Maria Killam

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Maria Killam in Better Homes & Gardens

8/27/2012

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Hi, I'm Maria

I help homeowners and design professionals create beautifully decorated spaces, by showing them how to use colour - the right way.

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Hey guess what, I’m in the Stylemakers issue this month with Better Homes and Gardens!

I am included along with some other very talented colour designers giving tips on painting your front door. Many of you already know that my front door recently went a fabulous shade of kelly green!

There I am right in the middle (below). Thanks Traci Zeller for scanning them for me because I haven’t even got a copy of it yet!

 

Hmmm. . I’m pretty sure I actually said ‘muted’ or ‘muddy’ because you can definitely use a fresh colour with gray. What it should say is, ‘If your home’s colour is earthy and muted, choose a ‘dirtied’ accent colour’.  Sometimes a quote can be out of context when taken out of a bigger conversation.

The Home Show is coming up fast! I’ll be in Calgary September 21st & 22nd! Here’s a profile of me on the Marketplace blog, you might find out something new about me, you never know!

My topic is, 10 Ways to Love the Home You’re in Using Colour. If you’re in Calgary or Vancouver during the home and design shows, I’d love to meet you!

Related posts:

10 Best Front Door Colours for your House

 I’m Speaking at the Calgary & Vancouver Home & Design Shows

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  1. Congrats. Millions of people will be reading your advice. Good advice, too.

  2. Yay for colorful front doors … and great advice from you! xo!

  3. Ginger says:

    Congratulations!

  4. Congratulations Maria!

  5. Kudos to you for your color knowledge being selected for this article. One thing is for sure: if it goes in print, you can be sure something will go wrong with your quote 😉

    Even if they misquoted you, your advice is still quite solid.

  6. Donna Frasca says:

    That’s awesome! How fun 🙂

  7. That’s great, Maria!! Love that kind of attention! Just opened the astic on my new issue. So funny that I’m reading this right now. Looks like life is treating you well and I’m so glad for you. You deserve it.

  8. Karen says:

    On your way to greater fame!

  9. 2012 is now officially the Year of Maria. Your bucket list from the beginning of the year is becoming shorter and shorter. Congratulations – well deserved!!

  10. "Bristol Sunset" says:

    Kudos! My new issue hasn’t arrived yet, but the style makers issue is always one of the best.

  11. Mary says:

    Congratulations Maria!
    How wonderful for you!
    Can’t wait to see the whole article.
    Mary

  12. Awesome, Maria! Congratulations 🙂 I got an email last night that StyleBluePrint named both me and you in their “Top 10 Favorite Design Blogs”!!

  13. Beryl says:

    Congratulations, Maria. Awesome.

  14. Fran says:

    I just received my issue of BH&G in yesterday’s mail and haven’t opened it yet. Now, I can’t wait! Congratulations on being included. That’s quite an honor!

  15. Marsha Stone says:

    Congrat’s Maria

  16. Tess says:

    WHoooo hooo!
    I feel like I know someone famous! Congrats Maria 🙂 And great advice as always! – Tess

  17. Nancy O'Brien says:

    Wonderful news Maria! Congratulations. I will get the magazine for sure.
    Your blog and book have been making me rethink colours and test myself on undertones everytime I look at a hue. You’ve created a monster 🙂 but a happy monster… As i have been retired for two years now, i spend more time in my home which means more time dreaming of what could be. Now it is time to take action! I’ll be using your advice as my guide. Thanks!

  18. Beth S says:

    Congrats Maria!! Totally deserved spotlight on you. You give the best color advice, I love seeing your blog posts and I will definitely pick up the magazine this month!

  19. I know! I took my issue of BH&G with us on our last minute road trip before school starts last week and saw your cheerful face on the front door article. I told my husband, “hey, I know her!” Hahaha. He just looked at me funny : )

  20. Susan says:

    Congratulations, Maria!!

  21. Coley says:

    Awesome that you were quoted! You know if it is in print there has to be something wrong with it 🙂 Never seems to fail…

  22. Cindy says:

    Congratulations Maria! Well done!

  23. Cathy says:

    Congratulations Maria. You must be so pleased. As always you give great advice, even if they did not get it just the way you wanted.

  24. Claire says:

    Way to go Maria! Hope you are doing well, looks like you are! So happy for you. xo

  25. Mary says:

    Big stars are always being mis-quoted. That’s why you can never believe what you read in those magazines.
    I subscribe to BHG & when I saw your picture I showed it to my husband & said “I know her.”
    He laughed & said, “She’s cute. I’d like to know her too.”

  26. Kudos to you! I colorful front doors!

  27. Laura Trevey says:

    Maria!! So excellent – and you deserve it too!!

    Wishing you the very best this holiday weekend!!

    xoxo

  28. Cynthia says:

    Hey Congrats!!
    I want to get a copy of Better Homes if you are in it… so is that the Sept issue??
    Thx
    your groupie 🙂

  29. Congrats – good undertone advice!

Hi, I'm Maria

I help homeowners and design professionals create beautifully decorated spaces, by showing them how to use colour - the right way.

Not sure where to start? Take the quiz to find the best colour solution for you.

Decorating Advice

Timeless

Neutral Undertones

Colour Trends

Bathrooms

Kitchens

know what works
and why

Life’s too short to live in a home you don’t love, and it’s too expensive to start from scratch when you don’t have to.

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