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AUTUMN 2014 Sonny Abesamis
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TIPS O’ THE TRADES — Expert advice. You didn’t solicit it but we’re giving it to you anyway.
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SO GOOD YOU’LL WANT TO GO TO BED EARLY Three bedrooms with big style on an IKEA sized budget.
CHALK PAINT – FAT IS THE NEW BLACK
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COVET TALKS — Yup, we’re chatterboxes... and you’re gonna love who we chat up.
22 CELEBRITY DESIGNER KIMBERLEY SELDON gives us the low down as she rolls through the ‘Peg.
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TOOLS Great kitchen tools for every Soup Nazi.
72 WORKING WITH AN INTERIOR DESIGNER Tips from the Professional Interior Designers Institute of Manitoba
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WELCOME BACK POTTER Local potters Lynne Mulvihill and Jenn McCurry get their hands dirty turning an old art form new again .
2 BY 4 LIFE Follow radio personality Dez Daniels and her family as she blogs her way through the start-to-finish journey of a new home build.
CHOW — Food, glorious food and everything to go with it.
DIG — Get outside and get gardening.
56 BOUNTIFUL HARVEST Ladle up hearty goodness by the bowl full.
PRAIRIE PALLETTE — A glimpse into the Winnipeg art community or profile of a great local artist.
66 SOPHIE LAVOIE
LIVING WELL — Reviews, ideas, a little form and a little function.
76 LAZY LEAVES
77 PRESTO CHANGE-O
78 YOUR SEED OR MINE?
80 WHERE TO FIND
82 DESIGN DILEMMA
64 GREAT DESIGN ON ANY BUDGET STARTS WITH A PLAN Hear what four local designers have to say on the matter.
modern living with a pr airie t wist
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