Recipes 9 Ways to Make the Most of Your Summer Fruits Cherry clafoutis, peach gazpacho and more delicious recipes.
Bathrooms 5 Designer Looks That Will Convince You to Cover Your Bathroom in Penny Tiles Inspiring ways to use penny tiles in your ensuites and powder rooms.
homes & design These Homes Have Their Own Wine Rooms—and We’re More Than a Little Jealous When can we move in?
Bedrooms 7 Beautiful Bedrooms with Vaulted Ceilings See how vaulted ceilings can take your bedroom look to new heights.
Outdoor 6 Homes That Have Perfected the Art of Indoor-Outdoor Living It’s amazing what sliding glass doors and retractable walls can do.
Kitchens 8 Beautiful Backsplashes to Inspire Your Kitchen Makeover Which of these designer looks do you want to replicate in your home?
Homes We’d Give Anything to Be Vacationing at These Okanagan Homes Right Now Lake views, wine cellars, private beaches—they’ve got it all!
Commercial Design Great Spaces: Inside the Flex Space of Nutsumaat Education Centre Studio Roslyn designs a multipurpose education space deeply inspired by the Stz’uminus First Nation.
Recipes 5 Salad Recipes to Keep in Your Back Pocket for Summer Picnics, Parties and Potlucks Bonus: They’re as easy to make as they are delicious.
homes & design 6 Breathtaking Black and White Spaces These designer looks show how a black and white palette can be used in every room.
Kitchens 8 Designer Ways to Dress Up Your Hood Vent With a little extra consideration, hood vents can help take your kitchen from drab to fab.
Commercial Design Great Spaces: Calgary’s Bar Chouette Shines With Eclectic French Charm Designer Courtney Molyneaux revitalizes the French bistro with vibrant lighting, custom neon signs and playful decor, making it a standout in Calgary's Beltline.
Outdoor 9 Amazing Outdoor Spaces to Get You Pumped for Summer At these homes, the sunny season can’t come soon enough
homes & design 7 Reasons to Swap Your Dining Chairs for a Bench Whether you want to maximize space or style, a bench is the way to go.
homes & design 6 Gorgeous Walk-In Closets Even Carrie Bradshaw Would Be Jealous Of Her designer wardrobe would look amazing in these closets and dressing rooms.
Recipes 7 Delicious Ways to Go Vegetarian for Earth Day—and the Rest of This Week Fighting climate change has never tasted so good.
Homes 8 Rooms That Will Inspire You to Finish Your Ceilings with Wood Slats, Panels and Beams Say goodbye to your conventional ceilings and hello to these high-end finishes.
Homes It’s Always Happy Hour at These 7 Homes with Built-in Bars What drink would you be sipping at these gorgeous home bars?
Homes Area Rugs Can Bring a Room to Life—and These 7 Designer Looks Prove It In these spaces, style comes from the ground up.
Homes 8 Homes with Dark, Dramatic Dining Rooms These looks prove that dining rooms can be moody and marvelous.
homes & design 6 Staircase Landings That Have Been Transformed into Cute and Cozy Nooks These homes really make the most of small spaces.
Recipes 6 Ways to Treat Your Sweetheart (and Sweet Tooth!) This Valentine’s Day You know what they say: the way to someone’s heart is through their stomach.
homes & design We’re Completely in Love with These Pink Spaces Seven designer looks that have got us feeling tickled pink.
Commercial Design 6 Beautiful Cafés We Want to While Away a Day In At these coffee shops, you get your caffeine fix and your design fix.
homes & design 8 Colourful Rooms to Cheer You Up on This Blue Monday Today more than usual, we’re thankful for these designers who embrace colour.
Bedrooms 7 Gorgeous Bedrooms That Will Guarantee a Good Night’s Sleep This is what (design) dreams are made of.
homes & design 8 Super-Organized Spaces to Inspire a Clean, Fresh Start to 2024 Here's to a mess-free new year!
