First impressions will always be first impressions. If you’re lucky enough to build a home from scratch, don’t leave those impressions to chance or the whim of a snappy decision on site. Think it through carefully on paper, make it shine through superior finishes and a-typical detailing, and you’ll get a gorgeous entry that will…
Category: RITUALS OF LIVING
Explore the role that design and creativity have in shaping an impeccable life: enjoyable, imperfect, livable, likeable and full of surprises, positive mistakes and rewarding accomplishments.
Advice on how to curate a better lifestyle through design from the award-winning expert Adriana Mot – Toronto interior designer specializing in residential design with a focus on the impact of good design on the positive connection between people and the space around them.
Detox power 102 – Reading nooks are a healthy and affordable alternate to meditation | Part 2
Unlike popular belief, you do not absolutely need meditating to relax, and you do not need meditation prior to reading. Because of course, like a busy adult that you are, you have no time for both. But you can, in fact, use reading instead! of meditating. Reading takes a lot out of you if you…
How to make most out of your morning ritual when you share the bathroom with your partner PART 3
Consider separating the water closet If your partner needs to rush in for a few seconds while you’re at the sink or in the shower, this is, mentally, less of an interruption. With the WC out of the way you can also do a lot more with the bathrooms design like spread the rest of…
Detox power 101 – Reading nooks and what the hype is all about | Part 1
Cleanses, weights-lifting, yoga classes, detox, purging and facials are just some of the perfect fixes for an adult crappy day. And for the lucky some, reading nooks just may do the same. That is, if you’re into reading. It does not need to be a book. It can be a tablet. Should you be into…
How to make most out of your morning ritual when you share the bathroom with your partner, part 1
Let’s face it, we all want a bathroom of our own. From small grooming rituals to the pleasure of enjoying water on our skin, to the five minutes of peace and quiet away from a busy household, bathrooms can give it to you all. This expected convenience of modern living offers easy body hygiene maintenance…
The Canadian cottage reinvented, Drake Devonshire, Prince Edward County, PEC
A staple activity of the Canadian lifestyle, the escape to the cottage sets the weekend entertainment tone of many Toronto families. ‘Modest’ and ‘cozy’ are the typical characteristics associated with the architecture, the interior, and the immediately surrounding landscape. Here family and friends gather to spend quality time together, share meals, stories, and oftentimes, a dip…
Games night at home and how to let the kids win graciously
Letter to the parent who wants to set a perfect games night time: any Friday night of your choosing place: once upon a home, in a house full of laughter and joy Dear parent, This one will be an easy one. The kind that you need a stiff drink for and a lot…
How to style your barbecue get-together like a pro and enjoy it as if you were the guest
Oh! The enticing smell of summer night barbecue with the fire crackling and oils and juices sizzling as hot as the sun in the sky. Cold drinks on ice, laughter, and above all, people, the people that we’ve missed so dearly. Any gracious host is concerned with setting a great environment for the guests. Albeit…
Stylishly laid back, the new kind of casual
2021 💫 STYLE 💫 TREND SPOTTER A new kind of casualness What is casualness but the relaxed and unconcerned manner we inherently have without the filter of conventions and care of others? Have you defined what this is for you? How are you most comfortably dressed? What’s your “thing”, that which does it for you, that which…
Best seat for news browsing and more
We are glued to our phones, iPads and laptops in every place of the house. The kitchen table. The tv couch. The bed. The office. Even the garage, at that moment when you’re right to get out of the car yet you want to give a few more seconds to the virtual self. The more…
Celebrating 1st of March
The first of March celebration is one of the most unified and beautiful customs of Romanian folklore. The day is called the day of “Martisor” and it represents the glorious arrival of each spring at the end of winter. Under the warming sun, towns and villages alike turn their main streets into open-air markets full…
Intimately Yours, Happy Valentine’s
Valentine’s Day is all about spending time with the ones you love and respect and the ones that feel the same toward you. Typically celebrated at dinner, this year the day falls on a weekend. With work out of the way, a full day can be planned around love, intimacy and affection. So set up…