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Celebrities can be difficult to deal with.

Agents and handlers control their every move. Jet-set lifestyles severely limit their availability for photos and interviews. So, you can imagine my delight (and huge relief) when it came time to photograph Eric McCormack for our Spring cover and everything proceeded with ease. The actor called me personally to confirm our photo shoot details. He welcomed our team (editor, photographer, writer, assistant and stylist) at his beautiful beachfront home on Vancouver’s West Side, casually toured us from room to room and let us take his picture anywhere we wished. He even pressed his own shirt for the shoot — or at least set up the ironing board before I could take over that chore. He was gracious and accommodating, and I’ll be looking forward to seeing him on stage at the Stanley this summer in the Arts Club Theatre production of Glengarry Glen Ross. Turn to page 25 to read Fred Lee’s interview with the star.

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Sparkling hill resort Vernon Carved out of the granite bedrock, the

Sparkling Hill Resort is the Okanagan Valley’s newest architectural wonder. The luxury hotel is set amidst breathtaking views of Okanagan Lake to the west, and the Monashee Mountain peaks to the east.

The 152-room resort features a wellness centre that boasts a European cold sauna — the first in North America — as well as a trio of therapeutic pools, seven different saunas and 48 treatment rooms offering everything from massages to facials.

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healing WATERS flow freely at FOUR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA’S GREAT getaways. words Michelle Hopkins

h, water. Vitality and health are found in this colourless substance of life.

From the beginning of time, water has been critical to our existence. Throughout our history, we have found water to be rich in properties crucial to helping us ward off illnesses and facilitate healing.

The idea behind the spa derived from the use of natural waters for therapeutic purposes. The word spa may originate from the Latin word spagere, which means to sprinkle, disperse and moisten.

In medieval times, people suffering from illnesses were treated with iron-bearing spring water. Certainly both the Greeks and Romans understood the value of bathing in hot springs and mineral waters. Today, we are fortunate that this ancient legacy is still alive in the modern spa.

The restorative properties of water are many, says Dr. Dave Scotten, dean of academics at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine, in New Westminster. “One of the simplest ways to heal the body is with water,” says Scotten.

“Water offers all kinds of trace elements, which help promote healing in our bodies — elements not found in our diets.

“If you immerse yourself in hot springs or hot pools, muscle cells relax, which allows heat to deliver magnesium into the circulatory system.”

And that’s good to renew cells, says Scotten.

Even better, he adds, is merging both hot and cold water therapy for optimum health benefits. “We have long known that if you do a combination of hot and cold, these temperature changes create reactions which energize the immune system and ensures the elimination of toxins,” he says.

The beauty of any spike in temperature means you help the body rid itself of fat soluble, which can produce weight loss. What’s not to like about that? Scotten adds: “Heat also helps decrease inflammation in your joints and muscles, which in turn helps lessen pain.”

The cold plunge, meanwhile, slows down your immune system and shocks the body, making it work its way back to its normal temperature. What that does is drive blood into your vessels, which promotes fresh tissue to form, Scotten adds.

This is Look’s salute to the spas, which rejuvenate our bodies and minds in a multisensory, watery environment. Here’s a look at four destination spas — all within a day’s journey from home — that celebrate and honour the healing powers of H2O.

If you are brave enough, try the cold sauna. It involves spending up to three minutes in a dry-cold room set at -110°C, with your extremities covered. European athletes have long touted its benefits, reporting feeling happier, stronger and infused with a surge of energy, which can last up to six hours after immersion in freezing temperatures.

A couple’s getaway package includes two nights in a luxurious open-concept lake or mountain view suite, gourmet breakfast for two each morning, choice of dinner entrée daily at PeakFine restaurant and a $150 gift certificate for Clear Balance Spa. Also receive complimentary access to the seven steam and sauna rooms, indoor-outdoor pool and fitness room, starting at $810 per person.

Book online at sparklinghill.com or call 1-877-275-1556. Introductory rates are available for a short time.

Getting there: A short and scenic 25-minute drive from the Kelowna International Airport.

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Experience an outdoor massage in a waterfront cabana at the Madrona Del Mar Spa at the Galiano Inn & Spa. Perched on the rocky edge of the ocean, allow yourself to drift away to the sound of waves lapping and seagulls flapping above you.

