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Summer 2017
Western Manitoba
Building a Dream
6 Kitchen
Design Styles
Barn Haven
Western Manitoba Design Your Home magazine is a Brandon, MB based company created to promote and feature all the great trades in our local area. With the limited amount of media in Brandon and area, this magazine will assist you and your company with great exposure. Design Your Home magazine will help local companies feature their business and the special work they do. Design Your Home magazine will focus on the home and proper ty. Each issue you may see ar ticles on Home and Building, Real Estate, Design and Decorating, Landscaping, and a special featured Home and Business.
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• Local Home Magazine • 13,000 Magazines published each issue • Published 4x per year: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring • Timeless, often kept and referred to again and again • We have articles that feature tips and advice from home owners and experts Contact us at: Email: dyh@designyourhome.ca Phone: (204) 573-0152 View Us at: Website: www.designyourhome.ca Cover Image: Kara Matthews Photography Top Image: Sarah Sobry Middle & Bottom Image: Amanda Sneddon Photography
Contents
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One & Only Design Studio
In Every Issue
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4 . . . . . . . . Letter from Editor 5 . . . . . . . . Built to Move 18 . . . . . . . Feature Home: Building A Dream 8 . . . . . . . . Feature Business: One & Only Design Studio 26 . . . . . . . Did You Know?
Home Improvements
Built to Move
18
Feature Home: Building A Dream
Lifestyle 24 . . . . . . . Wine Advice: Entertaining with Wine 16 . . . . . . . My IDIAH: The Perfect Pantry (for me!)
Design & Decorative 12 . . . . . . . Decorating Your Home In Style 14 . . . . . . . Examining 6 Kitchen Design Styles 22. . . . . . . Barn Haven
10 . . . . . . . BUILT GREENÂŽ Homes
Disclaimer Reasonable care is taken to ensure that Design Your Home Magazine ar ticles and other information on the web site are up-to-date and accurate as possible, as of the time of publication, but no responsibility can be taken by Design Your Home magazine for any errors or omissions contained herein. Fur thermore, responsibility for any losses, damages or distress resulting from adherence to any information made available through Design Your Home magazine or website is not the responsibility of Design Your Home magazine. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Design Your Home magazine. All interior and exterior home improvements/repairs should be consulted by a professional, prior to the star t of the project. Adver tisements and the content, including photos, of adver tisements published within Design Your Home magazine are solely by the adver tiser. Design Your Home magazine does not accept responsibility for opinions expressed in adver tisements for copyright issues with regards to photo, adver tising, copy and adver tisement, nor shall they find liable thereby.
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Letter from the Editor
Gardens Galore!
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t’s that time of year again when we stop by the local greenhouse and pick up our plants and seeds to star t our annual gardens. It has been years since I’ve planted a large garden, due to our yard size, but since moving into our new home, we have no shor tage of a yard to plant our garden this year!
May Long weekend was the perfect weekend to build and plant our garden. Since we moved onto a few acres, we had some options as to where we should put the new garden. Our decision was to put it by one end of our proper ty, where it would get south facing sun all day. We then spent the next few days mapping and then planting our garden. We were for tunate to be able to create a large garden, probably bigger than what we needed; but it gave us the space to map out what we wanted to grow, with ample room between rows and space for our vegetables to grow. Now we water, weed and wait!
maintained by volunteers and available to whoever wants or needs it, as it grows. This is not only a program in giving, it is a program in trust, sharing and community. The concept of urban gardening projects like this one are not a new idea, but definitely new to Brandon and one they hope can flourish and spread. Even if you don’t have a green thumb or the space to
A great gardening initiative in Brandon this year is the
garden, there is always an oppor tunity to get your hands a
Incredible Edible Brandon. A program that has a dozen,
little dir ty. Why not stop and weed a planter as you walk
self-watering planters placed throughout the city. The
by or grab a tomato for supper!
