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Three Different Shades of Yellow

11/09/2009
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I love the feeling of this interior from Elle Decor and the banana leaves which add fabulous drama to the room. Plus there are 3 different shades of yellow here! A yellowy beige in the sisal area rugs, a fresh, clean yellow in the upholstered chairs and a fabulous sunset, golden shade for the drapery! …

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How to Style a Bookshelf without Spending a Fortune

11/06/2009
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Styling a bookshelf doesn’t have to be expensive. This is a sneak peak of a beautiful home I’m decorating in Morgan Creek. This clients request; we want it to look like a show home! After Because the millwork was already dark I chose silver as the overall theme. The gorgeous vases that look like lamps…

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6 ways I’ve Grown through writing a Blog

11/02/2009
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It’s Colour Me Happy’s one year anniversary! 6 months before starting my own blog, I didn’t even know what a blog was! Prior to the weekend I started writing, I had spent a couple days with another designer friend listening to an on-line course about the business of design. One of the modules talked about…

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A Pink Tablescape with Sarah Richardson

10/29/2009
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I saw this table setting in a recent Style at Home Magazine and in the spirit of Breast Cancer Awareness Month I thought I’d post it. I’m always drawn to creatively styled tables and I loved the way the napkins were simply folded underneath each bowl of sliced pink grapefruit!  And as you can see…

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How to Make Your Own Large Painted Sample Boards

10/26/2009
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My large painted colour boards are such an important guide for choosing colour, that I’ve decided to show you how to make them. But you can save yourself some trouble and buy my curated collection of large painted colour boards here. They are reusable and portable so you can move them around the room and…

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Are you Vain?

10/26/2009
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The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity. ~Henri Bergson Are you vain? If you are, would you admit it? Is it a bad thing? A certain amount of vanity is a good thing in my opinion and I can be vain at times for sure. So…

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Eeeeek, it’s Mint Green!

10/25/2009
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Last weekend I went to the Vancouver Home & Interior Design Show.  As I walked along I came upon a booth by a good client of mine (he’s in the renovation business). Looking at the WRONG, pale colour on the walls I nudged him and said “Hey why didn’t you call me to pick the…

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Who else wants an Inspired Website?

10/21/2009
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One of my biggest faults is that I’m impatient. Really. I hate to wait for anything. When I was married (a long time ago) my husband and I had just moved into the house we had bought together. . . The flash intro on my website; Maria Killam Colour & Design We sat down on…

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Profits that are Hiding inside your Website

10/19/2009
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I’m coming up to the anniversary date of when I started my blog so this week I’m acknowledging my ‘Dream Team’.  The professionals that helped launch my personal brand on the internet in 2008-09. To fly you need a dream team! The first members of  my Dream Team are Gail & Dave Watson with Extra…

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It’s a Baby Boy!

10/18/2009
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When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born it’s first laugh becomes a fairy. James Matthew Barrie My baby sister (I have 3 younger sisters) Elizabeth…

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Maria Killam Interview with Verdigris Vie

10/16/2009
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Verdigris Vie has posted an interview with me on her blog today, click here to read! It’s so fascinating to me how every blogger has a style that becomes quickly obvious when you start scrolling down to see their images. This blog is no exception, filled with beautiful, elegant interiors and Canadian too! One of…

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