Homes 7 Whistler Homes We Want to Escape to This Winter Peek inside these cozy cabins and chic chalets.
Homes Get the Look: Navy, White and Gold Christmas Patterns and Prosecco blogger Neelam Gurm shares her holiday style secrets.
Entertaining 7 Fun and Festive Ways to Display Your Holiday Desserts Cakes and cookies count as decorations, too.
Commercial Design Great Spaces: This South Surrey Steakhouse Design Is Well Done Form Collective brings the sizzle to S+L Kitchen and Bar in Vancouver's South Surrey suburb.
Bedrooms 8 Adorable Nurseries We Wish We Grew Up In These rooms (and their occupants) may be tiny—but they’re big on style.
Homes 7 Excellent Mudroom Designs for the Most-Used Space in the House These rooms prove that function and beauty go hand in hand.
Bedrooms The Design Files: Three Bedroom Looks We Love Three stylish bedroom looks from three Vancouver designers.
Foodies of the Year Meet Michelin-Starred Chef J-C Poirier of Vancouver’s St. Lawrence The Quebecois chef won WL's 2018 Foodies of the Year, bringing a taste of his hometown to the West Coast.
Small Spaces A 1930s Craftsman-Style Home Gets a Chic Makeover Whats old is new again thanks to a home makeover by Gillian Segal.
Small Spaces Luxe Lounges: 3 Condo Looks You Should Try From a beachy living room to a Moroccan-style marvel, these rooms offer plenty of design inspo for small spaces.
Accessories 6 Pastel Pieces for Your Easter Table You might want to hide these accessories from the Easter Bunny, otherwise hell be stealing treats instead of leaving them.
Accessories 8 Pretty Poufs We’re Loving Right Now Pull up a seat on one of these playful and practical pillows.
Small Spaces This 1,500-Square-Foot-Condo Offers a Master Class in Storage See how designer Annaliesse Kelly transformed an awkward 1980s condo into a clutter-free family home.
Kitchens 3 Knockout Kitchen Looks That Work Swimmingly in Small Spaces These stunning kitchens from a trio of West Coast designers prove good things are possible in compact packages.
Accessories The Ultimate Guide to Last-Minute Christmas Shopping in Vancouver We found local gifts for everyone on your list.
Homes We Love This Playful, Modern Home in Calgary RNDSQR's Alkarim and Majida Devani have some fun with the design of their own family home.
Commercial Design Design Crush: Calgary’s Cheery, Barcelona-Inspired Ox Bar de Tapas The city's 17th-avenue stretch gets a modern Spanish touch thanks to the team at Frank Architecture.
Small Spaces Photos: Inside a Coastal-Inspired North Vancouver Townhome Sechelt-based designer Gwyntie Van Tuyl Weswicks brings a touch of the Sunshine Coast to the North Shore.
Recipes Make This Citrus-Cured Salmon for Your Next Summer Gathering This salmon gravlax from the new Wickaninnish Cookbook is the perfect party dish.
Homes Room of the Week: A Cool, Industrial-Inspired Living Room Naikoon Contracting's House of Hope is making us feel all sorts of room envy.
Homes We Love This Woodsy, Whimsical Nursery A modern nursery by Mango Design Co. couldn't have come at a better time.
food & wine Do You Have Enough Colourful Foods in Your Diet? Blogger Renée Drochmann shares why it's important to eat a rainbow of fruits and veg every day.
Commercial Design 7 Gorgeous Restaurant Designs We Love We came for the food, but we stayed for the breathtaking interiors.
Outdoor Is It Patio Season Yet? Designer Jamie Banfield shares his best tips to help you get your patios and outdoor spaces prepped for spring.
Accessories 6 Art Prints for a Fun and Quirky Gallery Wall You know what they say: a picture's worth a thousand words.
Recipes Recipes: 7 Sweet Ways to Wake Up in the Morning Because sometimes we really don't want eggs or bacon.
