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Church Renovating
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 to the height of the wall and the bottom of the windows start at the 4’ mark, are about 5’ tall and ...Proper Lighting: Yes It's Important
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 is a restaurant where the hallway going to the washrooms is so badly lit that women end up in the men’s washroom and vise ...What Am I Lacking?
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? I follow all the design rules to the tee and still the spaces seem to be lacking something. Help! Kate Dear Kate, Have you ever seen ...Taking Your Indoor Design Outdoors
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 would like to give my existing curb appeal a face lift. The front of the house looks horrible. The previous homeowner was an ...Durable Designer Furniture
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 chairs and the last time I purchased furniture is when we bought the house 10 years ago! We had bought an overstuffed sectional ...Ask Marc a question now!
Marc Atiyolil, Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Home Trends - Canada's Home Decor & Lifestyle Magazine writes a weekly syndicated column, "Home Trends" for newspapers and publications around the world.
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