community has really come together to help sponsor the development of this plan. Planters filled with produce,
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Jaime-Lynn Dyck Design Your Home
Built to Move Photos by Scott Norosky
Article Content by Scott Norosky & Craig Penner
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eady To Move homes or RTMs are sometimes thought of as cheap or low quality.This mindset is completely
false. The homes are no different than an onsite; the main difference is the foundation is constructed in one location and the superstructure in another. DESIGNYOURHOME.CA | 5
A typical RTM can be built within 7 months after your first meeting. The key steps for the RTM home building process is as follows: 1. Choose a proper ty to build your home 2. Check in with an S.E.L. Housing recommended mover, such as CNC Building Movers to visit your site to make sure your home will not have any challenges during the move 3. Design your floorplan – We will work within your budget by choosing one of our stock floor plans or design your dream home from scratch Many farmers or customers who live in remote areas of the country typically have a challenge with finding
4. Choose your interior and exterior finishes 5. Sign contract and order special order building supplies
quality builders to visit their desired home location. This
6. Hire a foundation contractor
is a huge advantage to buying an RTM. Sub trades and
7. RTM is built
project managers don’t need to travel far, to and from the jobsite every day, which reduces costs and speeds up
the construction process. All it takes is one move from building mover at the time of completion. Customers and builders can feel at ease knowing their homes are built in a secure location, reducing the risk of jobsite theft or vandalism. S.E.L. Housing, is a sister company to South End Lumber – Timbermart, a supplier of building materials in South Western Manitoba, serving communities for over 60 years. S.E.L. Housing, located in Brandon, Manitoba, was formed to help customers access quality trades in the construction industry for their RTMs. Customers can choose any product they wish to put into their new home thanks to South End Lumber’s buying power with the Timbermart buying group.
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8. RTM is moved to your location 9. An S.E.L. Housing representative will visit your location and do a walkthrough identifying any drywall cracks that may need to be filled and re-painted
RTMs
are
moved
by
professional buildings movers, such
as
CNC
Building
Movers Ltd out of Brandon, Manitoba.
Prestressed
moving beams are used to
ensure
there
is
no
unnecessary sag causing little or no stress on the structure of the house.
RTMs are
gently lifted at the building site using airbags to ensure a steady, secure lift.
Air
suspension on the truck and under the house maintain a smooth ride for the house, minimizing vibration. When the house is placed on the foundation, care is given to
your home is very impor tant to the outcome of the
make sure it is square and centered. House to Foundation
finished product
joint matches the quality of on-site construction.
3. Install septic and water systems
Typical customer respon-sibilities once the RTM is moved
4. Install stairs from basement to main level
onto the foundation: 1. Schedule Manitoba Hydro and your electrician to install the electrical service
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Feature Business: One & Only Design Studio By Wanda Kurchaba
Decorator’s
Delight
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ften when we travel to other cities we search for unique, one-of-a-kind shops for ideas on how to decorate our homes. Well, now we don’t have to travel far. One and Only Design Studio is a new home decor shop in Brandon that has an eclectic collection of furniture and accessories to suit a range of styles and tastes. One and Only Design Studio opened just a little over six months ago in hear t of downtown Brandon at 130-10th Street. Owners Patrick Kim and Jenny Kang, along with their teenage daughter, created this haven for those who are passionate about home decor. For years, Patrick has been selling commercial lighting fixtures, furniture and accessories to hotels and hotel chains. His job required a lot of travel, but it was also a challenge to provide his clients with samples of all the products that were available. After all, you can only pack so much in a suitcase! So, the idea began to create a showroom right here in Brandon, where clients would be able to see the complete collection, get an idea of what the quality was like and get a better sense of size. As the plans for the business developed, the husband and wife team also decided to make their products available
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to local home owners and interior designers at a retail level. “It’s been a great experience so far. Our commercial clients are able to come here to get different ideas, concepts and options that they didn’t have as much access to before, plus they are now exposed to our retail line,” said Jenny. One and Only carries a wide variety of products that are impor ted directly from manufacturers in China. As a result, guests are discovering products in the store that you might not be able to find anywhere else. “Patrick travels to major international trade fairs in China and Hong Kong a few times a year to search for products that are unique and different, but still trendy and of good quality. He’s managed to find reliable manufacturers that really fit the Canadian market,” said Jenny.
