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Gardening contest

By Suzanne Rent Spring 2012

Time to get your garden in gear! Here’s your chance to win a $50 spring bulb package from Scott’s Nursery in Fredericton, NB. The package includes a variety of dahlias, gladiolas and lilies, along with a new pair of gardening gloves. To enter, simply email your name, phone number and address along with the name [...] More »

Mat finish

This rug, designed by Aimee Wilder and available at Zephyr, is hand-tufted and has a cotton foundation.

Area rugs are to a home’s décor what shoes are to an outfit More »

Colour me spring

By Suzanne Rent Spring 2013

Daniel-Peck

Self-taught Halifax artist Daniel Peck will bring the most vibrant colours of the season to your home. danielpeck.ca   More »

Building: Lakeside retreat

By Suzanne Rent Spring 2013

LakesideRetreat

How one couple took plans into their own hands and created a dream home for retirement. More »

Purity Cook Book: Getting nostalgic about food

By Suzanne Rent Winter 2012

Purity Cook Book

How an old cook book got our editor thinking about some of her first recipes   Over the holidays, I got a copy of the Purity Cook Book: The Complete Guide to Canadian Cooking. It was the one cookbook we had growing up that was used so often, dough and food stains permanently marked its [...] More »

Holiday Door Design – Wendy Monaghan, Link Interiors

Winter 2012

Here are some close ups of Wendy’s holiday door design!   More »

Simon’s Winter Bread, update

By Suzanne Rent Winter 2012

Dear Readers, In our winter issue, we included this recipe of Simon’s Winter Bread, which is a perfect bread recipe for beginners. But in this case, a beginner bread maker caught an error! We omitted the ingredient list for the bread portion and the second instruction should say, “add the flour,” not “add the water.” So, here [...] More »

The door to inspiration

By Suzanne Rent

Four designers and decorators offer holiday door designs to greet your guests this season   Creating ideas for each issue of East Coast Living is all about teamwork. So when we sat down months ago to talk about the winter issue, we thought about including a section much like the one on holiday place settings [...] More »

Winter door decor

By Suzanne Rent Winter 2012

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Four designers create their perfect holiday front-door designs. More »

Drink an apple a day

By Suzanne Rent Fall 2012

Photo: NS Department of Agriculture

Cider is making a comeback, but it may not be the beverage you remember More »