Ottawa Designers

Moe  and his company delivers custom office furniture to Ottawa, Toronto and  Montreal. They carry lines such as LOGIFLEX, Humanscale and La-Z-Boy.  One of of Ottawa's local businesses since 1986.

What is Asbestos and what do you do when you suspect or know you have it  in your home? Super informative talk about your options when Asbestos  is concerned.

Paula Norton explains the difference between refacing and refinishing. How to get a new kitchen for a fraction of the price. On Ottawadesigners.com

Would you like basic simple advice anyone can use when trying to decorate? This is the podcast for you! we breakdown 20 tips for anyone looking for some interior design advice. On Andrei Medow's podcast ... for any design help pls contact me at www.urbansimplicity.ca

What is your interior design style? www.urbansimplicity.ca with Sandria Blench

My guest appearance on Andrei Medow's podcast regarding how to truly maximize your home through design, decor and ORGANIZATION. Tons of helpful hints if you are looking to gain peace and order in your home for all members of the family.

Sandria Blench, Interior designer, guest apperance on the Medow Podcast answering Questions&Answers about INTERIOR DESIGN & DECOR.

Updating the listner/viewer about the new expansion/divisons Urban Simplicity ltd has added to its list of services.

HOME ORGANIZATION & POST RENOVATION DEEP CLEANS.

We discuss what that is and why we don't offer regular home cleaning... What is the difference between a deep clean and a regular clean.

What is home organization and what systems we customize for each client.

Rachel Tenover...A master hairstylist based out of Barrhaven. She  can get you that perfect blonde and warm/cool brown, extensions,  highlites, etc you name it she is your girl!! My hairstylist and the  hairstylist of numerous of my friends. Want to have some hair tips? Have  a listen to this podcast and it will help you out!

Mark Cooper from MARK COOPER PHOTOGRAPHY is one of Ottawa's most  talented photographers. He specializes in weddings, engagements,  fashion/editorial etc... His talent and style is unique and stands out  among other photographers. He is now teaching lighting technique  classes, possing, and all sorts of other classes for photographers to  learn new skills or improve on existing ones. Mark has been shooting all  my important life events for over a decade. I can't brag enough about  him and he even offers family Christmas photos. A great listen for  anyone looking for an amazing photographer! All on Ottawadesigners.com

We discuss how simple things can help the world be a better place, like  helping others. We discuss his passion for voice overs, acting,  photography and helping others. Cool convo with someone John (my  producer) and I have know for a very long time all of us being the  nightclub art/Ottawa lifestyle world at one point or another a long long  time ago.

LIVE WITH NO REGRETS...or do your best trying to. She discusses her  university life, sorority life, parenting 4 children ages 16 to 6,  weight loss and following her dreams and getting her masters in  psychology. A real life girl talk about finding balance and living YOUR  BEST LIFE. A great listen!

Kelly Kaizer has owned her own painting company, Kaizers Precision  Painting for 7years. She prides herself on quality and has not  advertised more than word of mouth in 7 years...an incredible thing. She  is currently painting our home and discusses what people can do  themselves, colour hints, texture/finish advice, what she offers (like  wall paper and tiling etc)...Super informative about painting and her  career in fitness and personal training.

Very interesting and fun to discover more about Kelly, her fitness journey and PAINTING.

The owner and operator of Il Perugino restaurant/cafe downtown  ottawa on Dalhousie Street. We discuss our long friendship, his move to  Canada, opening Il Perugin and what its all about.

We  discuss his yummy authentic Italian foods and coffees, his chess set  and the vibe and family feeling at Il Perugino. Obviously we touch on  Covid and its effects on the restaurant industry, him, his staff,  customers and friends... the pros his patio and cons mental health.

The MORTGAGE EXPERT! She is a resident on Andrei Medow's podcast as  a mortgage expert and we will continue to have her as an expert on  ours. She breaks down a mortgage, the process, what to expect, how to  access money from your home, what your home value is determined, how to  access money for renovations, etc...

She is a  huge asset to any home owner, future home owner and designer looking to  access money to purchase a home or renovate one. A super informative  podcast and easy listen to understanding the mortgage process.

A fully women owned and operated business in Carleton Place.

A  super on trend bridal fashion house that caters to ALL women and all  sizes. They can do alterations ONSITE at Rose's which is located in the  same building. We discuss styles, pricing, accessories, shoes, veils and  everything bridal. If you or someone you know is looking to get married  this is the podcast episode for you.

Two super cool guys that started as personal trainers and now have  started something that was a simple hobby/add on for their own homes  into an incredibly successful very booked business about wall  treatments. Stunning beautiful feature walls that add serious value to  any home. I highly recommend both watching this video and hiring these  guys to install the walls of your dreams. They believe in staying small,  being honest and producing HIGH QUALITY work. Definitely worth  listening if you are doing any renos at your home or about to.

Owner and founder of MY LITTLE PRESCHOOL. She offers tips and advice for  parents of your children. Innovative and basic steps we can incorporate  to make parenting more successful for all. An amazing educator of youth  and inspirational woman who followed her dreams and succeeded doing so.  A great listen and watch!

Maria is an inspiring retired lady who has found a new passion  refinishing furniture. She collects furniture and tells us how she finds  it in all sorts of cool places and how ANYONE can start doing this at  any age.

