Wrapped up Eat Healthy, Live Happy! Enjoying a gluten-free diet from breakfast to dinner is now simple! 19 · Friday, March 9, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Your one stop shop carrying the largest selection of Gluten-Free Products and Nut-Free Products NEW PRODUCTS! NOW IN STORE Natural Factors Gluten Relief Vitamin D Vegan Protein SALE $ 99 May Family Farms Deli Meat All Flavours 2 % OFF 40 GREAL DEAL! All Kozy Shack Products Receive MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER for fareshare: Esther Studnicki, centre left, of the Fareshare food bank receives a $1,500 5 % OFF Any purchase over $75 on March 9th - March 12th Not to be combined with any other offers In-Store Café daniele's kitchen Now open in Oakville, and fully ready to serve gluten-free meal items cheque from representatives of Oakville Place, Dawne Pollington, left, Heather Dickson, centre right, and Eva Cooney, right. The shopping centre donated the proceeds from sales of gift bags at the customer service desk during the 2011 Christmas season to the food bank located on Speers Road. OAKVILLE LOCATION 220 North Service Road Oakville, ON 905.842.2999 VAUGHAN LOCATION 3120 Rutherford Road, Unit 17 Vaughan, ON 905.553.7901 nutngluten Advertorial @nutnglutenfoods www.nutngluten.com Turning old, outdated furniture into new, one-of-a-kind pieces Located in Oakville, and owned by designer Staci Edwards, Switch Studio enjoys taking old furniture pieces, giving them a little TLC and a whole lot of style by redesigning, refinishing, and reupholstering them into beautiful one-of-a-kind pieces for their clients to love. As a professional designer, Edwards saw a need for the public to have easy and affordable access to that custom designer look, without having to visit different showrooms, workrooms, or stores. By opening Switch Studio in Oakville, residents now have a convenient place to purchase designer fabrics and have their pieces refinished and reupholstered. While they're there, they can even arrange to have coordinating drapery and accent cushions made. "My focus is to take the craziness out of redecorating by providing our clients with fabric selections, refinishing needs, upholstery and availability to custom accents such as window treatments and throw pillows," she states. As a designer, Staci is able to help her clients coordinate with what they already have and choose fabric and paint combinations that will give them the look they want. "We work with our clients depending on their needs, whether it be design consultation, or physically doing the work. We can also meet with them at any point in their project to help with as much or as little as they Owner and designer, need no project is too big Staci Edwards or too small." Many people think that exclusive, one-of-a-kind custom pieces are only for the rich and famous, but thanks to Switch Studio this is simply not the case. "It's so much nicer to reflect your own personal style in your home with customized pieces, colours, and fabric combinations, which can be hard to do while shopping at a bigbox store," she explains. Edwards suggests buying unique, used pieces, and then bringing them in to Switch Studio to have them redesigned, refinished and reupholstered into something as good as new; and to tie your look together, coordinating pillows and drapery are key. For those who are looking to live a `green' lifestyle, redesigning furniture is the perfect option for redecorating. "By using what you already have, you're keeping the piece out of a landfill which makes it a much greener choice, and you can save a little money along the way too, which is always a nice bonus," she says. "We also use the highest quality eco-friendly products whenever possible, such as low VOC paints, soy base eco foam, water based glues and natural felts." The studio also offers customizable gift certificates, which are unique gift ideas for housewarming parties and weddings; it's something everyone would love, and anyone can use, as everything is customizable to their own tastes. Do you have a piece you are thinking of redoing? Contact Switch Studio for a quote or consultation today! For more information visit www.switchstudio.ca or call 905.337.3611