, Canadian Tire,
www.canadiantire.com;
Daybed, Indoors and Out,
1991 Yonge St., Toronto;
Mirror, GH Johnson's Trading
Company, 950 Dupont St.,
Toronto, ON; Artwork,
Bouclair, www.bouclair.com;
Oil Painting, Cathy Monteith
Originals, St. Marys, ON;
Lanterns, HomeSense,
www.homesense.com;

Pillows, Canadian Tire,
www.canadiantire.com
and HomeSense, www.
homesense.com; Fireplace,
Home Depot, www.
homedepot.ca; Gas BBQ,
Broil King, Imperial Series
590, www.homehardware.
com; Flowers, Fiesta Farms,
www.fiestafarms.ca; Space
Designed By Kim Bartley
Design, www.kimbartleydesign.
com

Then there are the pops of bright colours - fuchsia and bits of
orange, a few bold stripes in the cushions, an artistic wall-hanging,
a pot of blooming pansies and a cosy throw blanket. Suddenly the
place was bursting with life and it’s hard to tell where the indoors
stops and the outdoors begins. One has become the extension of
the other and it feels like one huge home, pulled together by love.
By this time you are wondering about the price tag. Kim says it’s
amazing where a bit of bargain hunting will get her. Sometimes big
box stores have exactly what she’s looking for and a few thousand
dollars can go a long way. She enjoys doing that for clients, and is
willing to mix-and-match, or even throw in Grandpa’s old rocking
chair if that is what you wish. Sometimes that means scouring places
or like in her case, get a piece of new glass cut to fit the old coffee
table.
Robert and Kim have managed to create a beautiful haven for
themselves and their friends, right behind their own garden doors. It
feels like a private cabana beside a pool in Miami and they love it.

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