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Small spaces can be the most fun spaces to decorate. They are a little bit more challenging, but the end result can be so rewarding! Your options are not limited – you just have to make smart choices. Here are my top 5 tips on decorating a small space! Don’t use small furniture – Small pieces of furniture will dwarf your space and make your room feel tight. Just be mindful of scale and how your furniture pieces work together. You are better off using standard sized pieces, like a sofa, and coupling it with lighter feeling accents. Choose a...

When you walk onto Saint-Joseph street in Quebec City’s Saint-Roch neighbourhood, the look is clean, spacious and chic. The feel is diverse and pedestrian-friendly, complete with the modern equivalent of concrete cobblestone and shops with large, welcoming windows. Artemano is at the very end of the street. When you walk in, there’s an immediate draw to the varied organic textures and the wood pieces displayed, making for a warm atmosphere. In this, the second instalment of Artemano love stories, Jacky and Dominique share how their love of Artemano made them completely recreate the inner world of their home.    Jacky...

It’s amazing how recipe inspiration can come from all walks of life, including home décor. Recently I’ve been inspired by the organic, raw and nature-rooted furniture that Artemano sources in South East Asia. The scents and smells of Thailand had me devise this recipe for the Artemano buckwheat noodle salad. As summer nears its end and fall moves slowly in, it’s nice to have a fulfilling meal that isn’t warm. We often associate satisfying meals with hot, carb-filled plates. But by adding buckwheat noodles to this cold salad, we get all the satisfaction with none of the food coma. Thai...

All photo credits @conteska I know as much about wood as I do about gardening, and that’s not much. That is until I flew across the world to Chiang Mai, the largest city in northern Thailand, and spent a week surrounded by wood in all its forms. I am here with Shimon, Artemano’s co-founder and Gaby, head of merchandising, on a buying trip and I have no idea what to expect, other than lots of wood.   The first supplier we visited was a round-faced man whose business is run from the middle of the forest, where he has constructed...

If you had a treasure box what items would you place inside? I’m pretty sure that most of you would say money, gold, precious jewellery or old family photographs. For us at Artemano our treasure box is different, but no less important. Imagine a life-size treasure box that measures 7,000 square feet with 30 foot ceilings. This is what I discovered on my first day as I was welcomed into the Artemano world.  No one had mentioned this space to me before I set foot inside. I was blown-away by this incredible room to say the least. My reaction was...