Decorating Dos and Don'ts
What do the experts say?
Saskatoon HOME Magazine - Winter 2011
Article by Jordan Jackson
Sometimes the rooms of your home don’t feel quite right. There’s something out of place, something doesn’t quite match, or something doesn’t belong. Or maybe the room feels stale and uninspired, and you’re looking to start it over again. You might know what you want, but you don’t know how to get there. If you’re finding yourself with these troubles, you just might need the help of an interior decorator.
An interior decorator can help you find what you want out of the rooms of your home, or help you correct the nagging problems you can’t put your finger on. The key to interior decoration is making the rooms reflect you. An interior decorator can do that while keeping your living spaces tasteful and aesthetically pleasing..... Read more...
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Ask Chantelle
Your Entryway is your
Home's First Impression
Ask Chantelle - Fall 2011
Article by Chantelle Butterfield
Dear Chantelle,
I have a beautiful front door and great sized entryway. I would like this area to be an accommodating welcome for our friends and family when they come over.
It is boring, but functional, and does not have personality or colour! I want it to be inviting, warm, (fun?), but not something we will be sick of in a year.... Read more...
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Functional & Organized
A few tips and tricks to help you de-clutter your home
Home design Tips & Tricks - January 2011
Article by Chantelle Butterfield of Funktional Space
We all seem to accumulate more and more things every year. Our lives become so cluttered with stuff it becomes a burden, a source of stress, frustration and saps us. Learning to balance the flow in and flow out may not come naturally. A key area is to have a functional, organized storage room.
We often end up with ridiculous things in our storage rooms, crates of container lids, dried up cans of paint... Read more...
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Thrill of the Hunt
One-of-a-Kind Finds at Garage Sales and Flea Markets
Saskatoon HOME Magazine - Summer 2010
Article by Karin Melberg Schwier
“There’s no better place to find ‘gold’ than at a flea market or a good neighbourhood garage sale,” says interior designer Chantelle Butterfield, owner of Funktional Space, who fairly glows at the prospect of the new foraging season.
Butterfield particularly likes looking for old frames and transforming them into decorative accents... Read more...
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Chantelle...
Modern Kitchen Transformed
Designer decorator and homeowner reclaim space, function, beauty
Saskatoon HOME Magazine - Winter 2011
Article by Karin Melberg Schwier - Photos by Heather Fritz
Dr. Bill Patterson earned his doctorate in geology at the University of Michigan with a little ditty called Stable isotopic record of climatic and environmental change in continental settings. Now a faculty member in Geological Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, his research focus is the application of light stable isotope geochemistry towards questions of paleoclimate, modern and paleo hydrology/meteorology, life history studies of a wide variety of animals and plants, and sediment diagenesis.
So obviously when it came to renovating the kitchen of his 1927-era home on Saskatoon’s prestigious University Drive, he knew he was way, way over his head. He called in someone smart.... Read more...
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Re-organize Your Home
Experts Share Their Room-by-Room Secrets
Saskatoon HOME Magazine - Spring 2010
Article by Gail Janzen
Chantelle Butterfield’s company Funktional Space specializes in improving the organization and function of a kitchen. She says it’s all about design, and finding the right sort of hardware to create a workable area if you are building new, or fixing minor flaws in the design of an established kitchen.
To do that, she turns to catalogues she brings to each client’s home, from companies located right in Saskatoon. Their many products can simplify and organize so many areas of a kitchen, and indeed, other spaces... Read more...
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The Inner Track on Saskatoon Interior Style
A professional panel of interior decorators give their views on saskatoon style
Saskatoon HOME Magazine - Winter 2009
It is interesting to see how perceptions of Saskatoon interior décor and design both among the professional practitioners and home owners have evolved. We asked four interesting city interior designers and decorators to share their observations on what interior enhancements clients are undertaking and why. We also wanted them to share their own thoughts on such issues as design and décor trends and influences as personal preferences and philosophies. What emerges are responses that in some cases are markedly different and in others, quite consensual... Read more...
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Business Profile
Funktional Space pairs client personality with style, experience
Home Improvement & Design - Jun-Jul 2009
Article by Karin Melberg Schwier
Making the most of your home doesn’t have to render you homeless. Whether your budget is short or venti, a Saskatoon decorator and design specialist can help you make your home more functional and give your house pride a healthy dose of pep.
Chantelle Butterfield used her experience as a colour expert, kitchen and furniture designer and decorator to start her homebased Funktional Space business two years ago. She was working for a kitchen design company when she found herself responding to clients who wanted to get her advice... Read more...
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