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The type of renovation I do most often is opening a kitchen to the family room.

~Candice Olson

Topics: Family Kitchen Most Often Opening Room Type

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Sometimes living in a room that's badly designed isn't the worst thing in the world. Trust me - this is a fact! Living in a room that has no design whatsoever is even worse. I've learned this from my many clients over the years that have moved into new houses and just can't figure out where to begin.

~Candice Olson

Topics: Badly Begin Clients Design Designed Even Even Worse Fact Figure Houses Just Learned Living Many Me Moved New Out Over Room Sometimes Thing Trust Trust Me Whatsoever Where World Worse Worst Worst Thing Years

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It's great to design a beautiful, modern, sleek home like you'd see in a magazine. But if it doesn't suit your lifestyle, it's really wasted.

~Candice Olson

Topics: Beautiful Design Great Home Lifestyle Like Magazine Modern Really See Suit Wasted You Your

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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.

~Candice Olson

Topics: Compromise Marriage People Tell

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A common mistake people make regarding dining rooms is to buy a matching set of table and chairs, which can be monotonous. I like to mix guest chairs in one style and head chairs in another for a more interesting, dynamic look.

~Candice Olson

Topics: Another Buy Chairs Common Dining Dynamic Guest Head Interesting Like Look Make Matching Mistake Mix Monotonous More People Regarding Rooms Set Style Table Which

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I love doing kitchen renovations where we're opening up the kitchen and creating open-concept main floors. I think that's one renovation that really changes the way people live in their homes.

~Candice Olson

Topics: Changes Creating Doing Floors Homes Kitchen Live Love Main Opening People Really Think Up Way Where I Think I Love

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Great French design is often about unexpected touches.

~Candice Olson

Topics: About Design French Great Often Unexpected

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When I'm doing kitchen planning as well as bathroom design, I try to walk through the day with the homeowner. If we're talking about a kitchen, it will be: So, we are walking in with the groceries. When we are taking them out of the car, where will they go? What is the distance to fridge, to pantry?

~Candice Olson

Topics: About Bathroom Car Day Design Distance Doing Fridge Go Groceries Kitchen Out Planning Taking Talking Them Through Try Walk Walking Well Where Will

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Now that our kids are getting older, they need their space. We dug out the basement so they will have a place to go crazy in the wintertime. My son is already talking about how he's going to make a skateboard ramp. It's just a mosh pit down there, so they can do whatever they want. We're not even going to finish it.

~Candice Olson

Topics: About Basement Crazy Down Dug Even Finish Getting Getting Older Go Going He How Just Kids Make Need Now Older Our Out Pit Place Ramp Skateboard Son Space Talking Want Whatever Will

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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.

~Candice Olson

Topics: Always Child Everything Great Hold Just Many Myself Never Poster Pretend Show Something Successful Suffers Things Total Up Want You

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Designer

Born: October 27th, 1964

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