I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord. Dr. Phil, are you listening? As far as closets go, my clients' were fine, but when it came to their...

Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom and you'll get answers like "a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends and for it to be way-cool and funky." Ask parents the same question and "a locked door that opens on their 21st...

Sometimes living in a room that's badly designed isn't the worst thing in the world. Trust me -- this is a fact! Living in a room that has no design whatsoever, is even worse. I've learned this from my many clients over the years that have moved into new houses...

Way-back-when (in 2009) I read a post over at Sea of Shoes that featured classically shaped furniture covered in canvas and drawn all over by kids. Alright, drawn all over by children, at a hospital, for charity; there was a cause. Well I found a chair for $50...

Wedding season is upon us. When thinking about wedding season -- most guests start thinking about their bank accounts, and how weddings can quickly drain any extra money that they do have. Depending on how well you know the bride or groom- - there is more than just the wedding...

They are probably some of the most expensive pieces in your wardrobe. Leather goods are investment pieces that you wear over and over again. And if you're like me, you want them to last.

I asked Melissa Bishop, director of customer service & field training for Danier,...

By: Audrey Kang and Kang Hwee Young

Nylon -- a tough and durable synthetic material.

Well, tough and durable certainly fits Nylon Singapore's description to a T! As Adele Chan -- the reigning editor-in-chief for Nylon Singapore. -- said about their latest global edition, it "is going to...

Purchasing fashion and beauty products online can save you a bundle. The money that online companies save by not having a typical brick-and-mortar store means that products are often sold at a discount. But many e-commerce websites don't ship to Canada, which leaves Canucks out in the cold... so to...

Style. It's not just what you're wearing but also how you act. Over the past several weeks, my team and I at Notable.ca have been outlining five scenarios, each of which calls for a very distinct style. These include: the workplace, after-work events, charity...

One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle -- an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away. In Dawn's case it was the latter and she was finally ready to repurpose her daughter's old bedroom! An artist, Dawn had...

Part one of two: From Cure to Rebellion

Self-transformation. Memorials. Beautification. While researching tattoo culture for my legal thriller TATTOOED (June 2010, MIRA Books), I discovered these were some of the reasons that people get inked. With the popularity of Miami Ink and its spin-off reality shows, the tattoo...

"Day-of" coordination. What is it? Many brides call or email me, asking for this service. The TRUTH is it doesn't exist.Then why do so many brides want it? Where did this term come from? The term was introduced and perpetuated by wedding publications and blogs.

They've convinced the bride that...

This unpredictable weather we are experiencing lately makes dressing a major challenge. I don't know about you, but when we had that super hot week I put away all my woolies and brought out my maxi dresses, flip-flops and jean shorts, and started stocking up my summer wardrobe. Then snow...

My close childhood friends will tell you I was very attached to wearing leggings when I was growing up. They were so comfortable it took several years before I could even understand why someone would choose to wear jeans. I was definitely not trying to make a statement or attract...

Montréal Fashion Week plants new roots in Griffintown, an organic move from Old Montréal's Le Marché Bonsecours to the massive Arsenal building.

If Le Marché Bonsecours was beginning to feel a little too close for comfort, this fall stylish Montréalers will have much more room to sashay and flaunt...

Makeup. Hair. Wardrobe.

Even after more than 20 years in the business sometimes working in TV can still feel pretty glamorous. But it can also create a lot of artificial expectations about standards of beauty. With media in general, when Photoshop and other manipulations are involved, it can even...

Fashion is one of my great loves. I consider it so much more than the clothes on my back or the (very high) shoes on my feet. It's a way of expressing myself! And when fashion is really beautiful, it's truly a work of art. Alexander McQueen, Rick Owens, Alber...

Pinkstinks is an organization of women taking a stand against makeup marketed to kids. They want parents to boycott all those cute play makeup kits we buy for our daughters when they are little because the founders of the organization believe these products are contributing to the poor self-esteem of...

Sometimes it's the unusual spaces in our homes that offer the most challenges and the potential. Unused closets can be converted into open display shelves, the space under the stairs can be assigned a new purpose, and old attics can be made into useful, liveable rooms. Rosemarie and Kevin called...