Whether it’s a one-room bachelor flat with a kitchenette from a prior ice age or a charming bungalow not far from the water, our first “adult” home – rental or purchase – is often not where we’re going to spend our retirement years. The concept of the “starter” home encompasses…

Interior design and decoration isn’t a science. Yes, there are measurable specifics involved – dimensions of a canvas print on the wall, for example, or angles, thicknesses and pile and thread counts – but deciding what works and what doesn’t work is often difficult or impossible to explain without referring…

Inspiration is a crazy thing. Sometimes it seems to simply flood out of you, pouring into your room designs and other creative endeavours. Sometimes it seizes up and refuses to budge, and you can stare at a blank wall or blank page forever and nothing comes to you. And of…

We decorate for a variety of reasons. For one, it seems pretty primal – we have an instinct to mark our living space as our own and to make it visually appealing. For another, it’s enjoyable, and many people have discovered a heretofore unknown joy in changing their surroundings when…

Whether you’re just a homeowner trying your hand at interior design for the first time or an experienced professional looking at your umpteenth family room and wondering how you’re going to make it soar, we all think of using canvas prints at one point or another as if we’re the…

It’s increasingly common for people to approach a modest or casual redesign of their home on their own without hiring a professional. When you’re not truly renovating – not pulling down walls and running new infrastructure like plumbing – it really does boil down to your visual taste and ability…

Familiarity breeds not only contempt, but rigid thinking. We’re at a point now where everyone thinks they know how photos on canvas can be used to decorate their rooms: You choose a great piece of art and hang it on the wall. Simple! Slightly more advanced designers will consider colour…

There’s a fundamental rule about the world we live in: Everything looks easy right up until you try your hand at it. That goes for preparing your own taxes, building a treehouse for the kids, or figuring out the best way to use canvas printing to decorate your home. At…