“Our customers want to tailor their purchase to their own style and taste. We can custom order furniture and lighting fixtures, so if they want to change the colour or the material or the size, we can do that for them. This is something we were hoping to be able to do for our customers and so far it’s working out really well,” said Jenny. To enhance your shopping experience even fur ther, this entrepreneurial family also has a coffee shop in the 4000 square foot space. Along with a variety of speciality coffee and tasty treats, O&O Coffee, also features live, local enter tainment almost every Saturday. If you haven’t had the oppor tunity to explore this gem, I’d be sure to put it on your summer bucket list! It’s definitely wor th the trip.
They currently carry sofas, accent chairs, coffee tables, end tables, side tables, lamps, wall ar t, and lighting fixtures. Jenny said they hope to get three or four shipments a year and with the next order, they are expanding their product line to include more pieces for small home decor, more accent chairs, dining room tables and additional side tables. Since their products are available to retail customers, as well as to commercial clients they are connecting more and more with local interior designers, contractors and electricians. “We have a good selection of commercial lighting fixtures. We know what is selling well and what’s popular, plus with our competitive pricing, contractor’s are able to get a good price for their clients,” said Jenny. And, if that isn’t enough they are also star ting to do custom orders on furniture.
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Westman Premier Homes, in Brandon, is the first and only builder in Manitoba to be cer tified with BUILT GREEN® homes. Scott Bromley, General Manager of Westman Premier Homes comments, “We believe that building green, energy efficient and environmentally conscience is the way things are going. We not only believe in these
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ideals but also feel the energy codes are headed this way and we fully intend to stay well ahead of the minimum requirements. Quality and reputation are what we value the most, that being said building green is a perfect fit.” The BUILT GREEN® program focuses on seven areas: energy efficiency, materials and methods, indoor air quality, ventilation, waste management, water management and business practices. The Single Family cer tification program integrates the EnerGuide label, so as a home buyer, you get a two-in-one: the EnerGuide label and the Built Green® Seal. A healthier home environment means improved health and comfor t for your family. With the program’s focus
on ventilation and air quality, there is less stress on the respiratory and immune systems. For those with allergies, benefits can be significant. These homes have a significant reduction of drafts, cold spots, and temperature variances from room to room, due to the program’s attention to the homes air tightness. BUILT GREEN® homes are also resource efficient, reducing their environmental impact, both during the build and in the day-to-day operation of running the home. Some of the options to choose from include: energy efficiencyfurnace and air conditioners, windows, appliances (Energy Star), etc; electrical efficiency-Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) and Light-Emitting Diode (LED) to timers and motion sensors to whole-home automation; and water efficiency - water-saving toilets to low-flow showers and faucets to xeriscaping and more. One of the most overlooked aspects of a sustainably built home is durability. BUILT GREEN® homes can feature a wide variety of durable features - we want to ensure that we aren’t building homes that need substantial renovation ever y five years. And improving efficiency means long-term cost savings; save on your water, electricity and gas bills. Plus, BUILT GREEN® homes are third-par ty cer tified, which recognizes the authenticity of the home and offers credibility: you’re able to view a detailed repor t and a checklist showing the products used. As the home owner, you have terms of reference for the maintenance of the
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Decorating Your Home in Style
C
reating a cohesive interior design for your home isn’t that hard if you know some of the basics. In fact, decorating your home so that all the various elements combine to create the look you’ve always wanted can be a lot of fun. To create the perfect designer look, you want to first consider the purpose for each room, how you want it to look, your personal tastes, features that can and can’t be changed, and finally, the budget you have available.
