When deciding what to reuse during a major renovation, three qualities are determining what’s sticking with us on Renovation Road: beauty; sentimentality; and indestructibility.
Author: Kelley Teahen
Creature comforts
Why I am I talking about critters in the middle of a renovation series? Because things such as our favourite creatures are what make a house a home.
The renovation R1: Reduce
A renovation, like a move, is an opportunity to go through all your stuff and decide, do I really need to be hauling this around for the rest of my life?
These are the things I can do without
And now, my head scratchers: the things populating current design magazine must-have lists that I look at and go, whatever for?
Five things built better now
Maybe these are all old news to you. But to me, these are five Wow! Why did we not have these before! Fantastic! discoveries for our new kitchen and living room.
The cult of Farrow & Ball
Designers talking about Farrow & Ball sound like my late, fervently Catholic maiden aunt talking about the Pope.
Windows of opportunity
One of the more endearing characteristics of old houses are their weird windows.
Reclaiming the wood
I wanted a light, pale flooring to set off our teak furniture: many woods and finishes turn an amber-gold colour and that’s too close to the warm wood of teak.
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