The Rural Voice, 2006-09, Page 49mL) of the almonds. Repeat to make
4 layers of phyllo.
Spoon apple -cranberry mixture
into centre, leaving I inch (2.5 cm)
border. Brush 1 sheet of phyllo with
butter, sprinkle with icing sugar and
crumple over apples making sheet go
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to side of pan. Sprinkle with
remaining almonds. Butter and sugar
3 more sheets and loosely crumple
into 3 large roses to cover top. Butter
and sugar remaining sheet; scrunch
into smaller rose and place in centre.
Bake in 350°F (180°C) oven for 15
minutes. Sprinkle with any remaining
sugar; bake in 400°F (200°C) oven
for 10 minutes or until golden. Let
cool slightly. Remove pan side and
place on plate. Cut into wedges to
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Home Decorating
Making a home away from home
Patti
Robertson
operates
Classic
Interiors in
Wingham.
By Patti Robertson
An acquaintance recently told me
about this enchanting couple in their
60s she had just had the pleasure of
meeting. She regaled me with
stories about their life and was quite
puzzled by the fact that they had
never owned a home of their
own. "They've always lived in an
apartment! I've never met
anyone who'd only lived in an
apartment."
Right away my mind traveled back
to the days of my youth in Owen
Sound during the '50s and '60s when
probably close to 75 per cent of my
friends either were with their families
in a home owned by their
grandparents or called an apartment
home. I was a guest in many a unique
apartment, maintained and deeply
appreciated by all occupants. My how
things change!
So as many of our area youth
travel off to college, come with me
while we take a peak at one of the
apartments my daughter Heidi was
fortunate enough to call home for a
period of time. A little trick we
utilized many times was to ask the
landlord for permission to decorate,
stating if we were granted permission
we'd not only do the work ourselves
but also supply the products. This
enabled us time and again to choose
all the colourations we knew would
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benefit the theme of the decor we
wished to create.
The entrance to this London
setting was ground floor along the
side of a long low bungalow -styled
home. One entered directly into a
common room that incorporated a
small foyer, a large living room and a
galley -styled kitchen. It also had a
rear entrance, which led to a spacious
backyard for personal use, which
made it a great bonus.
We started our new decor scheme
in the common room by painting all
the walls a "hot salsa" tone, and then
at ceiling height we incorporated an
arabesque stencil motif in an old gold
metallic hue. Overtop of the spicy -
toned walls we next used a clear
glaze of varathane and "old gold"
dust to create a cross -hatch effect
which toned down the red -orange
colouration and added depth and
character.
Heidi's furniture included a beige
tweed sofa bed, a beige brocade
sectional, a leather chair in a coffee
bean colouration along with a cherry
entertainment unit and end tables.
She also had many interesting pieces
of wall art that toned into the walls.
To this we added a hard -case valance
in a Spanish motif in tones of salsa
and old gold to top off the two very
large windows within the room. We
managed to find old, gold semi -sheer
draperies at a consignment shop that
complemented our motif perfectly. In
the corridor kitchen we treated the
white cabinetry to new red door pulls
and incorporated a stencil of the
"Indian Bottle Brush plant" in shades
of sage green, with salsa and a yellow
orange as highlight.
To the right of the common room
was a 10x12 dining room that
featured two huge windows. We
topped both windows off with fancy,
bracketed shelves trimmed in a
golden bullion fringe and added
dusty gold and white printed semi
sheers to add character to the room.
The walls were treated to a golden
wheat hue and along with Heidi's
interesting array of wall art and
accessories it created a most
charming room in which to dine upon
the suite handed down from her
grandmother.
To the opposite side of the
common room we come to the three-
piece bath in which space was at a
premium. A honeyed golden hue was
chosen to add colour above the white
tiled wainscoting and over this we
added a black arabesque stencil to
add some+ much-needed interest. A
shower curtain in tones of dusty gold,
sable and black heightened the effect.
The floor was linoleum that had
definitely seen better days. We used
high gloss floor enamel in the same
tonal value as the wall and did a faux
treatment to simulate flagstone
flooring and viola more character! In
the bath we also rigged up a small
accent lamp to add interest and work
as a 24-7 nightlight.
Heidi's bedchamber, and that is
exactly what it was with its own
separate entrance hall, was treated to
a coating of "sun-dried tomato"
colouration. We added a novelty
border featuring "bustiers and garter
belts" in animal prints, for a racy one -
of -a -kind feel. I managed to find a
great faux leather look fabric in the
exact shade as the sundried-tomato
walls. This we used to make the dust
ruffle, side panels and a hard -case
valance trimmed with red and black
glass beading. The bed itself was
topped off with a faux leopard
comforter and once again a bevy of