This boutique resort immerses you at every turn with the relaxing and therapeutic powers of nature’s best — water.

Recognized as one of the country’s preeminent spas, the Madrona also features the Mineral Sea Flotation Bath. It is known to induce a deep sense of relaxation, as well as a number of health benefits to

sports injuries, stress, anxiety and more.

While you float in the oversized Cleopatrainspired tub — filled with 360 kilograms of water packed with Epsom, Dead Sea and mineral salts — you induce a deep sense of relaxation. “Floating releases all pressure on your joints, which in turn helps heal sport injuries,” says Conny Nordin, a partner in the property.

Situated among wooded forests and lush gardens on the ocean’s rim perimeter, guests can stay in a lakeside cottage or lodge, or opt for a cosy guest room in the inn.

For more information or to book your getaway, visit galianoinn.com or call toll-free 1-877-530-3939.

Getting there: Within an hour from the Tsawwassen ferry, you can be sipping a chilled glass of Chardonnay on your waterfront deck.

Relax and rejuvenate by treating yourself to a massage in a waterfront cabana left at the Madrona Del Mar Spa on Galiano Island.

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with nature, surrounded by its sights, sounds and scents. Enclosed by rugged spruce and cedar trees and carved into the mountainside of Lost Lake and Spruce Grove parks, the Scandinave Spa Whistler awaits you.

The ancient Finnish tradition of hydrotherapy and Scandinavian baths beckon you at this expansive Nordic-style spa, which is incorporated into three acres of natural setting.

Wind through a forested pathway to the reception. Once there, choose from a host of different spa experiences — you might want to immerse your body in eucalyptus steam baths, wood-burning Finnish saunas or outdoor hot baths. Then cool yourself in the thermal and Nordic waterfalls, cold baths and showers. Finally, guests can unwind within the solariums and terraces, relaxation areas, hammocks and outdoor fireplaces. The spa, which has integrated sustainability in its overall concept, encompasses six buildings, all within minutes of Whistler Village.

The baths are open year-round, rain, shine or snow. The Vitality Duo Package is a great romantic package for couples.

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Whether you choose the sauna above or take in the full traditional Scandinavian experience of warming-coolingrelaxation at top, you are sure to feel the benefits of nature’s healing properties at Scandinave Spa.

the Scandinavian baths, two Swedish massages, two healthy lunches from the award-winning Bearfoot Bistro, two pairs of sandals, two stainless steel hydration bottles, and body care products.

For more information or to book your spa experience, visit scandinave.com or call 604-935-2424.

Getting there: A two-hour drive from Vancouver along the Sea-to-Sky Highway.

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endless ocean views and mountain vistas might soothe away any worries you may have. In the charming coastal community of Sidney, The Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa stands as a beacon to relaxation and rejuvenation.

The 55-room boutique hotel’s Haven Spa takes advantage of the healing properties of the marine life just outside its doors — cocooning you in products derived from indigenous ingredients. All of its treatments, whether it’s a facial, body massage or esthetics, incorporate these local products. The spa, salon and fitness centre are located in a serene inner courtyard with natural skylight and soothing water feature.

Some of the treatment rooms, as well as the salon, also offer a front-row seat to the outdoor playground. While you enjoy a pedicure, watch as people meander along the waterfront boardwalk, or catch locals and visitors alike coming back from the landmark Satellite Fish Co., laden with the fresh catch of the day wrapped in newspaper.

Next door to The Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa is the new Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre. You can spend hours observing the many varied species that are native to our ecosystem. The aquarium houses hundreds of fish, invertebrates, marine plants, anemones and octopus. Everyone, young and old, is encouraged to explore the sea life using microscopes, a wet lab and discovery pods.

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Getting there: The hotel is a mere seven minutes from the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal.

For more information or to book a girlfriends getaway, visit sidneypier.com or call 250-655-9445.

For information about the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, visit oceandiscovery.ca or call 250-665-7511.

Kids can enjoy the ocean discoveries at top while mom indulges in a spa treatment above right, when staying at the Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa. Spacious suites above look out over Vancouver Island’s Saanich peninsula.

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The facials are done in one of Skoah’s minimalist spa rooms, where clients can cozy up in flannel sheets and enjoy the relaxing treatment.

