Interior Decorating
Ships Ahoy! Elegant Changes Make Nautical Life Look Good
Photo by HoneyBee Designz It’s official – summer has arrived. The warm weather brings out the patio furniture, bathing suits, barbecues, and boats. If you’re tired if the land lubber life and want to spend all your free time on your boat, you’ll want to make sure it’s a home away from home. If you want belowdeck to feel like a home, make sure to drop into Elegant Changes – custom bedding, drapes and custom upholstery, your boat will be shipshape before you leave the dock. Whether it’s a sailboat, powerboat or yacht, your watercraft has special interior decorating needs. Boats need custom-made accouterments you can’t find in a store. Beds...
Read MoreColours Are Going Back In Time This Spring
Recently, we were listening to internationally renowned Brian Gluckstein on Cityline, who was talking about the latest trends that’ll be seen in fashionable homes this spring. The Canadian interior designer was excited about the resurgence of bright colours and using them in the home as decorating details. But it’s not just any bright colour Gluckstein is talking about – it’s the electric shades made popular in the 1980s! After all that grey that’s been dominating decors for the past decade, it’s refreshing to see vibrant bursts of cobalt blue, avocado green, tangerine orange, harvest gold, fuchsia and chartreuse entering into the...
Read MoreElegant Changes Gets A Jump Start On Spring
We don’t know about you, but we’re ready for spring already. Although in terms of temperature, this Canadian winter hasn’t been too bad, but we miss everything that warmer weather has to offer. And that’s why we’ve decided to get a head start on spring by redecorating our store! Elegant Changes is all about changing up our décor based on season. That’s why we spent this weekend changing things up in the store – showcasing bright colours in green and purple, along with mirrored accessories and a custom-made chandelier. You’ll notice Oscar, our official store mascot, enjoying a comfortable seat on a spring-inspired arm chair...
Read MoreGive The Gift Of Good Taste This Holiday Season
We all know someone who could use a little “helpful advice” about the décor of their home. You know the home we’re talking about – the thread-bare rugs that semi-cover the hallways, the eye-burning 1970s-inspired wallpaper in the dining room, the curb-find furniture that looks like it was ravaged by a pack of hungry dingos. But how do you tell them discretely that their house looks like it should grace the cover of “Tacky Homes Magazine?” You don’t – you just surprise them with an Elegant Changes gift certificate! A gift certificate from Elegant Changes doesn’t have to be for someone who has a hideous home. It can be for...
Read MoreGetting ready for the Fallidays
Traditional Family Room by Sausalito Architects & Designers Heydt Designs It’s officially fall. Your kids are settling into their school routine, the holiday are looming in the future and you’re looking around your house, wondering if you can spruce it up before company comes over. These are what’s known as the Falliday – the time when you get ready for the holidays. Elegant Changes offers a host of services that help get your home looking its best. Not only do we offer custom slipcovers, but we also make custom bedding and linens, draperies and curtains, reupholstery, and blinds and shutters. Be sure to check out all of our services to see how we can help...
Read MorePulling a Room Together With Wallpaper
We here at Elegant Changes love wallpaper. It adds depth, intrigue and countless décor options to a room. We find that wallpaper really pulls a room together, and we’re seeing beautiful new designs this season. As you can see from the picture above, wallpaper samples can be coordinated to design an entire room. This is a storyboard we completed for a client. Using a warm, neutral palette of fabrics, paint and wallpaper, it allows for the easy addition of colours that pop. In this room, we used a burnt orange, otherwise known as Sierra. And just as a side note, we went to the Toronto Design show yesterday, where we noticed that Sierra pair with neutrals was the...
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