Commercial Design Design Crush: Dalina Grocery’s Slick Space Reimagines the Italian Bodega An all-white palette and rustic-chic details bring a slice of Italy to Vancouvers Chinatown neighbourhood.
Accessories 6 Duvet Covers for a Relaxing Bedroom Retreat Catch some Zs with these fresh bedding picks.
Homes Design by Hashtag: 12 Best #ScandiStyle Photos on Instagram You already spend countless hours scrolling through social mediawhy not check out some Scandinavian-inspired design while you're at it?
Designers Expert Advice: How to Define Your Personal Design Style Ahead of her appearance at the Calgary Renovation Show, HGTV host Sabrina Smelko shares her tips for honing your at-home style.
Recipes 8 Holiday Dessert Recipes (That Aren’t Cookies) Gingerbread cake, cranberry-mandarin pavlova and more delicious reasons to up your holiday dessert game.
Events Victoria is Finally Getting a Zoë Pawlak Exhibit! The Vancouver-born artist will debut eight new landscape paintings at Autonomous Furniture this winter.
Homes How One Designer Gave New Life to a Century-Old Home in Calgary Designer Reena Sotropa restores a family home after the city's epic floods.
Homes We Love This Moroccan-Inspired Outdoor Movie Theatre Interior decorator Neelam Gurm proves you don't need a backyard to get this quintessential summer look.
U.S.A. 5 Ways to Keep Fit on Your Next California Road Trip Our favourite ways to work out under the Southern California sun.
Restaurants These Macarons Might Be the Prettiest (and Tastiest) Things You’ll Ever Receive in the Mail Winnipeg's Jenna Rae Cakes bakery is finally offering Canada-wide shipping.
Furniture Design Furniture Designer of the Year 2017: Kate Duncan Designer Kate Duncan takes a simple, no-nonsense approach to furniture making.
Homes 5 Closets We’re Crushin’ On In these homes, the closets are just as beautiful as the clothes that hang within them.
Events This Might Be the Most Designer Picnic Ever The Aviary's picnic and conversation series may be our new favourite summer social.
Restaurants Ever Wanted to Taste Our Recipe Developer’s Food? Now’s Your Chance! Noodlebox has revealed three new limited edition recipesand one of them was created by WL contributor Julie Van Rosendaal.
Homes 8 Island Retreats That Will Take Your Breath Away Cabins, cottages, vacation homeswhatever you want to call them, these B.C. island getaways are sure to inspire summer dreaming.
Recipes 6 Genius Ways to Preserve the Summer Harvest Jams, jellies, marmalades and chutneysdon't let summer pass you by without saving a jar of your fave seasonal fruits.
Foodies of the Year 2017 Foodies of the Year: Frank Architecture Is a restaurant's design more important than the food? The designer trio behind Calgary's most frequented rooms makes a compelling case.
Stores First Look: The Apartment at Holt Renfrew The new personal shopping suites at Holt Renfrew are nicer than most Vancouver condos. When can we move in?
Designers 5 Vancouver Makers to Check Out at Address Assembly The lineup is stacked for the fourth annual Address Assembly pop-up shop and gallery.
Events Do You Have What It Takes to Become the Next Great Lighting Designer? Exciting changes in store for the 2017/2018 LAMP lighting design competition.
British Columbia This is What it’s Like to Eat Like a Local in Tofino Tofino's seventh annual boat-to-table festival kicks off May 5 (a.k.a. you can spend the next two weeks savouring the island's bounty).
Homes 8 of Our Favourite Kids’ Rooms We all need a space of our ownand these eight kids, from newborns to young teens, have got it good.
Homes 5 Gorgeous Entryways We Love These Western Canadian homes make a lasting first impression thanks to expertly designed entryways.
Accessories Etsy to Launch a New Online Marketplace The new Etsy Studio will feature more than eight million craft suppliesplus original tutorials and DIY content.
Homes Room of the Week: Modern-Yet-Rustic Dining Room Designer Elena Del Bucchia seamlessly blends contemporary and cowboy styles at this Calgary ranch.
