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Much of our country's beautiful landscape is now snow covered
and our backyard projects are hibernating. Winter is here and we are
wondering how we will survive the cold, snow and bitter wind.
We comfort ourselves by cocooning by the fire while planning our
next design project (See our Fireplace Design Boards on page 60).
Our dining table turns into an interchangeable design board filled
with color swatches, fabric samples and tile. As I ponder my next
design project, I look to past projects for inspiration and through our
current issue to stay on top of the trends coming down the pipe (See
Top Trends on page 42).
This fall, we celebrated two years of living in our current home.
Its renovation was a labor of love (See Ask an Expert on page 68
for professional renovation advice). The other day Mandy and I
sat in our living room and reminisced about our prolonged home
makeover. We started with the most important rooms in the house,
the bedrooms. It was important that we had a haven while the rest of
the home was being ripped apart. Living in the middle of a reno is
not easy; you need a place to escape at the end of the day. I like to be
very hands-on during the reno process so being close by made it easy
to chip away at the project. It came with its challenges but all in all, I'm
glad we did it that way.
I have one room left to renovate in the entire house and I've been
dreading to start again. It's the bathroom beside our guest bedroom.
I have been dreaming of color schemes, perusing tile samples and
scrolling through product images of plumbing fixtures (See Jo Alcorn's
Trends 2 Watch on page 18). I'm debating whether I should give this
bathroom a spruce up or a major overhaul hence why my dining table
has turned into a massive design board.
Philips, www.philips.ca
As they say, “things have to get messy, before they get better!” I'm
just looking forward to the day that my dream bathroom becomes a
reality.
I love this pasta maker as I can make
pasta for my daughter Ella in just 18
minutes!
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