Category Archives: ecoDomestica reDesign’s services

Six eco-friendly decorating trends so sexy you’ll want to make out with them

Posted on May 21, 2010 by ecoDomestica

I’ve been catching up on reading decorating blogs and magazines lately. One advantage of ploughing through a backlog of posts from recent trade shows and magazine feature articles looking for trends is that it clarifies whether what you’re seeing are … Continue reading →

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Part of The Collective

Posted on May 15, 2010 by ecoDomestica

Remember my upcycled chandelier tutorial? I had listed the fruits of that project on Etsy, and a couple of the pieces were purchased by designer Robert Delpazzo of  iCrave Design in New York for “a little cafe project” he was … Continue reading →

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Slow Design: A Quick Primer

Posted on September 19, 2009 by ecoDomestica

Lately, I’ve been really intrigued by Slow Design, which is a cousin of the Slow Food, traditional skills, and voluntary simplicity movements, and the Zen Buddhist concept of wabi-sabi. The published Slow Design Principles (Strauss and Fuad-Luke, see www.slowlab.net) are … Continue reading →

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How To: Make Upcycled Pendant Lamps

Posted on April 19, 2009 by ecoDomestica

I’m excited to have recently added handmade pendant lamps created from upcycled materials to my portfolio. (Most materials are “downcycled”, degrading in quality and value, as they are recycled into new products – an oft-cited example of downcycling is the … Continue reading →

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CRDA volunteers create Homes For Christmas Tour house

Posted on January 7, 2009 by ecoDomestica

In November, Canadian ReDesigners Association members from several Edmonton-area decorating businesses (including me) pooled their talents and resources to redesign and decorate a home for the Homes For Christmas Tour. This fundraiser benefitted the  St. Albert Senior Citizens Club, a … Continue reading →

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Sustainability and Staging: an Introduction and Sustainable Staging Checklist

Posted on September 11, 2008 by ecoDomestica

Staging has revolutionized the real estate industry by maximizing homes’ appeal and potential, drawing attention to selling features, and helping buyers to imagine the home as their own, so that homes are shown at their absolute best. Similarly, a green … Continue reading →

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Highly Recommended Reading: Green Books, Magazines, and Websites

Posted on September 11, 2008 by ecoDomestica

(this article was first published in January 2008 in vol.1, no, 1 of the ecoDomestica reDesign newsletter) Here are a selection of the publications that inspire and inform my work. Enjoy! Books: – Alan Berman. “The Healthy Home Handbook: Eco-Friendly … Continue reading →

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What the heck is “redesign”?

Posted on September 7, 2008 by ecoDomestica

Redesign services are called different things, depending on which decorator is doing it and who trained them: redesign, staging, tweaking, one-day decor, no-cost decorating, use-what-you-have decorating, re-decorating. There’s a show on HGTV (both US and Canada) called “FreeStyle” that’s all … Continue reading →

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