Recipes You Should Bake a Cake (or Two!) This Weekend Five delicious reasons to turn baking into a weekend-long project.
Homes Check Out This Prefab Home Made for the Great (Remote) Outdoors Architect Michael Leckies new project takes a backcountry, Ikea-like approach to prefab housing.
Homes Room of the Week: Is This the Coolest Pool House Ever? How designer Dana Peers created a playful space fit for an entire family.
Designers Expert Advice: How to Embrace Colour in the Home Interior designer Tiffany Pratt shares her easy tips and tricks for incorporating bright, bold, beautiful colours.
Bathrooms Wallpaper Belongs in the Powder Room Four designers prove how small bathroom spaces can be updated with a fresh sheet of wallpaper.
Accessories CLOSED: Win This Love My Local Bamboo Cheese Board Because cheese looks better in Canada.
Homes How to Design a Gorgeous Gallery Wall Four designer ways to style your fave snapshots, prints and canvases.
Trends Trend Alert: The Velvet Revival Interior designer Kendall Ansell gives us the scoop on why this luxe fabric is making a comebackand shares her secrets for how to get the velvet look at home.
Homes 7 Gorgeous Homes with Statement-Making Works of Art Big, bold artwork takes centre stage in these Western Canadian homes.
Stores 6 Can’t Miss Sales Happening Right Now Stock up on furniture, kitchenware, accessories and more at these amazing sales eventshappening now across the West.
Designers Q&A: Monograms Marc Hottenroth on the Power of Universal Design We chat with the Director of Industrial Design to get the scoop on Monograms empathy sessions.
Homes 8 Beautiful Homes with Cool Concrete Floors Who needs tile and hardwood floors when you have sleek, industrial concrete?
Trends How to Incorporate Colour of the Year ‘Greenery’ Into Your Home 7 stylish pieces inspired by Pantones 2017 Colour of the Year.
Commercial Design Design Crush: A Contemporary Take on Mexican at El Santo Space Harmonys Negar Reihani makes her commercial design debut at New Westminsters El Santo restaurant.
Stores The Grocery-Kitchen-and-Café Hybrid Dalina Sets Up Shop in Chinatown There's a new Italian delicatessen in town.
Homes Now Open: Kate Duncan Loft Furniture maker and local design enthusiast Kate Duncan invites us into her new live-work showroom to chat brunch, built-in cabinets and finding a space to call home.
Recipes 6 Sticky-Sweet Caramel Desserts to Try This Weekend Because there's no rule that says you have to eat pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving...right?
Accessories 7 Must-Have Leather Home Decor Pieces The hottest leather products of the season, available across the West.
Kitchens Trend Alert: Sleek and Sophisticated Black Kitchens Designer Janette Ewen on the rise of black kitchensand how to get this bold-but-versatile look at home.
Accessories Designers’ Picks: Must-Have Summer Accessories From bold colours and natural materials to cabin- and travel-friendly decor: heres what designers are coveting this season.
Homes 7 Sleek Ways to Use Subway Tiles How to incorporate this basic-but-beautiful-tile in your kitchen or bath.
Accessories A Book for Mid-Century Modern Design Lovers This new book celebrates legendary architect William Krisel (and we're giving you the chance to win a copy!)
Accessories Jillian Harris Debuts Her First Jewellery Collection at The Cross The Love It or List It Vancouver star teams with local designer Melanie Auld for JH x MA Summer Love collection.
British Columbia 5 Relaxing Vancouver Island Hikes (with Sights to Thrill!) Fresh air and scenic viewswithout the steep terrain.
Designers One to Watch: Westerly Handmade Shoes If the shoe fits... Renée Macdonald probably made it.
Homes 4 Decorating Tips for the Best Holiday Party Soha Lavin of CountDown Events shares her holiday decorating expertise.
Accessories 15 Giftable Ornaments for Everyone on Your Nice List Balls and baubles, woodland creatures, monograms and even doughnuts (for your favourite foodie).
