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Ottawa Life Magazine: Baby, Bedroom & Beyond...

 

Got a baby on the way?  If so, then there is no doubt that images of creating a baby’s bedroom are probably dancing in your head.  You will want to design something that will grow with that child beyond the baby stage. Potentially, this could be viewed as a gargantuan task, an insurmountable challenge. However, I think that there is a universal formula that works.

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Ottawa Life Magazine: Wallpaper is Back, Baby!

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Actually to be accurate, wallpaper is not back, it has always been around, just reinvented over time like the trends in fashion. With new technologies, wallpaper is now washable, long lasting, pre-pasted, and easy to remove. Patterns can be reproduced in any style from any period quite affordably too unlike fresco paintings, tapestries and hand-painted papers of the past.

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Ottawa Life Magazine: Transforming Vintage Furniture = Personality

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Now that spring is in bloom, it seems like a great time to inject new life into your old-fashioned hand-me-downs or uninspired vintage finds.  The question is, how to do it?  

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Ottawa Life Magazine: Soulful Rooms and Original Art

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Original art. It is one of the first things that comes to my mind when creating a soulful, inspiring space. It doesn’t have to be the work of a well known artist or be expensive to create an impact — nor does it have to match your decor. Fill your walls with pieces that mean something to you. Buy what you love, what moves you. Great art will evoke a feeling within you — it is alive. Art has the same effect as a vase of flowers on an entrance hall table. It can warm your soul. A reproduction can add colour and interest, it doesn’t add life.

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