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The Beautiful Men in my Family

05/26/2009
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It was my nephew Luukas’ graduation (from high school) this past weekend. These are a few photos that the professional photographer took which I thought were so fabulous! Doesn’t he look like a model? Of course I’m completely biased! Photography by Level 6 Images       Here are all 3 of my nephews together!…

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How to make your Old Carpet look new using Colour!

05/24/2009
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One of my past students at Vancouver Community College, Nour Enayeh recently completed a decorating project with a Montessori school. This is the ‘after photo’ (the before is the second one). She said that the Montessori program believes that kids should not have a bunch of primary colours to distract them from their activities, so…

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Powder Room Colour

05/22/2009
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Everytime I don’t take a ‘before’ picture and then I finish decorating the room and it looks this cute I regret it! I am working on decorating a town house for the owner of reVISION Custom Home Renovations (pictures to follow, we are still waiting for some furniture to arrive). I did finish the powder…

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Proof That I Don’t Judge When I’m Consulting with You

05/21/2009
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When a client hires a designer for a consultation, sometimes they find themselves apologizing for the state of their house. Perhaps because it’s dated (What? You mean we can’t all completely re-decorate every 5 years?) or messy, because of their children, or that it’s dirty, eg. there’s drywall dust everywhere, etc. source First of all,…

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The Money shot for reVISION Custom Home Renovations

05/20/2009
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Remember that kitchen I styled in January for this renovation company?  Well here is the professionally taken photograph, by the talented Anna Beaudry (the photographer I hired for my website). Photo by Anna Beaudry  See the difference with the images taken by my ‘point and shoot’ camera here, and if you are interested in seeing…

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Lattes & Renderings with A Schematic Life

05/19/2009
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Michelle Morelan from A Schematic Life and I met for a latte last week and she surprised me with this drawing of a room I designed for one of my lovely clients (see the rest of the space here). Here’s the actual image below.    A few months ago, Michelle drew a villa I rented while in…

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Colour Needs Context

05/11/2009
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A paint colour by itself is neither warm or cool, clean or dirty. Because the ONLY way to describe colour is by comparing it to another. If you’re trying to help a client with a paint colour (or choose one yourself) you need context. Let me explain. Pottery Barn Colour Needs Context The best explanation…

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Happy Mom’s Day!

05/09/2009
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A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. Tenneva Jordan This [quote] is my mother, she is the most generous person I’ve ever known. Generous also in that she is the first to forgive and forget and take…

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Authenticity. . . the currency of the Future

05/06/2009
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‘We know it when we see it, and we love the people who live it—the ones we can count on, always, to be brazenly, exhilaratingly themselves.  In the age of spin and truthiness, authenticity is the real deal: speaking up for what you believe in, refusing to be ruled by the desire for acceptance, listening…

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Happiness is. . . making new Friends

05/04/2009
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Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.  Oprah Winfrey  Watercolour by Lisa Porter One of my new blogging friends Lisa at The Lisa Porter Collection included me in her ‘attitude and gratitude’ award,…

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Vancouver Colour Queen in BC Home Magazine

05/04/2009
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Here it is again!  The article I wrote on ‘Decorating with Yellow’ for Alberta Home in April, re-printed for BC Home in their ‘hot off the presses’ issue for May (I wonder if this means I’m syndicated :).  If you missed it in April, click here to read it. Related Post: Maria Killam on Decorating…

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White Floors for Instant Happiness

05/02/2009
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These words are a direct quote from Jonathan Adler, featured in House Beautiful.  In this house that he decorated for fashion designer Liz Lange he says; “We painted all the floors white, which is something I always love to do for instant happiness. Color is a great way to express playfulness. Throughout the house, we…

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