Design Sewlutions

Making Life Easier Isn’t All About Subtraction.

Over the last few months, I’ve written several times about making our homes—and our lives—easier to manage as we get older. But I’ve been thinking that there is a danger in all this sensible advice. If we aren’t careful, making life easier can become entirely about subtraction. Do less. Own less. Maintain less. Take on less....

31 Aug 2026 Read more

Let’s re-evaluate and make life easier

I wrote a column a while ago about making it easier to live in our homes as we age. It sparked some discussions and a lot of thought, and it might be a good idea to take that 'make it easier' philosophy and expand it to how we move through our days, as we age.This isn't...

3 Aug 2026 Read more

What to wear to beat the heat, 2026

Every year I do a column in the early summer about what to wear to beat the heat a bit. I've got to say it, right at the start: T-shirts, polyester knit tank-tops, and jersey dresses are SWEATERS, and don't belong anywhere near summer wardrobes in places like Salmon Arm. They are knits. Just don't wear...

6 Jul 2026 Read more

Wider things over narrower things

Interior design and decoration doesn't have many rules. Lots of guidelines, but few rules. Most of the rules I remember actually make sense and aren't really that difficult to understand. My favourite one: 'Your eyes go to the area of greatest contrast first'. That's why 'pops of colour' can be so overwhelming. Sometimes it's what you...

26 Apr 2026 Read more