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1 head of red witloof 1 head of white witloof 1 bunch of watercress washed and trimmed 30 g cellery leaves 50 g candied walnuts 50 g shaved Gouda 1/2 med ripe pear sliced Dressing 50 g dried pears soaked in 40 ml champagne vinegar and 10 ml pear vinegar (soaked over night) 1 tsp Dijon mustard 100 ml grapeseed oil 50 ml olive oil

Pear nectar 1/2 lemon Salt and pepper to taste 1 drain vinegar from pears and reserve 2 place pears and mustard in a small food processor until smooth 3 slowly incorporate the oil by streaming it into the robo coupe.

While running, alternate between oil and remaining vinegar to keep the consistency moving in the machine 4 adjust taste and consistency with a bit of pear nectar and/or lemon juice 5 season to taste

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he last time we met was at a PAL (Performing Arts Lodge) fundraising dinner at the home of Doug and Diane Clement.

You were with your friend, actor Jennifer Clement.

Jennifer and I went to theatre school together at Ryerson in Toronto. She was two years ahead of me. Years later, when I moved to Vancouver, I ran into her again.

She was dating young Vincent Gale. They are two of my best friends.

Is there a charity that you support?

A Los Angeles-based charity called Project Angel Food, which delivers up to 1,600 meals a day to people living with HIV/ AIDS and other life-threatening diseases.

They’ve been going strong for the past 20 years. My wife [Janet Leigh Holden] delivered meals for them and is now on the board.

When did you realize you had this responsibility to give back?

Right at the beginning of Will & Grace.

It made a lot of sense at the time to be a face and a voice for equal rights and AIDS. That happened naturally. Debra [Messing] and I were the hosts of an event for Project Angel Food in 1998, months after the show started. And that just kind of continued. And, I’ve done a lot of work lately for marriage rights and equal rights in California.

How’s that going?

I thought we were making tremendous progress until Proposition 8 passed [California’s constitutional amendment that recognizes marriage as between man and woman only]. Now I just don’t know. The United States is a country run on religion in ways that is shocking sometimes. The

silent majority are not so silent anymore. In some ways we’re way ahead and in other ways there is this tremendous amount of ignorance and fear.

Must be nice to get away from all that and come up here.

Yeah. My wife and I are both Canadian — I’m from Toronto and she’s from Edmonton, but Vancouver is where we both came to years ago. I have been here since 1992. Some of our dearest friends — a lot of whom were not from Vancouver originally — also came from other places and call Vancouver home.

And you’re sharing that with your young son, Finnigan?

It’s strange. Our son is fully American, born and bred in Los Angeles. But he is getting a whole lot of Canadiana coming through his veins. This house and the time we >

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here is a big part of what we want to show him; sharing our heritage with him.

How often are you in Vancouver?

We spend most summers here. Always have. We were here last year and we will be this summer for Glengarry.

Your new beachfront home here on the West Side of Vancouver is beautiful. It is truly a retreat. Why here?

We wanted to do something outside of Los Angeles. Do we live in a cottage? Do we live in another state? The logical choice was to come back to Canada, in particular Vancouver. My wife is not really an island person. She didn’t necessarily want to be by the ocean. She likes lakes but I wanted to be where I can see all of this. [McCormack gestures to the ocean, mountain and city views through his floor-to-ceiling windows.]

Is it true this home was inspired by a similar house on the block?

No, not so much. I was inspired by our architect [James Bussey of Formwerks] who had done a lot of houses in Kits and Point Grey. What we are most excited about is that this home is very us. We dictated exactly what we wanted. A lot of things my wife wanted that were very particular to her. We wanted something that felt like a summer home in the summer and a real lodge in the winter. Something that didn’t feel like it was brand new; that felt more like it had been here for a while.

I hear your wife is an avid baker.

She is a fantastic baker. [McCormack nods towards the pastry kitchen in an alcove off the main kitchen.] Unfortunately, she doesn’t eat pies. She makes them. I eat them.

Do you have a favourite room in this house?

The Great Room. I wanted a room that utilized the view and had open space. I love the natural light in here.

Where is home?

L.A. is home in that we have been there for 10 years in the house that we are in.

We love our neighbourhood. Our kid is in a school that we love. He has made a lot of friends; that is where he was born.

But this house shifted things. The point of this house was that we would eventually retire here. Our son comes and goes. He loves being in this house. He and I were out for dinner last night. I said, “So what do you think about living in Vancouver more permanently?” He said, “Maybe college?”

