I’ve written a few articles about holiday decorating and a gift guide that are being rolled out from the end of  November into December in the Toronto Star and Metro newspapers across Canada, and online. I love the holidays, so it was fun delving in to all the lookbooks and holiday lineups that retailers put together every year, crowd-sourcing gift recommendations, as well as interviewing a variety of sources for trends and tips. Here’s what’s been posted so far. Stay tuned for more! Read more »

This fall, I’ve written several décor pieces for various special sections in the Toronto Star. The first two appeared September 3 in a section called Your New Home. Read more »

On Saturday, July 9, I had an article appear in the Toronto Star about stretching before you head out to the garden. Read more »

I wrote a couple of pieces for the Restyle Your Home section that appeared in the Toronto Star Thursday, April 21. One was about the benefits of raised beds for small spaces and the other was a roundup of new plants that would be new to garden centres for 2016. These articles also appeared in Metro newspapers across Canada on May 5. Read more »

I was assigned two fall gardening articles for the Toronto Star. They both ended up in the same section on the same day. The first was about planting fall bulbs. I interviewed Pamela Dangelmaier from Botanus for tips and her favourite bulb picks. The second article was about turning your focus to indoor gardening and creating a terrarium. For that one, I interviewed Maria Colletti from the New York Botanical Garden, who wrote a book about terrariums, for DIY tips. Read more »

For a summer gardening piece, I pitched an article to the Toronto Star about how to maintain your garden during the hot, dry months of July and August. Read more »

I had not one, but two gardening articles in the Toronto Star, recently. Both were on the same page in a special section called Restyle Your Home. Read more »

For the 2014 holiday season, I wrote three gift guides for the Toronto Star. The first featured gifts made by Canadian artisans. It ended up in the paper in a special gift guide section. Read more »

September 27, I wrote two articles that were featured on the front page of a special section called Where T.O. Shops. In the first piece, I interviewed landscape designer Michael Dimitriadis about how to extend the season outdoors by creating a cosy patio. For the second piece, I sourced home office items. Read more »

I wrote all the articles for a recent content package about painting your home that appeared on the Toronto Star’s website. I interviewed various interior designers and decorators for their tips that appeared in the following articles: Read more »