Durable Designer Furniture
July 23, 2010
Dear Marc: My husband and I have been saving up for about a year in order to be able to spruce up our living room. I have the colour picked out and will be using some of the existing accessories in the room. I have to purchase a new sofa and 2 matching ...
Taking Your Indoor Design Outdoors
July 23, 2010
Dear Marc: I have successfully designed my entire home with the use of advice from your column. Now I would like to work on what you like to call “Taking your indoor design outdoors”. I have seen you talk about this on TV but I am not sure where to start. I ...
What Am I Lacking?
July 23, 2010
Dear Marc: I am horrible at designing my home. Every time I try to design a room in my house, it doesn't turn out quite right. I then get discouraged till I get the design bug again and give it another try and still fail miserably. What am I missing? ...
Proper Lighting: Yes It’s Important
July 23, 2010
Dear Marc: I am working on the design for my living room. I am going for a contemporary setting. I have chosen my furniture and a beautiful pastel colour scheme for my walls. I am now shopping for light fixtures. I have no idea where to start. Is lighting that important? Pauline Dear Pauline: There ...
Church Renovating
July 23, 2010
Dear Marc: We bought an old country church and are in the process of making it into our home. I am going for a modern/retro look for the house. In the living room area, our ceilings are still the original 12’ height. The windows are quite high in proportion ...
New Look for the Bedroom
July 23, 2010
Dear Marc: I want a new look for my bedroom. It doesn’t look like much right now. The previous homeowner had painted it bright red with a white trim. It reminds me of Christmas every time I walk into the room. It’s just too much! I don’t have a lot of money to ...
Reduce Maintenance Time
July 23, 2010
Dear Marc: I am a mother of three and have a full time job. When it was just my husband and me living in our house, I found it easier to maintain and clean. There was less traffic and I had more time available to dust and clean because I didn’t have my ...
Blending Rooms
July 23, 2010
Dear Marc: Love your column! My question for my home is: How do I blend our living room/dining room to make it feel like one cozy living/seating room. We chose to use these two spaces for a T.V and visiting room. They are side by side but the room opening between them ...
Floor Coverings for Young Ones
July 23, 2010
Dear Marc: My husband and I own a 3 bedroom home in the city. I would like to replace my floor coverings this summer as part of a design project. I have a 3 year old son, Sammy, who has lots of energy and a tendency to spill things on the floor so ...
Fitting a Room
July 23, 2010
Dear Marc: I am buying new furniture for my living room which is 20’ x 20’ with a 12 foot high ceiling. It can be described as a grand space with lots of potential. The entire home is ultra modern so I know I have to stick to that ...
