Beautiful black. Snowy white. These elemental shades elevate our outlook. Let’s celebrate their splendour and combine them with reverence. The Sierra dress by Duffield Design is made from sumptuous bamboo cotton...
Tag - Winter 2020
By Karen Turner With COVID-19 still top-of-mind, many of us will be hunkering down at home this winter in an effort to stay healthy. Here are a few feel-good finds to up the pleasure factor. Calling all couch potatoes: Snuggle up on family movie nights on the Vesta 2.5 sofa from Furninova. The...
For over 40 years, Nat and Louise Polito have called Sandy Hill their home. Noted for its rich history and early Bytown architecture, the culturally diverse downtown neighbourhood is prized by the family that founded Vesta Marble & Granite Fabrication and the Vesta Design Centre. After all...
Story by Pam Dillon Photography by Marc Fowler Striking a perfect balance between rustic charm and refined luxury Meandering through Henrietta Southam’s Instagram profile is not unlike wandering gingerly, expectantly, through an art gallery. You know as you move along you will pause time and again...
By Henrietta Southam As the coronavirus has continued to run amok, I’ve devised a personal Keep Out, COVID! plan to stop its havoc at your entrance. Home, now, is your cocoon, where self-care comes not only first but to your doorstep. This list of items will help engage and soothe all five senses...
New lower level, finished in classic Hollywood style, will give you goals At a time when people across the city are using their homes like never before, and trying to carve out more room for remote working or homeschooling or relaxing, there’s one particularly happy family. As active householders...
A Grassroots Design and Build project showcases eye-pleasing possibilities for a dreamy bathroom retreat. At a time when leisurely vacations or even quick getaways aren’t realistic, there is one tantalizing, ever-ready spot where you can decompress and shed your cares along with your clothes. Call...
By Reba Wilson Bringing Meaning to The Word ‘Luxury’ Luxury is an overburdened word and an ever-evolving concept. Everyone has their own definition of luxury and that’s precisely what makes it so hard to pin down. In addition to having become a marketer’s catch-all phrase, it is at once influenced...
By Hattie Klotz Neuropsychologist and social media influencer Mary Marquardt is empowering women, one stylish Instagram post at a time. When Mary Marquardt moved to a new neighbourhood in Ottawa, she wanted to get to know people in her community. She approached the organizer of the Hintonburg...
Stare at the walls with pleasure this winter, thanks to inspired curation and artful framing. As we all spend more time indoors over the next few months, literally staring at the walls, it’s prime time to improve the view. Ottawa art and framing expert Patricia Barr, who’s director of Wall Space...
Mercedes-Benz’s new second-generation GLA has first-rate appeal. Not everyone’s fond of a behemoth on wheels. While legroom and storage space are certainly covetable, too often they come in a cumbersome machine that’s not only unwieldy when rounding corners, it’s a struggle to park in snug...
Whether you gobble them up or give them as gifts, these new books will whisk you away as you shelter in place. By Hattie Klotz As the weather closes in and the holiday season beckons, I get a strong urge to curl up fireside with a tottering pile of books, a pair of noise-cancelling headphones and...