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Photos by Amanda Sneddon Photography
The basics of good design are propor tion, balance, contrast, rhythm, pattern/texture and harmony. Knowing how these elements work together will help you design your space so that it’s not only beautiful, but comfor table and functional as well.
Proportion Scale is one of the most impor tant things to consider when creating the look of a room. A room that is propor tioned correctly will feel welcoming while an incorrectly por tioned room will just feel crowded and unfriendly. The trick is to match pieces in terms of their scale. A large overstuffed sofa needs an equally large end table or coffee table; otherwise, these accents simply disappear as the sofa dwarfs them propor tionally. When considering scale, look to the other rooms in your home for furniture that may be a better fit with the focal pieces you have in your room.
Balance When creating balance, there’s two ways to go here. The first is symmetrical design, where everything is perfectly balanced. For instance, one chair is placed exactly opposite another one just like it. While this creates balance, it can also make a room look static and lacking any visual interest or energy. Experienced designers use asymmetry to create this interest. Objects balance well because they are judged by their visual weight, not pairings. For instance, you may have a large sofa on one side of the room that is balanced by two large overstuffed chairs. These pieces balance the sofa visually, even though they aren’t equal in size or shape. The design works because there is balance in the asymmetrical layout of the furniture.
Contrast Imagine walking into a white room with white carpet and white furniture. Pretty boring, huh? Contrast helps draw the eye around a room through the intelligent use of colour. Bold use of colours creates energy while the use of muted shades in complementary tones creates calm. The more contrast you create, the easier it is for the human eye to follow the intended design of the room, moving visually from one space to another, guided by the use of colour and contrast.
Rhythm To keep the room connected, you want to use rhythm. This means reusing specific colours, patterns, textures or themes throughout the room. Pick a couple main colours and repeat them in different ways in your paint scheme, fabrics and accents.
Pattern & Texture As the eye moves about a room, it picks up specific patterns. These are grouped together, so a blue wall is combined with a striped piece of fabric that has the same blue in it. Patterns that don’t fit create conflict in the mind, compromising the appearance of the space. Again, you want to pick one or two primary patterns or textures and vary them within the colour palette you’ve already created for the room. Right alongside the elements of contrast and rhythm in home decorating is pattern/texture.
Harmony If you’ve ever heard three singers sing different par ts that sound amazing together, then you already know what harmony is. The same is true for the harmony in your home. Different colours, designs and propor tions combine to create a new look that was never there before. It has a look that if you remove just one element, won’t have that harmonic feel to it any longer. When you’ve achieved harmony, you’ve achieved your design goals. - DYH
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Examining
A
6 Kitchen Design Styles
s you are planning your new kitchen design, the look and style you select is very impor tant in determining the overall feel your kitchen will por tray. From the country charm of wood cabinets to modernlooking stainless steel appliances, kitchen design styles come in many choices and styles. So just what determines your kitchen’s design style? Many of the more successful kitchen design styles are made up of many components that go together the right way. The colour you select, and the styles of fabrics, furniture, flooring, windows, cabinetry, appliances, and lighting can help to determine a kitchen design style. You will discover that various design elements of the kitchen provide each style with its own unique flavour.
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The type of kitchen cabinets you have are an impor tant consideration in regards to the overall kitchen design style. The cabinetry can have a powerful effect on the design of your kitchen. The style of kitchen cabinet you choose will give personality and a specific atmosphere to your kitchen. Some of the popular styles of kitchen cabinets today are: English Country - Consists of open china display racks, unique paints and finishes. Shaker - This style is characterized by purity, simplicity, and utility. Uses flat panel doors that are inset and flush with the cabinet frame.
It combines simple furniture
design with clear crisp lines, and strength. Country - This style creates an old farm kitchen look with glazes and layered finishes. Includes open shelves, pot racks for cast iron cookware, butcher block, and multicoloured cabinet pieces that look like they are separate pieces of furniture.
