The Importance of Home Design For The Senses
Home design for the senses takes into consideration how an environment can best be designed to evoke a positive visceral reaction from anyone experiencing that space.
Bedroom Design Secrets: 9 Smart Ways to Make Your Space Look Bigger
These clever bedroom design secrets will fool the eye by creating the illusion that your bedroom is more spacious than it actually is.
How to Help the Furniture Bank, Right Now. (I did!)
As 2017 was ending in a deep freeze, I decided that it was time to stop paying that extra rent and donate the pieces to the Furniture Bank.
Jane’s Outlook on 2018 Design Trends
So, another year’s over and a new one is bringing with it all the predictions of what we’re going to see in 2018.
Here’s How Everyone Wins at a Gingerbread Showdown
It all started at the Bell Media studios behind the scenes of The Marilyn Denis Show. A casual conversation about gingerbread houses and design quickly spiraled into a full-on call to action.
How The Stars Influenced Development in Richmond Hill
Everywhere you look downtown, you see construction cranes and newly excavated holes, getting prepped for the next high-rise condo. It’s an exciting sign of progress and a welcome vibrancy in the city core.
How to Get Rid of Unwanted Furniture in Toronto and get a Tax Receipt
Furniture Bank will pick up your furniture for a fee and give you a tax receipt. You’ll help a family get a better life. Win-win.
2018 Paint Colour of the Year: Your Guide to the Winners
A roundup of the various paint company choices for 2018 paint colour of the year from the perspective of a designer.
How to Update Old Wood Kitchen Cabinets
Recently I received two identical questions. What can be done about dated, oak kitchen cabinets? You can call them, “honey” or “golden”, but those cabinets are anything but sweet or perfect.
How to Find the Perfect Place for Your TV in the Family Room
Because all rooms are different, one plan won’t suit all, so I have a couple of general rules (or five) I like to offer on how to layout your family room.
