WFH and No Spare Room? Here's Your Guide to Designing Rooms That Adapt. It's Wednesday, 11:14 a.m. Your laptop is on the dining table. The printer is in the front hall. Three contracts sit on the bookshelf next to a vase. The Zoom is happening here because the dining room has better light. Your office, technically, is the entire ground floor. This is not, strictly speaking, a real estate problem. It's a design problem, and one of the more fixable kinds. Most homes are built f

Pantone’s Color of the Year began in 1999 with the purpose of connecting color trends with culture and global mood and since its’ start only 4% of the Colors of the Year have been White. So, what does the surprising selection of Cloud Dancer mean? According to Pantone, this lofty white “serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection” and “encourages true relaxation and focus, allowing the mind to wander and creativity to br

Each September, the Interior Design Show (IDS) turns Vancouver into a design playground of creativity and inspiration. At the 2025 show, one message rang loud and clear: “Keep it Canadian.” Homegrown talent, especially women-led studios, stole the spotlight, proving that some of the most exciting design innovations are happening in our own backyard. Here are five of our favorite Canadian, female-led discoveries from IDS Vancouver 2025: photo credit: grey sage 1. Grey Sage T