French Country - There are so many elements that go into the French country kitchen including the use of large pieces of furniture that are made mainly of light coloured woods and can be decorated with ornate carvings. Natural materials are an impor tant element in walls, cabinetry and furniture that is used in the design of French country kitchens. Arts and Crafts - This kitchen design style is becoming a popular style for kitchens. In this type of style glass doors and natural wood tones with a matte sheen are used. The style can be eclectic and ar tistic. Contemporary - Kitchens that are done in the contemporary kitchen design style often use laminates, special wood veneers, enamels, lacquers, or metal foil laminate for the kitchen cabinet facings. Cabinet doors in this kitchen design style usually use frameless construction with overlay door and no toe kick panel.
Homes can come in many different styles, and built using a variety of materials. So the same goes for kitchen design styles. However, in most cases, people will want their kitchen to match the overall design and style of their home. It may not be absolutely necessary to select a kitchen design style that is the same as your home’s exterior architectural style. Although it is considered a good idea that you should really try to select the kitchen design style that will best complement your home’s style. - DYH
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hen planning the design of our new home, we definitely could not overlook the kitchen. One of my favourite features of our custom kitchen is the pantry! It’s hard to believe something like a pantry can make me smile when I walk in‌but it does! When building something custom and unique in your
Perfect Pantry (for me!)
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home, create it to suit your needs and lifestyle. You will not regret it, and it should make things easier for you. I love that when I walk into our pantry, everything is laid out neatly and organized. I no longer have to go to my basement to fetch a large platter or extra bulk food I purchased; it is all there! I want to share with you a few ideas I had, that you can implement in your kitchen or pantry. After we installed the wire shelves, I bought several wire under shelf units to put produce and extra items. These units hook on better
Custom Vinyl Decal, VM Designs, Rivers MB. to wood shelving, but all I did was loop a zip tie onto the
For an added bonus, we installed a motion sensor light
back and attach it to the shelf it was hanging from to keep
switch for this room. It is very convenient to not have
it level.
to turn the light on and off when we pop in to grab
Another
something, and we conserve energy as we are not leaving
great
the light on too long.
organizational
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wall as well! I love the chalk wall I painted in the pantry. I framed it out in matching trim to my cabinetry to give it a more finished look. Our whole family likes to use the chalk wall for our shopping list, notes to each other or just to draw on! I ordered a custom decal from VM Designs in Rivers for a fun, yet functional addition to my pantry. Why not
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isiting a brand new house is a treat. Especially one that I have been tracking the development of for two years: the home of Stewar t and JaimeLynn Dyck. Great progress has been made – now just left to do is the landscaping and some other finishing touches. First impressions: it is a lovely home, with lots of character, quality, and individuality. Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn have brought much to the process. They are the owners of the magazine you are reading right now, “Design Your Home.” The same curiosity, thoroughness, and dedication that fuels the magazine has also inspired this project.
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During five years of publishing the magazine, they encountered many good ideas. As Jaime-Lynn says, “We filed away in our brains things we liked.” Lessons learned? The first: be prepared for the commitment involved. Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn were the general contractors, in charge of designing the plans, securing sub-contractors, picking out materials, and supervising the work. If you are up to the task, seeing the final result the way you want is a sweet reward. The second lesson goes back to the beginning. I asked them early on: what is most impor tant when you design and build your own home? Jaime-Lynn had replied with a laugh, “Go in with a good relationship with your spouse!” Any relationship will be tested over the whole process. Think of the effort and decisions involved: preparing the old house for sale; sorting, decluttering, and storing possessions; finding an alternative living space for the interim; the actual building; moving (twice!); and, finally, the finishing touches. No need to ask them about relationships now. They have a sense of satisfaction and ease as they enter the last phase of a long project. They are in a good place.
