Home to Keep: All New Peter Fallico

Heads up, everyone!! For those of you who have been waiting with anticipation for Peter Fallico to launch a new series, Home to Keep premieres tonight on HGTV Canada at 9:30 pm EST - sorry for the last minute notice!

Photo courtesy of HGTV Canada

As I may have mentioned in the past, Peter Fallico is one of my favourite Toronto renovators and designers. His signature look has a clean, classic and modern aesthetic, all rolled into one. Even better, Peter works within a reasonable budget, which I think most of us can appreciate. For this series, Peter once again works with talented designer and stylist Elizabeth Wharnsby (pictured above). The concept of Home to Keep is to work with a new family each week, re-purposing a particular area of the home which doesn't meet the family's needs.

Can't wait to watch tonight's premiere episode!!

Summer Home with Karen Sealy Premieres on HGTV Canada

I was super excited to be invited to a launch party for the premier of Karen Sealy's new tv series Summer Home on HGTV Canada. The event took place at the offices of Sealy Design Inc. Whoops - did I say offices? I meant to say sleek design studio and relaxing backyard oasis, cleverly masquerading as a successful design business. Karen was an exuberant hostess and her talented team were all extremely gracious!!

The group was treated to the first episode of the series, "The Snug", which features Karen's brilliant transformation of a rather sad and neglected bunkie into an inviting guest cottage with space for eating, lounging and sleeping. The series airs Sunday nights at 9 pm (EST) starting this Sunday, June 5th on HGTV Canada.

Until then, feast your eyes on these pics of the stylish backyard at the Sealy Design Studio:

Lady of the half hour, Karen Sealy
with Elana Safronsky of HGTV Canada:

A big "thanks" to Sealy Design for the fabulous gift bag!!

All photos by Pamela Graham for Cherish Toronto.

CityLine Taping & Tweetup

This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to attend a taping of CityLine (@citylineca) at the CityTV studios downtown. The episode (scheduled to air next Tuesday, March 29th at 9am EST) focused on women who blog and tweet. The audience was made up of four core groups: beauty bloggers, food bloggers, mommy bloggers, and decor bloggers. Everyone had a great time, and the audience was very enthusiastic. Most of us were tweeting up a storm while the show was taping, which was slightly out of the ordinary, but made #CLParty a trending topic on Twitter in Toronto!!

Tracy (@tracycityline) was an A-mazing host!
The many faces of Tracy:

All the cool kids sat in the decor section:
Back Row L to R: @ShannonKFitz, @JenSelk,
@CherishToronto (+ an unknown beauty blogger)
Second Row L to R: @SecondWindAna, @VerdigrisVie,
@VanessaJFrancis, @GlamaMama
Front Row L to R: @bijouandboheme, @meredithheron

Throughout the show there were lots of giveaways from @ShaToBu, @NourishTea, @BenjaminMoore, @LeeValleyTools, @MACcosmetics, @Vasanti, @L'Oreal and @HeresHardCandy. Thanks to all of the vendors for such great products!!

Afterward, all of the bloggers were invited to a lunch time tweetup over at the Ritz-Carlton on Wellington West. Ooh La La!! Thanks so much to Cityline for hosting this event, it was such a treat, and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely. Great food and great friends are always a winning combination!!

Decor Bloggers,
The Group Photo @ The Ritz-Carlton:

Don't forget to watch CityLine next Tuesday morning,
March 29th at 9 am (EST)!!