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With time and taste you can make your home a showplace even though you furnish it with junk, as Helen English's handiwork shows you here. If you have (...)
With time and taste you can make your home a showplace even though you furnish it with junk, as Helen English's handiwork shows you here. If you have (...)

With time and taste you can make your home a showplace even though you furnish it with junk, as Helen English's handiwork shows you here. If you have (...)

Date8/16/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: With time and taste you can make your home a showplace even though you furnish it with junk; as Helen English's handiwork shows you here. If you have neither her time nor talent; watch for the next three articles in the series in which decorators tell you how to shop for a new home and tastefully furnish your own castle.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0008533F
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Floral Print sheets covering the four-posted bed and walls make bedroom a decorator's dream you can copy
Floral Print sheets covering the four-posted bed and walls make bedroom a decorator's dream you can copy
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You Could Stack Your Own House
You Could Stack Your Own House
Goode, Jeff
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Man and woman stand on open grassy land examining large sheet of paper held between them; man p…
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Erickson, Ray
5/31/1974
A Grecian Doorway. The most beautiful feature of the old home is a Grecian doorway, so Helen emphasized this point by giving it a dark brown stain to show it off well
A Grecian Doorway. The most beautiful feature of the old home is a Grecian doorway, so Helen emphasized this point by giving it a dark brown stain to show it off well
Griffin, Doug
8/16/1967
Talented cabaret performer and associate producer of the sell-out show For Colored Girls, Rudy Webb says even hit shows can't make you a star in Canada
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No guesswork: A customer can choose wallpaper patterns at Color Your World stores with the help of a computer, saving time and guesswork
Toronto Star (Firm)
10/6/1991
Make the great Canadian experience of painting your home a little easier with The Star's step-by-step guide
Make the great Canadian experience of painting your home a little easier with The Star's step-by-step guide
Beaty, Keith
5/14/1988
Economists Greg Lampert, left and Frank Clayton forecast greater demand for new homes over the next two years and higher prices. Chart shows the suppl(...)
Economists Greg Lampert, left and Frank Clayton forecast greater demand for new homes over the next two years and higher prices. Chart shows the suppl(...)
Brennan, Pat
1/7/1992
Even when you can see cyclists, you just never know what they are going to do next and this makes driving more of a nervous strain than it needs to be(...)
Even when you can see cyclists, you just never know what they are going to do next and this makes driving more of a nervous strain than it needs to be(...)
Barkley, Harold
6/1/1972
Robbins Family Walk away from their dream home, knowing they can never have it, although it was designed for persons like them. Selling for $10,000 fu(...)
Robbins Family Walk away from their dream home, knowing they can never have it, although it was designed for persons like them. Selling for $10,000 fu(...)
James, Norman
1/23/1967
Hi mom: When you're only 3 1/2 years old and life tends to make you feel even smaller, you have to improvise
Hi mom: When you're only 3 1/2 years old and life tends to make you feel even smaller, you have to improvise
McConnell, Colin
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