Are you competitive?

I am in certain things. I was never competitive in a sports way. Partly why I am excited about Glengarry Glen Ross is that male energy — that competitiveness, the butting heads, I am going to step on top of you to get what I need kind of energy is something I don’t often get a chance to play. I’m excited about that. . . . Scrabble?

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In Glengarry Glen Ross, there’s a lot of pressure to succeed. It is all about closing that deal. Are you competitive as an actor?

Yes and no. You are always competing. But it’s not the same as you and I standing on a line and we run. When a guy goes in ahead of me or after me at an audition, I don’t know what he did. And if he did better than me or is better for the role, how can I say otherwise. I have never felt that sense of competition.

You won an Emmy for your portrayal of gay lawyer Will Truman on Will & Grace.

What are your views on awards shows?

As much as one likes to be nominated for things, I have always felt that award shows are just insane. We always feel like we have to acknowledge that. If we win, we have to acknowledge all the other nominees and how crazy it is. Look at the Academy Awards: Avatar going up against Up in the Air for best film. It is apples and cars. They’ve nothing to do with anything.

And yet someone is going to win a statue.

The competitive nature of the business of getting the job and getting the award has always sort of eluded me. I want the job over that guy but I don’t think of it as competition. I think of it as luck of the draw.

That’s a typically Canadian viewpoint.

Yeah. There’s a bunch of guys from here that I have known for 18 years now. We run into each other [in the entertainment industry]. We wish each other well. It’s in earnest. It is a Canadian thing. New York actors come to L.A. and they bring something. Chicago actors bring something different. I found Canadians brought a different level of experience and humility and support for each other. We are less cutthroat.

What’s your career like after Will & Grace?

A lot of variety in the last three to four years. A few films, a TNT television series Trust Me I wish I was still doing, with fellow Canadian Tom Cavanaugh [the cable network cancelled the series after 13 episodes]. I produced a series for Lifetime.

I did a film for Lifetime that I am really excited about called Clark Rockefeller, about a con man impersonating a Rockefeller.

Trust Me was a drama. Is that something you’d like to do more of?

Yeah. Right now, there’s a resurgence of comedy but I can’t go back to it. I had it too good. I think it would be a let down or it would just be treading water.

And yet you have a recurring role in the comedy series The New Adventures of Old Christine.

That’s limited. I said I would do six episodes and out. It’s been great because I adore Julia Louis-Dreyfus. [McCormack plays a therapist and love interest for Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s character Christine.] It’s>

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Top The actor at his new home on Vancouver’s West Side. Above With the cast of Glengarry Glen Ross from left Gerard Plunkett, Vincent Gale, Brian Markinson and Bart Anderson.

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But honestly, the level of energy on Will & Grace was unlike anything I have ever seen.

To go back to anything that didn’t have that in terms of a live audience would be disappointing. In success, you get damned.

You’re damned if you do or damned if you don’t. In this case, I have got to convince people I can be other things and look like other things.

Do you think you will ever find that kind of success again?

Probably not, but it’s possible. What I would like is to be someone like Ted Danson. Following Cheers, he had another series, Becker, that did well. And look at the acclaim he’s received on the first year of the legal drama Damages [Danson’s role as corrupt billionaire earned the actor an Emmy nomination.] It had nothing to do with Cheers. He looks different. And the work he does on Curb Your Enthusiasm, playing himself, is hysterical.

What are your future aspirations?

I hope for longevity. I hope that I can find another series or whatever, but it does not have to be now. It can be when I am 50 or when I am 55. I just hope I can keep the momentum going so I don’t have sit here for a while.

You started your career on the stage at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Since Will & Grace you have been doing a lot more theatre.

That was all I was doing. When I came to Vancouver in 1992, I was just focusing on film and television. There was nothing for a while and then I did Music Man on Broadway in 2001. It was very exciting to get back to that. When I wrapped Will & Grace I did Neil LaBute’s American premiere of Some Girls [2006] and The Fantasticks [2009] with Jason Alexander. I have been dabbling. I can’t afford to do it too often.

Someone of your stature, you can’t afford to?

When I say afford to, I don’t necessarily mean money as much as time. We had to get the Arts Club to commit to us and us to them a while ago. To go to your agent and manager in L.A. who are trying to get you serious work and say, “Oh, by the way.

