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Vintage mirrors

On the week­end, I took a few hours off of watch­ing Olympics to noo­dle around in the vin­tage fur­ni­ture and thrift shops on Queen Street East, here in Toronto. I’m look­ing for a 60s/​​70s-​​​​era tele­phone table for the front hall of my apart­ment, some­thing that I can spend some time fix­ing up. (With spring loom­ing, I’m feel­ing like I need […]

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Rah rah for pennants!

Thanks for your sug­ges­tions on what to do with my col­lec­tion of pen­nants after I posted about it a few days ago. And spe­cial thanks to loyal reader Debb, who sent me a lovely photo of her own pretty cot­tage pennants:

These flags came from Hol­land, where Debb’s mother was born and raised, and likely have great sen­ti­men­tal value […]

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An alarm clock to chirp about

I often look at design*sponge for inspi­ra­tion (it’s on my blog roll, just a wee bit down this page on the right, FYI). Yes­ter­day I saw the cutest thing there, and it’s right up our cot­tage ally. UK com­pany Lucky Bite has designed an alarm clock that will have you think­ing spring even on winter’s darkest […]

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Gifts for your cottage valentine from Anneke van Bommel

Touch the Dutch is the Toronto-​​​​based design stu­dio of Cana­dian Artist Anneke van Bom­mel. You may recall her work from our June 2009 issue, where we fea­tured her moose antler rings. Her inspi­ra­tion includes more than just moose, how­ever. As she puts it, she is explor­ing “the themes of value, irony, mem­ory, home, Cana­di­ana, and […]

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How to make a pennant garland

Here’s one rea­son why my boyfriend is a killer catch—his charm­ing lit­tle col­lec­tion of old pen­nants.
Pen­nants are a fan­tas­tic cot­tage acces­sory; they add so much his­tory and char­ac­ter. And although I love these ones, I’d love to be able to dis­play them in a less clunky way. Sure those push pins stuck through the dry­wall do the trick, but […]

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What to do with old candles

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the best can­dles to use at your cot­tage. In response, I received an inge­nious idea from reader Jo-​​​​Ann:
“I use the left­over wax from those burnt down can­dles to cover pinecones to use as fire starters. I save those “bits,” melt them down in a pot on the stove, and then dip pinecones […]

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Upcycling ideas from Simple Home

A charm­ing new book landed on my desk last week. Sim­ple Home by Mark and Sally Bai­ley (Ryland Peters & Small, $39.95) packs a load of inspi­ra­tion into its 160 pages. Although the British design duo has worked with such high-​​​​end fancy design­ers as Ralph Lau­ren and Donna Karan, their aes­thetic isn’t overly pol­ished at all; […]

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