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The only time to use a Personal Colour Viewer

07/28/2009
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Last week I was in Victoria and had dinner with my friend Kim (who I have not seen for 7 years, she was in Miami but she’s back) at the Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa. So stunning! The whole hotel was varying shades of natural cedar accented with black. Photos by Maria Killam Colour &…

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How Important is the Colour of Wood vs. Wall Colour?

07/27/2009
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When people ask me for colour advice (at a dinner party or somewhere other than their home), they are always quick to describe the colour of their wood furniture or flooring. Usually this is because they don’t have anything else they can use for colour inspiration, and they are probably quite sure that the colour…

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A Colour Consultation with a Giveaway

07/15/2009
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Recently I was in a lovely home in West Vancouver for a Colour Consultation.  My client’s home was such a perfect example for a post,  I asked her  to send me a photo when the painting was complete.  The colour in this room was a bit too pink for her (above) so we picked a…

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Do you need Help picking your Logo Colour?

07/10/2009
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When shopping for my clients, I buy all my silk flowers at Chintz and Company which is located in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Every time I go there I see this building (which is right next door). I love heritage buildings and especially this one with the happy blue colour. So yesterday I took…

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Do you need a Tree for your Interior?

07/09/2009
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If you are going to install a tree in your home (fake or not), this is the one (below). It’s a fig tree and I’ve seen them in interiors reaching two stories high. I found this one (above) today on one of my favourite blogs; Pure Style Home, click here to see her post with…

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How to Choose the Right Paint Sheen

07/08/2009
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Eggshell must be an actual colour in a fan deck somewhere because I have had many clients ask for it and they were not talking about low lustre sheen (which is what eggshell is). The other day I received a request from a reader to write a post explaining paint sheens and I thought, “How…

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Interview with Colour Expert; Janice Lindsay

07/07/2009
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Thank you to the Washington Post for including this post in your blog watch, July 9, 2009! Some of you know that I recently purchased Janice Lindsay’s new book called “All About Colour” [below] and then wrote a post about the first thing I read when I opened the book here. Janice Lindsay is one…

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Happiness is. . . a Styled Bookshelf

07/05/2009
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I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. ~E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951 The other day, a bookshelf arrived at my clients home (it’s located at the top…

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RIBBA Frames from IKEA – A Transformation

07/03/2009
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I am working on this fabulous loft in Yaletown (to be unveiled in September) for one of my equally fabulous clients, Kareen Zimmer and I mentioned her in this post  when we talked about the colours we chose and why? The artwork was just installed last week, (photos from her travels around the world, sample above)…

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When should you buy a Book for its Cover?

07/02/2009
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This is a Guest post from one of my favourite, outrageous bloggers, Awesome Sara!  She is my first guest blogger and I have also mentioned her in a previous post where you probably thought, what the heck is this?  Enjoy; Let Me introduce myself. I’m Sara from Sara Says Awesome. When the great Maria (that’s…

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10 of my Favourite Posts

06/29/2009
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Things that Inspire does an annual “Favourite Posts” every December. She said every time she comes across a post she likes, she saves it in a folder. I thought this was such a great idea, I started doing the same thing but it’s June and I was already at 14, so I thought I would…

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[Colour Theory] Rules are for Breaking by Janice Lindsay

06/24/2009
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I have secretly always thought that the emphasis placed on the basic ‘rules’ of colour theory were completely overrated. When I worked at Benjamin Moore at the retail level, [many years ago] and colour theory students would come in looking for help on a ‘complementary’ colour combination or an ‘analogous’ colour combination, it always occurred…

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