Home and Design

Ask a design expert: I’ve noticed some designers are offering virtual services – is it worth a try?

How photobooks, and other photo products, became the new Polaroid

Ask a design expert: I’ve got a flea market chandelier gathering dust in my closet. Is it worth having it rewired?

Garden centres race to open to help customers and salvage their busiest season

We’re all video gamers now: How virtual farming and e-sports allow us to be social

Budding interest: Potpourri returns with a more pleasant bouquet

Fat pets are cute, but our enthusiasm for them may be harmful

What you really need is a room edit, not a reno

Ask a design expert: How can I maximize all this at-home time with some decluttering?

Isolation has turned musician Tom Power into a runner, much to his surprise

Dried floral arrangements are experiencing a rebirth

Pandemic pysanky: How Ukrainian Easter eggs offer beauty and continuity in troubled times

Ask a design expert: How can I make my new work-from-home situation more functional and stylish?

Baroness Von Sketch Show’s Aurora Browne shares how she passes her time while social distancing

Ask a design expert: How can we give our home’s exterior an inexpensive refresh for spring?

Interior design for all: Designers are offering to work virtually for a fraction of their standard fee

Favourite Room: The owners of this Toronto house have turned their turret into a library

Ask a design expert: How do I decorate built-in shelves without making them look cluttered?

As spring nears, consider these alternative gardens for your home

Five eco-friendly household cleaning products that actually work

Sao Paulo’s architecture and interior design reveals an effortless – and often sustainable – sense of style

We need a change in the way we make, build and consume. A circular economy may hold the answer

Ask a design expert: What should we look for when buying a new sofa?

Favourite Room: Restoring the traditional charm of this Victorian home in Toronto added to its functionality

London-based architect Alex Cochrane on the luxuries and limits of restaurant design

Ask a design expert: Any ideas for a gender-neutral nursery that are not too sweet?

Favourite Room: A historic Georgian manor outside Toronto blends a storied past with a fresh look

Biophilic design brings the outdoors inside, from natural wood and stones to living walls

Ask a design expert: How should I fill the giant wall above my sofa?

Favourite Room: Tiles and statement appliances give this Calgary kitchen a creative facelift

Nextdoor is the social network for neighbours. Can it make the internet a kinder, gentler place?

Pharrell Williams on why curiosity matters