22 — Sunday, February 7, 1999 — North Shore News

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NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

THE Kennedys’ guest room, reinvented with new furnishings from Park Royal.

gets two paws up

Deana Lancaster

News Reporter
deana@nsnews.com

OH, what a difference
a makeover makes.

In December we told the
story of the Kennedy family,
who won a room makeover
from Park Royal Shopping
Cenire.

The room Tom and Kathy
chose to reinvent was their

Artist in residence
leaves March

Don't miss the
sensational Leonardo
da Vinci Exhibit

on now in Victoria.

The show is of
international
importance and the
Royal British Columbia
Museum is its only
Canadian venue.
Enjoy the Exhibit, chen
stay over and enjoy fine dining, shopping,
-golfirg, sightseeing and much more.
“There's lots to do

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guest room — home to a mix
of old furniture, bare walls
and a ruftled, pink bedspread.

Now, the room is com-
plete, and according to Kathy,
it's warm, cozy and a com-
fortable spot to work and play.

To allow space for Tom to
practise his fiddle, accommo-
date a playpen for visiting
vrandchildren, yet still com-
tortably welcome out-of-town
guests, designer —Lossen

Chambers and the Kennedys

chase a new hide-a-bed couch
to replace the double bed
which occupied the room
before.

A beautiful chest is useful
for storage and does double
duty as a unique coffee table.

The Kennedys won $250
to spend in each of the home

WEDNESDAY EVEN-
INGS: Once a week until
March 10, News garden
columnist Roy Jonsson teach-
es classes on Home
Gardening and Landscaping
through North Shore
Continuing Education.
Classes run from 7:30 to 9:30
at Carson Graham secondary
school and cost $15 each. Call
986-8888 for information.

SECOND WEDNESDAY
OF EACH MONTH: Until

June, the Capilano Flower

Arranging Club meets in the
Cedar Room of the Delbrook
Recreation ‘Centre at 7:30

fashion stores in the shopping
centre, and their finds also
included a geometrically-pat-
terned area rug, side tables,
and new art work for the
walls.

“We can’t say enough
about the merchants of the
home fashion stores,” said
Kathy. They were generous
with their time and seemed to
enjoy the selection process as
much as Kathy and Lossen did.

“We had lots of giggles
during the shopping excur-
sions,” she added.

Perhaps most importantly,
the new room has the
approval of the room’s most
frequent visitor: Geordie,
their Cairn terrier.

“He even matches the car-
pet,” said Kathy.

p.m. The evenings include
workshops and demonstra-
tions, For more information,
call Donna Sims at 986-9360
or Sharon.Fairbrother at 985-
8592.

SATURDAY, FEB. 13:
News garden columnist Roy
Jonsson teaches a class on
pruning shrubs from 10 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. at VanDusen
Botanical Gardens, 5251 Oak
St.,. Vancouver. Cost is $23
for members and $28 for non- °
members. If you would like.
more information, please call
257-8666. Co

THURSDAY FEB. 18: The.
Vancouver Rhododendron
Society _ invites’ everyone
interested in growing rhodo-
dendrons and companion: —
plants to. join them for an
evening with Steve Hootman, ,
curator of. the Species
Foundation Garden, who will
talk about “Plant Exploration. -
in China: The November
1997 Expedition to Yunan.”
The evening begins with a sale
at 6:30 p.m. at Van Dusen.
Gardens, at 37th and Oak i in
Vancouver.

50% OFF cortesszs unas

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