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The third lesson: you can make your home more creative than you first might imagine. Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn note that we folks here in Westman often go along with the standard, the regular, the normal. There are lots of creative ideas out there. Two ways they find helpful are visiting the website houzz.com and sharing ideas through Pinterest. They have also benefitted from visiting friends and checking out show homes in other
cities. Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn conclude that residents in other places – like in Calgary and on the West Coast – are bolder and more ready to try out different things. The bottom line: you don’t have to do something just because everyone else does it that way. The four th lesson: take your time. Stewar t and JaimeLynn have taken the time at every stage – to ask more, to research more, to ponder more. Looking around, JaimeLynn says, “We put thought and conversation into every
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Stewart and Jaime-Lynn consider themselves fortunate to have chosen the electrical division of Badger Creek Plumbing & Heating as their sub-contractor for this component.
Or consider flooring. As with other elements, they wanted something to fit their family lifestyle, which includes their eight-year-old daughter as well as their working from home. “We wanted flooring,” Jaime-Lynn says, “that would take abuse and not show it.” They selected Kraus Soreal Chalet laminate flooring from RONA J&G Supply. They were able to take home a large sample to put in different places and in different lighting to see how it would look. Stewar t points out that material may not have the same appearance in your home as it does in the showroom. Then there is the last lesson. If you have the opportunity, leave some pieces undone and allow ideas to blossom as you actually live in the house. This is especially the case, as it is with them, with a larger house and spacious yard in a rural setting. Things can look different over the course of a day and over the course of the seasons. Examples include some lighting, window coverings, accessories, and landscaping. Working with trusted suppliers is impor tant in this ongoing process. They had Budget Blinds do an in-home consultation, which included measuring all windows. Now, as Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn decide on a window treatment,
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Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn have put a lot of themselves into
a larger interaction.
designing and building their new home. As they settle in,
“Now,” Stewart says, “we are going to let the house speak to us.”
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Barn Haven By Josh Price
t’s not unusual to look west late in the day and see the silhouette of an old barn outlined by the unique pinkish hue of a magnificent prairie sunset.
Our deser ted prairie barns are old in years, but not in hear t, as many of these old structures hold the memories of our fathers and our grandfathers before. The boards and beams from these farm beauties hide many a secret, but are only too happy to show you the scars of helping a hungry family through The Great Depression, or to boast about all the generations of jackknife wielding kids whose initials found their way carved into the floorboards of their hayloft for t. Reclaiming this wood from these old barns, bridges, and historic structures is a growing trend in our area, fuelled by
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homeowners becoming more enamored with the warmth, character and authenticity of the rustic style. Rustic design elements have their roots in the Ar ts and Crafts ideals of the early 19th century, promoting the beauty and character of handmade craftsmanship. The uniqueness of dining on a table recycled from an old wagon bench, or walking on floorboards in your living room salvaged from a local grain
weathered sheet metal, revealing a patina from years of battling Mother Nature. The Eastern White Pine post and beams have the weathered surface removed, leaving a less dramatic aesthetic as to not take your eye away from catching the live-edge mantel. The weathered patina was left on the surface of the reclaimed old growth fir counter tops, adding a timeless warmth to the kitchen and providing a surface that isn’t cool to-the-touch as you find with a granite or natural Custom Bar top
stone surface.
