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For a good chunk of my adult life, those who subscribed to the purity of contemporary architecture and design considered wallpaper a bit of a decorating no-no. Or at least it seemed that way to me. Canadian and American Shelter magazines like Metropolitan Home (now defunct though archived), Dwell Magazine…

On Wednesday I attended the Royal Ontario Museum’s showcase exhibit – The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army – which runs until January 2, 2011. It was an amazing history lesson – well worth navigating the crowds – but what really tickled me pink was the fourth floor show organized by…

Sir Henry: Casa Loma king lived in a world unto himself August 09, 2010 John Goddard  The Toronto Star No statue was erected to the man, no arena named for him, no postage stamp printed in his honour. If you screamed “Sir Henry Pellatt” down Yonge St. almost nobody would…

Ok, so here we are in the heat of summer when real estate sales are traditionally their slowest and the media is making dire predictions on where the market is headed. Here’s my two cents from the real estate trenches! First, Toronto Life Magazine did a good job wigging us out with their July article called ‘Bubble Trouble’.…

When I was becoming a fresh-faced newly-minted realtor twenty years ago I was accepting, in perpetuity, a chosen career path which would entail my being available most every Sunday for the rest of my working life. After all, back in the day before the rise of the self-employed consultant and flex hours, most people…

For those who love light, the increasing availability of condominium residences with crisp clean lines and expansive floor to ceiling windows are a much-welcome relief from the traditional brick facades with small windows endemic to Toronto condominiums dating fifteen to twenty-five years ago. Even a decade ago when condominiums were becoming more cutting-edge…