Create A Better Home With These Smarter Home Gifts If you’re looking to help your loved ones make their home life better, we’ve got a few suggestions for you. Give them the gift of clean floors, clean air, more food storage or perhaps a visual smart home device. Here are the best gifts for a…
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IDS Vancouver Announces Timely Substantive Themes for 2019
IDS Vancouver September 26-29 The Interior Design Show marks its 15th year in Vancouver and has announced this year’s themes as being based around food, sustainability, and accessible design. Taking place September 26-29 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, IDS is the largest design fair on the west coast of North America and we had…
Dekton Kitchen Countertops
Dekton Kitchen Countertops Showcased at IDS We perused the Interior Design Show yesterday morning and were invited to a dinner to explore the Dekton Kitchen Countertops from Cosentino in depth, at the KI Atelier showroom. Dekton Countertops are man-made quartz-like countertops that are highly durable and actually fireproof. We’d love to redo our countertops in…
Keeping Cool With Best Buy and Dyson
Pure Cool Me Personal Air Purifier At Best Buy Recently I’ve been concerned about the air purity in our house and with the summer heat wave we’ve been having we needed some cooling down as well, so when I discovered an all in one cooling air purifier at Best Buy I was rather excited to…
Tripping Out to Harrison In The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Driving to Rowena’s Inn A Treat In The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV My husband Michael and I celebrated our two year anniversary in style with a trip out to Harrison Mills, and tested out the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Phev along the way. The Outlander is a plug-in hybrid electric, a combination that is very timely right…
Last Minute High-Tech Gifts For Father’s Day
Gifts For Father’s Day That Will Make You The Favourite Child It’s not too late to show Dad some love on Father’s Day, as there’s still some to shop for a super cool gift for your super cool Dad. In fact, after a quick walk through Best Buy yesterday, we’ve come up with some great…
Etsy Canada Launches Jillian Harris Collection – News Release
Jillian Harris Collection Online June 25, 2019 We’re big fans of both etsy and Jillian Harris, and adore this collection! Time to redecorate? GLV With summer just around the corner, Etsy Canada is preparing to launch its second limited edition collection in collaboration with television personality and interior designer Jillian Harris. The JH x Etsy…
Mother’s Day Gifts For Busy Moms
Mother’s Day Gifts To Save Mom Some Much Needed Time For most of the Moms we know, the most precious thing to her is time. Today’s Moms are looking for ways to get it all done, so that they can then enjoy some of the other gifts they may receive, such as a day at…
Tips For a Stylish Kitchen
Update Your Kitchen Easily With A Few Simple Tricks We sent out Cathy Browne to an event hosted by Best Buy to gather some information on how to get your kitchen in order. Designer Aly Armstrong was on hand with some kitchen styling tips and Chef Ned Bell provided dinner using many of these appliances…
Best Self Care Gifts for Her 2018
Treat Those You Love To Some Self Care This Holiday Season If your friends and family members are always on the go, it may be necessary to give them something that they will be forced to slow down because of. A good book, some beauty treats, a candle, tickets to a play, or a gift…
A Very Canadian Christmas
Canadian Inspired Christmas Gifts For Fierce Loyalists This holiday season why not spoil your fellow Canadians with some Canadian-themed goodies. These items will warm hearts and reinforce your mutual love for this great country. Canadian Ornaments- Set of 4 Holiday ornaments available at Etsy here. Aren’t these just the cutest things you’ve seen? What’s more…
The Christmas Store at Potter’s – News Release
Potter’s Western Canada’s largest Christmas store returns to South Surrey, through Dec. 24 Last week we continued our annual tradition of visiting Potter’s Christmas Store and as usual were unable to resist adding to our holiday decor! We’re going with the Day of the Dead theme even heavier this year and we picked up some…
Etsy Canada Partners With Jillian Harris – News Release
Holiday collaboration by Jillian Harris featuring nine Canadian Etsy makers We love Etsy and adore Jillian Harris and have a serious crush on her lifestyle and style choices. When we heard about the collaboration with Etsy we had seriously hold back or risk some serious credit card debt! Etsy is thrilled to announce its partnership…
PC Garden Centres One-Stop Shop
PC Garden Centre Sources from 100% Canadian Growers Throughout the summer there’s always some replanting that’s needed on our little balcony and that’s generally husband Michael’s role, part of the jokingly blue vs pink jobs that we have a home (trust me it’s a total joke there are no defined sexist roles around our abode)….
Touring the Southern Okanagan In The Lexus NX
Testing Out the 2018 Lexus NX – Safety and Style One could just drive around town when testing out a new vehicle, but it’s much more fun to take it on the road and put it through the gears outside of the city. This winter, we happily accepted an invitation to the Okanagan to test…
Gifts For Her
Gifts For The Gals In Your Life It’s only a few more sleeps until Christmas, but there’s still some time to shop, right? I was thinking I’d throw out a few suggestions for the more feminine on your list. I’ve tested out most of these items, so they come highly recommended and GLV approved. Here’s…
Last Minute Gifts from the PC Home Collection
PC Home How you all doing in these last few days before Christmas. I think I’m set and have just about everything we need except a few groceries. But if you are looking for some last minute holiday decorations, or a gift or two for those who’ve been extra nice, the PC Home Collection has…
Gifts For The Man In Your Life
What My Husband Wants For Christmas And Yours Might Too I always do food gift guides, but this year I’ve been asked a lot about gifts for the men as well, so I asked my husband what he wanted and then added a few suggestions too because his list was a little thin. Here’s a few…
Holiday Classics In Surrey
Potters Nursery Christmas Store Growing up in Burlington, where I lived from the age of four until eight, we used to live around the corner from a place called The Elves Workshop, which seems to still exist, but not in the same spot. We also lived near a ravine, crematory and cemetery, which could explain…
Honda Accord Hybrid Touring 2017 Getting To The Church On Time
Honda Accord Hybrid Touring – Touring the Okanagan If you been watching our recent antics, we’ve been on the road a lot lately and this April were cruising around the Okanagan pre and post wedding testing out the newest Honda Accord Hybrid, the 2017. The Accord is roomy and comfortable, perfect for packing everything up…
