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Design for Real Life: High-Performance Fabrics You’ll Love

Design for Real Life: High-Performance Fabrics You’ll Love

Looking for an Upholstery Fabric That's Both Beautiful and Built to Handle Real Life? High-performance fabric combines durability, easy maintenance, and everyday style–making it an ideal choice for busy households,...
Elevate Your Outdoor Space with These 3 Stylish Color Combinations

Elevate Your Outdoor Space with These 3 Stylish Color Combinations

A well-chosen color palette has the power to transform a space, setting the tone and defining the atmosphere. With our new indoor/outdoor pillow collection, we’re introducing three distinct color stories...
Video Guide: How To Install Classic Drapery Hardware

Video Guide: How To Install Classic Drapery Hardware

Try These 3 Classic Color Palettes

Try These 3 Classic Color Palettes

Every great design includes a colour palette that has a a strong point of view, and defining this element will ensure your space speaks to your style and energy.
How To Stuff a Pillow the Tonic Way

How To Stuff a Pillow the Tonic Way

Selecting the right insert is only half the battle! Follow along for our step-by-step guide to ensure you get a perfectly stuffed pillow every time. 
Guide: The Best Pillow Formulas For Styling Your Bed

Guide: The Best Pillow Formulas For Styling Your Bed

 Throw pillows are an excellent way to inject style and personality into your bedroom, and are also one of the easiest ways to make a quick update to the overall...
Design Tips: The Easiest Way To Pair Pillows

Design Tips: The Easiest Way To Pair Pillows

Creating a dynamic, cohesive and balanced pillow collection need not be intimidating, especially when you follow this tried and true mantra. Continue reading to learn a fail-safe pillow pairing method to create your own inviting mix.
Pillow combination on a cream sofa designed by Lauren Elizabeth, House of Hire

How Design Experts Decorate with Tonic Living!

Top designer picks: here's the scoop on items that the pros are loving right now.
Make Your Morning: Easy Ways to Style Your Bed with Pillows

Make Your Morning: Easy Ways to Style Your Bed with Pillows

Here are some of our favourite bed pillow combinations that will help make your mornings a bit brighter! 
Kassandra DeKoning - Tonic Living Blog

Cool & Collected: The Style You’ll Want to Steal

Step inside the stunning home of design enthusiast and blogger, Kassandra DeKoning. Airy and casual with a modern edge, this inviting space is sure to inspire. 
A Letter from the Founder: Tonic Living 2.0

A Letter from the Founder: Tonic Living 2.0

As times have now changed – rather unexpectedly – it has created a chance for us to look at Tonic Living through a new lens. A chance to reflect and evaluate our goals and the mission of the company. We are more focused than ever to continue bringing you all the beautiful products you love through our growing online shop. But we are making some big changes, stay with me here as I explain...
Sweet Style: This Newborn's Pint-Sized Nursery is Filled with Whimsical Details (and Lots of Pink!)

Sweet Style: This Newborn's Pint-Sized Nursery is Filled with Whimsical Details (and Lots of Pink!)

Filled to the brim with whimsical details and special touches, this lucky baby's bedroom a whole lot of style into a compact space.