Cambridge woman uses red duct tape to decorate garage doors for Canada Day
Ingrid Talpak decided to go all out to decorate her home this year for Canada Day and to celebrate Canada 150. The Cambridge, Ont. woman got red duct tape — another Canadian staple — and spent the equivalent of more than a day embellishing her property. “I always do something for Canada Day,” she told CBC News. “But I’m old enough to remember the last time we celebrated 100 years, so I really wanted to do something special this year.” She said her neighbourhood held a competition for best decorated house. Talpak decorated her home with red and white bunting made from tablecloth material and placed small Canadian flags on the windows. But Talpak wanted to do something different with the garage door. After a few days of brainstorming with help from her family, she took four rolls of red duct tape and a utility knife and got to work. “When I first started on it, I knew I wanted to have two big images,” she said. “I definitely wanted to have 150 on one garage door a