Events The Results Are In! Meet the Winners of LAMPs 2015 Lighting Design Competition We chat with the winners of this years Lighting Architecture Movement Project (LAMP) international lighting design competition.
Accessories Salari Launches New Rug Collection by Thibault Van Renne The Aiming for Legendary designer introduces his newest collection of handcrafted rugs.
Events Finalists Revealed for LAMP’s Third Annual Lighting Design Competition The Lighting Architecture Movement Project (LAMP) reveals top designs in this year's "crystallize" theme competition.
Recipes Michel Roux Reveals the Essence of French Cooking (and Shares his Favourite Recipes) Michel Rouxs newest cookbook reveals the secret to mastering the art of one of the world's most famous cuisines.
Events 6 Reasons to Visit the Vancouver Home and Design Show You won't want to miss these presentations and events happening at this year's Vancouver Home and Design Show.
Recipes Sticky Rice-Stuffed Squash from Chef Keev Mah EnRoute Magazine has recently named Sai Woo as one of the best new restaurants in Canada. To celebrate, they're sharing a recipe for the perfect autumn dish.
Commercial Design 9 Beautifully Designed Cafés You Need to Visit You'll want to order your coffee "for here" at these charming cafés found across the West.
Events Ames Tile and Stone’s Anniversary Celebration Sponsored Content The 100-year-old company celebrates the first year anniversary of its Armoury District showroom.
Cookbooks Vegan Food, Reinvented (plus an exclusive recipe!) Chef Tal Ronnen's newest cookbook is filled with soulful Mediterranean recipes even meat-lovers will want to try.
Drinks First Annual B.C. Cider Week B.C. is celebrating our province's growing cider industry with tastings, tap takeovers and other events.
Recipes 5 Asian-Inspired Recipes to Warm Up Fall Ginger, lemongrass, pork bellytoo many delicious ingredients to list here. Try these recipes at home before catching the chefs' expert tips at the Vancouver Home and Design Show.
Designers One to Watch: Interior Designer Jamie Banfield "I try to think local, and I love repurposing things."
Events 11 Cool Halloween Events to Check Out in October Whether you're looking for a good old-fashioned scare or an eerie night of food and drink, there's something for everyone this Halloween.
Events Bar C Cocktail and Spirits Dinner Bar C serves their signature share plates alongside spirits from Alberta's first craft distillery.
Restaurants Vancouver’s Newest Juice Bar Up Jus brings unique flavours and extra benefits to Vancouver's cold-pressed juice scene.
Entertaining How to do Takeout for your Thanksgiving Dinner We found the 8 best restaurants and caterers across the West that will prepare, cook or deliver your Thanksgiving meal.
Stores Coming Soon to Vancouver: West Elm Local West Elm has partnered with local artisans in 12 additional cities across North America and Vancouver is one of them.
Events 7 Ways to Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Take part in an ancient Chinese traditiongiving thanks to the full moon and a bountiful harvestat these seven Moon Festival events happening across the West.
Homes It’s All Relative: 5 Designer Tips for Your Family Home Interior Designer Jamie Banfield shares his family-friendly tips and tricks.
Events Free Architects’ Talks Sponsored Content The West Vancouver Museum's "From the Inside Out" exhibition has been extended to include free presentations by Canadian architects.
Events 12 Beer Events and Fests to Hit Up in September Craft Beer Fest, Brewery and the Beast, Oktoberfest and even Beer School (for the scholastically inclined).
Events Stag’s Hollow Winemaker’s Dinner Enjoy a night of great food and wine with a five-course meal at Calgary's Catch & the Oyster Bar
Furniture Edmonton Furniture Building Workshop Some of Edmonton's best designers and craftsmen will be hosting a two-day furniture building and woodworking workshop on August 21 and 22.
Recipes Start Jamming! Top Picks for Preserving the Harvest Our 9 favourite things for all of your canning needs.