elevator makes for intriguing guest conversation and rids us of the uniformity of box-store culture. The blank palette of a large weathered Douglas Fir beam allows the homeowner options that do not exist with the purchase of new lumber ; resurfacing and exposing the inner beauty of old growth grain, leaving the warm rustic weathered patina of warn pith, or choosing to add paint or stain...decisions left to the homeowner’s imagination. Weathered Patina The rings from the fir tree visible on the end of the large reclaimed beam are a focal point with this rugged timeworn conversation table. Rustic furniture pieces such as this create a great center piece in an urban modern decor, melding styles together to create comfy ambience in an otherwise modern space. Reclaimed wood decor is only limited by your imagination! Post Beams Rustic design elements can warm any space...commercial, cottage, home or condo. This local custom bar top was salvaged from a 137yr Old Growth Douglas Fir tree, and is featured as a design element in our own condo on Augusta crescent in Brandon (20augusta.com). The live-edge was left alone on the reclaimed fir log to flow with natural materials of stone and slate tile, materials prevalent in rustic mountain-influenced architecture. The post-and-beams surrounding the fireplace (featured in the picture to the right) are accented with reclaimed
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Wine Advice: Benny’s Wine and Food Pairing
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he principal behind wine and food pairing is to have both the wine and food taste better together than they would if served separately. It was with this in mind the staff of Benny’s restaurant requested I pair wines with the following staff selections.
Cedar Plank Salmon topped with creamy dill sauce and grilled asparagus served atop basmati rice. There are a wealth of flavours and textures to consider, some more notewor thy than others. Salmon is the prominent flavour here, the creamy dill sauce and grilled
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asparagus that accompany this dish compliment the salmons flavour and texture but do not dominate. When selecting a suitable and complimentary wine consideration must be given to the weight of wine, the weight and intensity of the food, food preparation and cooking method. Planked salmon is a method of cooking and smoking salmon. Salmon sits directly on a preheated slab of natural red cedar where the fish steams gently on the plank and is infused with woodsy notes. The moist salmon is served with a creamy dill sauce. The sauce is weighty, not overly aromatic or boldly flavourful but complimentary, the dill contributes fresh herbal character. Pinot Noir is the best pairing with salmon, so successful salmon and Pinot Noir is referred to as a “classic” wine and food pairing. Despite the difference in preparation, compared to broiled salmon, I believe
Pinot Noir, a
medium-bodied and lightly tannic red wine with red fruit and ear thy flavours and aromas suits this dish perfectly. The following two selections – both salads – are tricky. So much so that certain sommeliers simply refer to salads as “wine killers”.
Veggie Quinoa Salad Components of each salad and the dressing served in or alongside it must be evaluated in order to identify dominant characteristics and the overall flavour of the salad. You may choose to highlight a par ticular ingredient but I choose to pair wine with the flavour of the dish. This Quinoa salad contains grilled peppers, zucchini and red onions with a red wine and feta cheese vinaigrette, flavours that dominate the nutty quality and chewy texture of the quinoa. Vinaigrette is tar t and acidic as is salty feta cheese. For tunately, acidity in food brings out fruitiness in wine making the wine seem less acidic than it is. When
Black and Blue Salad A salad made for the carnivore. Sirloin steak broiled to order with mixed greens crumbled blue cheese and tomatoes, roasted ar tichokes and dijon vinaigrette. Are you familiar with the saying go big or go home? This applies here. Go big. The stronger the cheese the bigger the wine, as for the steak – especially when served rare or medium-rare – the same “rule” applies. This salad calls out for a solidly structured red so Cabernet Sauvignon fans this salad is tailored for you.
Grilled stone fruit(peach and plum) with a honey greek yogurt The flavour and sweetness of stone fruit in this dessert intensifies with grilling while honey adds complexity and richness. Riesling is known for its flavours and aromas of ripe stone fruit, green apple and honey characteristics that mirror the flavours and aromas of the dish. Another recommendation is the ever increasingly popular Moscato with its floral and fruity qualities, also a complimentary pairing.
Kate Wagner Zeke, Sommelier(ISG) Certified Specialist of Wine, Certified Wine Educator(SWE) wineadviser@wcgwave.ca
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pairing with high acid foods select a wine with acidity that is the equal or greater than the acidity of the food. I chose both a red wine and white wine for pairing with the Veggie Quinoa Salad. The red wine, a light-bodied fruity and tar t red wine made from the Gamay grape from the Beaujolais region of France and the white wine, a lightbodied bright, acidic Pinot Grigio from Italy.
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