About Us

Inspiring you is our aim! With 18 years in Sidney everyday is filled with the pure enjoyment of offering the kind of service that shows we care about You and your home! Your home is your castle and should be warm and inviting to you, your family and friends. We have a team of talented gals who love design! Our goal is to assist you in pulling all the right pieces together that reflect you and your families lifestyle. With the numerous collections of furnishings and accessories in stock and in our full range of web links and in store catalogues the sky is the limit! You can’t help but be inspired to fashion your dream home with our experts on hand ready to lend a creative hand. From furniture layouts & selection to new styling and accessorizing, home staging and complete home furnishing bundles for new condos or second homes, we hope to exceed your expectations while assisting in the creative journey for your home.

We also hope that with over 23 years of expertise in design and 18 yrs retailing in Sidney teaching literally hundreds of workshops over a 10 year span that we can inspire you with our two blogs. In our Snips and Tips you’ll find practical inspirations, interior design & staging tips presented by Helen McIntyre along with updates on what’s new in the store. Helen is our principle Interior Designer of 6 years as well the amazing talent behind all of our in-store merchandising that makes our products soooo irresistible. She earned her Interior Design Diploma in Ontario and takes pride in solving the decorating and design dilemnas of our many clients either in the store or in their home. You will see her in the store busy creating incredible new looks, adding gorgeous new stock, helping customers with design questions and rearranging furniture vignettes all of which she is passionate about. Her ideas abound and she is thrilled to share them in our new blog.

In our 2nd blog you’ll be treated to a wealth of inspiration from “Julie’s Favourites”, the shop owner Julie Szegedi Cove. Trained and certified in Interior Design she followed her passion by opening The House Dressing Company Inc. in 1991. She has nurtured a wonderful shop, designing and building it’s current location presenting an incredibly inspiring place to visit. Julie hosted a radio show on AM900 for 1 year, strictly for the purpose of inspiring clever ideas for lifestyle and living on the coveted Sannich Peninsula here on Vancouver Island. She’s also the gal behind the amazing Christmas Home tour that was presented 2 years running and left guests in awe! You’ve probably also seen her on Shaw TV inspiring a variety of innovative ideas for your home thru a number of segments over the past 10 years. In her blog she is eager to share her very favourite inspirations with a bursting passion for colour, design, yummy local food, personal and local tasty recipes, experts in our own community, favourite exciting local businesses and much much more!

We sure hope that you will find our offerings valuable and that you visit us often on line, sharing your comments and ideas as well as stop by the store to check out some of the yummy displays – they are ever changing and certainly delicious!

Cheers to abundant inspiration and a lovely home!