Our Top Tips for Bringing the Outside In
One thing that we love is a little greenery. When things are getting a bit grey and monochromatic in the winter, it’s great to fill your space with some plants to freshen things up. We’ve rounded up some recommendations on our favourite plants to keep at home and some things to keep in mind for helping them thrive!
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4 Things To Check Out At TO DO
The Toronto Design Offsite Festival is coming up very soon! This festival was created by designers and is helping to make design more accessible for the people of Toronto. As fans of great design, we’re so excited for it. The festival takes places across Toronto and you’ll find exhibitions set up in storefronts, immersive gallery installations, lectures, workshops, and more! This year, it runs from January 18-24 and there’s something in it for every design aficionado.
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3 Building Projects We Loved Most In 2015
If you follow us on Twitter, you know we love keeping our eyes peeled for inspiring architecture from around the world. From the newest green building trends to the most ambitious, sky-high towers, there are so many amazing projects going up all over the world – we just can’t wait for them to be finished! Want more architectural goodness? Check out our posts on wooden buildings and treescaping. Continue reading
Holiday Decor for the Design-Minded
The holidays are here, and with them come tons of sparkle, shine and decor – some good, some not so much. Maybe you’re a holiday maximalist, with multi-coloured glass ornaments, fuzzy Santas, tinsel, the works – and that’s great! But if you’re looking for a more minimal, design-minded take on traditional holiday decor, we’ve rounded up some options you can pick up in the GTA. Click each image to shop from the source. Happy holidays! Continue reading
Five Urban Yard Ideas We Love
Have you heard about our newest project, Estates on Bayview? There is so much to be excited about in this luxury townhome community – we love the family-friendly area, the proximity to transit and highways, the amazing schools and shopping, and that’s just the start. While we’re not releasing all the details just yet, there is one thing we can tell you – these homes will feature gorgeous, lush, oversize lawns. It’s rare to find a piece of land to call your own in an urban centre, which is why we’re so excited to be able to offer them in Estates on Bayview. Continue reading
8 Home Decor Instagrams You Should Follow Immediately
When it comes to beautiful and inspiring images, Instagram is the place to go. We could spend hours scrolling through all of the photos and picking out all of the design ideas that we want to steal from people. If you want to fill up your Instagram feed with some of the best of the best when it comes to home decor, we’ve got you covered. No matter what your personal taste is, we’ve got something that will fit your style.
Our 4 Favourite Green Designs of 2015
2015’s been quite the year for architecture the world over! We’ve seen sexism be broken down, cutting-edge new techniques and designs, and even more integration between the beauty of nature and the incredible structures man can build. Around here, you know we love anything eco-friendly and green, so this trend was of special interest to us. While Canada’s climate makes a lot of these design ideas impossible in Toronto, there are some truly staggering buildings going up around the world bridging the gap between natural and artificial. Continue reading
6 Architecture Instagram Feeds To Follow Right Now
Recently, Instagram has become more than just a social network – it’s become a hub in the creative community, an amazing source for ideas and inspiration, and, for us, a place to appreciate everything that’s breathtaking about the design and creation of beautiful buildings. If you’re sick of double-tapping your friends’ brunches and kids first-day-of-whatever, beautify your feed with these 6 architecture Instagrams that are truly thumb stopping.
Colour Stories: Our Favourite Blue Decor
In this series, we’re taking you through our favourite vibrant, punchy and saturated colours that are a snap to bring into your home. Check out our last Colour Stories on fire-engine red!