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For the Love of Trees

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  There is something purely enchanting in those first Spring Days when you can open your windows and breath in the fresh scent of nature waking up from its winter hibernation. As the soil thaws, spring flowers begin to peek out to greet the sun, and garden perennials shift from…
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Country Sublime

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For those of you who dream of waking up in a streamlined modular post and beam glass box overlooking a crystal clear lake, a field of daisies, or a Precambrian rocky outcropping of the Georgian Shield, check out Dan Molenaar’s brilliant vacation home site ideal for we Torontonians! I’m drooling!…
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House Poor, Home Pretty

College Street / Little Italy
Ok, so I can finally afford to liberate my dependency on garage sales, auctions and Ikea to furnish my home, but I’m not quite ready to leap into the couture furnishing world. I don’t know why, but I just can’t justify shopping at The Art Shoppe where $10,000 gets you a…
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Kiss Me Kensington

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Ever since my friend Dafna found the perfect place to purchase in Kensington Lofts in, where else, Kensington Market, we’ve been checking out the local cafes as a way to keep in touch and expand our culinary horizons. For those unfamiliar with this chock-a-block retail and residential vintage neighbourhood of…
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Left In The Dust

College Street / Little Italy
Last week I had a beautiful floor-to-ceiling bookshelf nine feet tall installed in my study. I’m embarrassed to admit it, but in the spirit of full disclosure, I’ve never completely unpacked my book and cd collection in over the decade I’ve lived here. Now I finally can. I derive no…
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Good Times, New York Times

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Years ago, I told my friends that one day I would gain mention in the New York Times. Despite their heckle and jeering, and never having lived in New York, it’s reassuring to know the universe takes note of the little things we hope to manifest. Here’s our most recent…
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Home Is Where My Heart Lives

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When you’re buying a place as your personal residence, it’s extremely important you purchase a property that feels just right, one with an emotional resonance that says “Hey, you belong here!” Beyond the location parameters, spatial criteria and functional needs with which most buyers limit themselves, take a moment to…
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Gentrification In The City

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Have you ever noticed how some neighbourhoods suddenly transform from a plain unimaginative enclave into the new hot trendy area with sky-rocketing property values? And how is it that in the course of a few years a neighbourhood once renown for it’s Italian shoe stores can become home to the…
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