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Stunning Front Entry

05/19/2010
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Tablescapes are on my mind now that I’m decorating my new place. I want to buy a fabulous table for my entry and make it just as inviting as this one! All you need is a lamp (for instant atmosphere), some coffee table books, beautiful art and some flowers. I saved this image and can’t…

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An Empty Palette

05/18/2010
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We have twice as much space in our new place! It’s so great. I finally have a large master bedroom to decorate (along with the rest of the house of course). I have always loved this playful little nightstand, I bought it years ago, its solid birch. I need two that match for the master…

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What Colour is Your Front Door?

05/15/2010
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Mine is orange. And since orange is an outgoing, optimistic and social colour, I’m happy with it! We’re moving this weekend (it’s still a rental—we tried to buy it didn’t work out). It’s twice as big as the space we are in now—I can hardly wait! All the doors in this townhouse complex are the…

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Do you make this Mistake in your Business/Blog?

05/13/2010
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If you are a blogger (or are about to start one) and you want to be really good–subscribe to Copyblogger. I think it’s one of the best blogs to improve your blog daily. There’s a reason he has over 100,000 subscribers. It was when I read this post called “Could your Blog be Ruining your…

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Are your Colours Married?

05/10/2010
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You know the old “There should be a minimum of 3, maximum 4 colours in any room before it’s just a mess” rule? Well I’m exaggerating here but truly, wall colour is the same. If you have tile or stone that already has 4-5 colours in it. . . and sometimes (I know if you’re…

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I just Love the Awesomeness of It

05/09/2010
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Credit I have 4 nephews, and I’m the aunt that swoops in and occasionally takes them shopping for clothes. So yesterday when I arrived to visit my sister I took Noah (below) for a quick trip to Winners to buy him an outfit. This is the one he chose, the brightest and most colourful one….

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A Magical View along with a Before & After

05/08/2010
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When I first arrived at this reader’s fabulous address in West Vancouver for a consultation, I though that this was her home (below): I even went up and knocked on the door (the boxwood is about to be potted that’s why it’s a bit crooked) which as it turns out is the guesthouse!   Then…

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Who else knows Steampunk Style?

05/07/2010
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Has anyone heard of this look? Penelope Trunk called me today so excited that she’d just discovered it! As a design blogger, I think I’m so on the edge of ‘what’s happening now’ (maybe not) but I had never heard of this look before and honestly, it sounded like she was talking Latin I thought…

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Do you Dream about Decorating your House?

05/06/2010
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Sometimes when I get to the “Here’s what my fees are” conversation with a client, they say “But I just need colour/s”. And it seems really simple and straightforward—like anybody could come over and just choose a colour. However, rarely do the people that hire me have a simple colour problem. If colour was all…

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4 Ways to Introduce Fresh into your Current Decor

05/04/2010
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I have received a few great questions recently like ‘How do you mix all the fresh new colours with the old?’ or here’s another one, ‘How do those of us that live in modest homes (e.g. circa 1990) freshen up a dated appearance without having the whole million-dollar makeover. . . ? Credit It’s time…

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A Visit with Pure Style Home

05/01/2010
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After my Conference in Brooklyn I took a short flight to DC to Visit Lauren Leiss at Pure Style Home! I must admit it was a bit surreal.  I am a huge fan of hers (we have become great friends on the phone). Reading her blog and looking at her beautiful home for months made…

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The Inside Scoop on what’s Next in Colour

04/25/2010
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Source When I arrived in New York yesterday it was sunny and beautiful and then today we woke up to rain so it’s a good thing I’ve been in colour forecasting meetings all day long. . . The Colour Marketing Group Conference kicked off with a reception where I saw our President James Martin (above)…

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Colour Forecasting in Brooklyn

04/24/2010
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Credit Well I’m packing tonight, and (at the last minute—eeek) writing colour reports I’ll be presenting at the CMG Conference this weekend in Brooklyn!  Each conference attendee must present where colour is now, and where it’s going next! Credit You know what I think.  But I thought I’d do a poll.  Where do you think…

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