There are seven weeks in the middle of the year in two years where I can’t work.” . . . I did a series pilot for NBC last year and I said to them, “We have to build into the contract that if the show gets picked up for a second season we can’t start shooting until Aug. 23.” Everyone started

to laugh hysterically. They said, “It will never happen and they will start their series whenever the fuck they want.” So I said I wouldn’t do it; it’s a deal breaker. I phoned [Arts Club’s artistic managing director] Bill Millerd later and said the American Broadcasting Corp. just bowed down to the Arts Club Theatre. It was a provision in my contract.

Are there other projects you’re putting on hold so you can play for Vancouver theatre audiences this summer?

Neil LaBute phoned last week and said he’s taking Fat Pig to Broadway and I could have done it if it made sense for my family.

It doesn’t. But in terms of availability I could have done it and still been here for Glengarry. For the most part, theatre either requires a year’s commitment, like Broadway, or two years’ advance commitment, like this.

How did Glengarry Glen Ross come about with the Arts Club?

Me and three friends — Bart Anderson, Gerard Plunkett and Vincent Gale — were sitting at Chambar just drunk off our asses.

We realized that as close as we were as friends, some of us had not acted together, or not since theatre school. We thought it would be cool to do a play together. And

this was an obvious one. Glengarry is one of those plays everyone does in theatre school but everybody is too young in theatre school. The men are in their 40s and 50s. To then suddenly realize we are is depressing but also exciting. We can do this. These roles were written for us. Soon we will be too old. Now is the time. Vince and I went to Bill and said this is the cast.

We want the Stanley. Summer 2010. And he said OK. There was no negotiation. It was kind of it.

You made your Arts Club premiere in Dracula [1994] with Molly Parker at the Granville Island Stage.

Yes, that was a blast.

This will be your premiere on the Stanley stage.

Yes. Vince has been on both stages. Gerard was in My Fair Lady at the Stanley. I would have been happy with the Granville Island Stage. But we just thought, “Hey, let’s go big.” I’m hoping people who have never come to theatre will come simply because they like the TV show. That is the point of having a name or why Broadway has names. And for me to show them that I could do other things. It would be really exciting to fill that place for a month.

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I had it too good.

Glengarry Glen Ross is directed by Michael Shamata. Have you worked with Michael before?

At Stratford. He stage-managed King Lear that I was in. I didn’t have any lines. I was an apprentice. We had some different thoughts for director but we needed a commitment from someone good and

someone that really wanted to do it.

Michael threw his name in the ring. I’m excited.

It’s an incredible cast.

It’s a great cast. Everyone is ideally suited right now where they are in their lives to their parts for different reasons. It’s just the way it fell together. I’m just excited about

being with a group of guys that are my dear friends.

This is serious drama. Playwright David Mamet has a terrific ear for dialogue. You play Ricky Roma, the tough-as-nails real estate guy, a role that scored Al Pacino an Oscar nomination for his portrayal in the 1992 film version. How do you top that?

The film was really well done. I think the play is bigger than that. I don’t think it’s going to be like, “They’ll never get better than the movie.” There are certain iconic roles that you think, “I don’t know if anybody else can play that role.” In this case, the play begs for a new cast, fresh blood, and new ways to explore. This is about doing a true, honest, visceral and energetic production of this play. And it’s on the Stanley stage. It’s not a small space.

You can do this play very intimately or you can try and define the size of it. Even though it’s very often just a conversation between two men, there’s a size to these characters and their ambitions.

I understand sales are tremendous.

Good.

And I think a lot of that is because your name is attached to it.

Well, that’s OK. As long as there are people in the seats.

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The other guys are quite content. There is a reason a lot of us go South only to come back. And I appreciate it but at the same time, you will see a poster for Hamlet in Vancouver — it could be Toronto — and everyone is listed alphabetically and the guy playing Hamlet, his last name happens to start with V so he’s, like, listed at the bottom somewhere. And that’s why I was kind of open with Bill and said, “This is an American play and I am known for an American show so let’s be a tiny bit American about this, just in our bravado.”

I am delighted this is an entirely Canadian cast. Everything about it is Canadian except for the chutzpah. Let’s get a little capitalistic here and sell some tickets.

Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet and starring Eric McCormack, runs from July 22 to Aug. 22 at The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Ticket info at artsclub.com.

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Other laundry room options for those with space: add a mudroom with a bench and hooks for shoes and coats or create a craft room, where kids can keep their fingers busy while Mom or Dad sorts clothes. Another idea, add a decorative rug to bring in texture and cover cold tiles.

Even in smaller spaces, Lisa Calder, of Inside Closets, a North Vancouver-based design company, says there are ways to carve out functional laundry spaces. Recently she worked on a one-bedroom condo where the owner’s stacked washer-dryer was in a storage room. Calder designed open shelving around the appliances, installed a wall-mounted desktop to create an office area and placed boxes in cubbies along the wall above. Making use of wall space is a way to compensate for limited floor space, she notes.

When a space is organized it lifts people’s spirits, even if they are doing laundry in that space, says Calder. “I find my clients, they really notice a difference,” she says.>

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Spin Cycle A room that looks and feels great makes working in the space a joy rather than a pain. Decorating expert and TV personality Debbie Travis shares this advice for giving your laundry room a designer look.

Paint is the first and easiest way to transform a room. For a laundry room using light colours will expand the space and help to create a “calm and relaxing” mood.

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People are wanting to maximize their space. This is a great way for people to do that.”

To bring out the best in a tight laundry area, Calder recommends adding a clean coat of bright paint, using shelving or — if space allows — adding an inexpensive white cabinet, which brings in additional storage and charm. She also suggests installing decorative hooks, which can be used for drying clothes.

With so many charming ideas, the laundry room has gone from a space people want to leave quickly to somewhere they can stay comfortably. But not everyone wants to stay in the laundry room.

Canada’s interior design guru Debbie Travis says many people want to bring their washer and dryer upstairs, where laundry is created. Or, if they live in a one-level condo, they still want the laundry close at hand, in their kitchen or bedroom closet.

Simon Adshead, Burnaby-based sales manager at Edmonds, the appliance store, says one of the trends he sees is cabinet panels that are built to cover front-load washers and dryers, so that the appliances can be hidden in the bedroom or kitchen.

The washer and dryer sit conveniently in the heart of the home, without visually infringing on the space.

Adshead thinks the sun may be setting on the trend toward dramatic colours.

Cherry red and electric blue appliances catch eyes on sales floors, but most buyers are opting for classic colours, like silver and white.

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What he sees on the horizon: hidden helpers, such as pull-out ironing boards, storage baskets or shelves that sit between a stacked front-load dryer and washer. The appliance company Asko is leading the way on these innovations. “There just seems to be a lot more appliance accessories than just a standard washer and dryer,” Adshead says.

With so many functional and fashionable options, doing laundry isn’t such a dirty job after all. l

Prints and patterns that tie into the wall colour help to create that designer put-together look. Today, you can find laundry hampers, basket liners and even ironing board covers in great fun prints and patterns.

› Divide & Conquer

Use multiple hampers to presort clothes before washing — easy and time saving.

› Storage Solutions

A place for everything and everything in its place. Keep this in mind as laundry supplies that are kept organized and neat not only look great but make the task at hand easier and more efficient. Use baskets for sorted laundry; bottles and oversized glass jars for powdered soap, clothes pins and other small items.

› Finishing Touches

Add decorative items that look great but serve a purpose as well. Create a gallery of picture frames on the wall featuring washing instructions.

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Roberto Luongo and his wife Gina welcomed revellers to the Vancouver Canucks 11th annual Dice & Ice Gala. Another sell-out, 720 guests attended the Rat Pack-themed affair, raising $300,000 for Canucks Autism Network and Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.

Lovers’ Ball first-time chairwomen Nazeem Lalji and Liz Gordon above saw $620,000 generated at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s signature soirée. Linacare Cosmetherapy CEO Carol Lee left was there in Dolce & Gabbana.

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Sporting a Seamaster timepiece, Omega ambassador and supermodel Cindy Crawford greeted Olympic guests at a watch wingding in the Hotel Vancouver.

Adil Chagani and Benz Gillani fronted the fifth annual Night of New Beginnings Covenant House charity gala at Birks downtown, raising $200,000 for Vancouver’s homeless youth.

Gold medal-winning skeleton athlete Jon Montgomery received congratulations from Scotiabank’s Michelle Cobb at a post-victory celebration.

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