Move, shape and roll Has upstart little Vancouver developed a design aesthetic all its own? Form your own opinion at the Vancouver Museum’s Movers and Shapers exhibition, on until June 22. The show features 20 locally based—and internationally known—jewellery, clothing, lighting, furniture, space, and building designers. Most are young; all are inspiring.

Toss some pillows, get pretty planters, and transform your decor in an instant. Catherine Tse shows you how.

From Snow White’s evil stepmother to Alice in Wonderland, there’s something about mirrors that captures our imaginations. And with the wide selection of looking glasses out there nowadays, there’s a style of mirror to match just about every personality, from loft-dwelling creatives to traditional-minded Shaughnessy residents.

There's a growing number of homeowners and rebel landscapers turning to green mowing tools to shave their grass—a backlash against the pollution belched out by gas-powered mowers.

We asked a few of our favourite local mixologists to give us suggestions for drinks that would cool us down when the temperature begins to rise.

Southern barbecue may take its sweet time to cook, but that just means you have to kick back with friends and family before savouring its secrets.

Canada hasn’t really contributed much to the art of barbecue, unless you count maple-syrup glaze or the wonderful Native method of cooking salmon on a cedar frame by an open fire. We’ve adopted a combination of methods and ingredients that reflect the distinct regional styles of barbecue in the United States, where the word barbecue, depending on where it is used, often refers to just the meat being cooked, usually pork of some type.

For the beachcomber Unless you own a hot-dog stand, wheeling a full-size barbecue to the beach is serious nerdsville. Instead, tote the Char-Broil tabletop portable barbecue. It’s small enough to transport by bus, but will still fire up a mean sausage, and is the next best thing in the absence of bylaws allowing campfires. S’more it up with tin foil on the grill, and watch the sun set over the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Photos by Tracey Kusiewicz

David Wong's house is painted red, but the designer has turned it ecogreen, inside and out.