She has suffered mental health, postpartum depression  and currently living with a son addicted to videogames. She is totally  honest about how this hobby brings her happiness and gives others  suggestions of simple ways to find happiness themselves. Love her and  her honesty.

Jessy Karam 33. Born and raised in Ottawa Canada. Played Football with my four brothers most my life growing up. Developed Friendships and brotherhoods that will stick with me for life. Its crazy how much like the military being involved in a sports team is like. You have each others backs, you fight with every breath for a cause. Especially in football putting your body through hell. We’ll be brothers for life. My Father was a head coach and role model to so many young adults and kids in this city. His influence and mark he’s left will forever be cherished, and I take pride in that. My Mother was by his side and ours every step of the way. Our house was known to the players as ‘Karamel City’ the infamous corner store house where the coaches wife always had popsicles and protein bars for everyone.

Growing up My family always owned restaurants. I can still remember being a toddler running Around my Dads restaurant; at the time the ‘Green Valley’ on prince of whales just off baseline; Playing with the photocopier in the office. Running through the kitchen the head chef always having two scoops of orange sorbet ready for me. It was my industry of interest from day one. One could say it was in my blood. Worked at my uncle’s ‘Rock and Johnny’s’ when I was 14 as a buss boy. And from there it was nonstop. One job after the other being in bars and restaurants. Began bouncing, serving, bartending, supervising, event hosting, managing, and from there buying in to different establishments. Unfortunately, my father and late grandfather sold their last locations before I had become of age to take over or I know right now they’d be among the places I’d take pride in running. I’ve worked with virtually every establishment in Ottawa for the last 16 years, and its only growing. Currently I’m involved with the wonderful and absolutely amazing Dreammind family and corporation, running the ‘Moscow Tea Room’ 527 Sussex dr. And helping everyday with our charity ‘Operation Ramzieh’ and food drives through our newly established grocery store, the ‘Noor food Market’ 332 Richmond rd. in Westboro. 

I know with Covid now things have slowed down for a while but I don’t look at that as a bad thing. Gives us a chance to regroup, focus. Help the community. Feed the hungry. And as we work on coming back, bring back the vibe and love we all got into this business to share. God Bless.

Erica Andrews is originally from new found land. She has over 21years  design experience. We discuss her exciting promotions for her and her  husband Fidel's Stittsville brick and mortar location URBAN HOME DESIGN  on 1473 Stittsville main st. We talk about everything being in 4s for  prizes and giveaways and her 4th anniversary at the store.
Erica will  be a reoccurring special guest on OTTAWADESIGNERS.com as an interior  design expert. She will also candidly share with her Newfoundland accent  about her adorable white chow named winter AKA MOOOOO and her cat  Smalls AKA DOSER. We will be discussing everything interior design  related and interesting lifestyle topics you the viewer will love to  here. Tune in to find out more about Erica Andrews and urban home  design.

Andrei is a local relator in Ottawa who exceeds his clients expectations. He belives in connecting and helping local businesses as specially during these Covid times. He is an expert in the Ottawa area and relastate market. My go to guy for gems in the city and to refer to any clients. He is a caring human that comes from Russia with an incredible backstory. He will be THE guy to go to for all your home buying and selling needs. We discuss his cool podcast which gave me inspiration for my podcast (thank you Andrei). A great convo regarding market trends, advice for selling and buying a home.

John is a man I met through a dear friend Kathy Kelly. He is producing this podcast and all of my shows. John is Ottawadesigners.com website creator and my everything when it comes to making this passion project possible.

We have a candid convo about his move from radio to the creation of BLASTHERADIO.com. WE discuss how mental health and depression has affected his life and lessons he has learnt along the way to help him get out of his funk. This podcast is raw and covers him being adopted, connecting with his birth family (as we are living a new addition to our home) etc.. John will be a re-occuring guest on our show as the deeper you dig the more fascinating the stories come up. A convo 20 min didn’t do justice to cover all the topics we will.

The tiger method was created by Janine and she discusses where it came from and what it is all about. Janine is currently living with a double mastectomy due to breast cancer. We discuss hormone treatments, chemo therapy, being a mom, from diagnosis to recovery. She is an open book here to share her life to improve others. She doesn’t shy away from topics of success, divorce, bankruptcy, opening business, being your authentic self, taking time, meditation and so much more. Janine has big plans and OTTAWADESIGNERS.COM plans to follow and support her every step of the way. One of my fav podcasts for sure!

Lianne is someone that I wanted to interview from day one of deciding to do this podcast. She is inspirational and I was fascinated to hear her back story and why she decided to switch from a super succesfull career on tv for so many years to creating her own podcast focused of health and wellness. She discusses how she learnt so much from her own guests and it helped her improve her own life. We discuss how she was head hunted for the numerous position titles she caries at the Ottawa Heart Institute. We cover philanthropy, volunteering, raising money, donating and her vast network of contacts through the years of media related positions she has held. 

Health and wellness being paramount to her were topics we covered including the death of her father and making time. Meditiation has been something she added into her life on a daily basis and we go over simple things everyone can do to improve their daily lives. An inspiring convo of focusing your life, being healthy, not letting fear stop you from following your dreams, living your best life, taking care of yourself and so so so much more.