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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…

Does your Home have Colour Flow? Take the Toss Cushion Test

10/30/2009

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One of the things I really love about teaching is that I’m always looking for better ways to communicate what I know to my students. Image Source Last week when I received the second assignment back from my students I noticed that most had chosen a pale gray shade for the living room of a…

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…

The 80/20 Rule Also Applies to the Most Popular Paint Colours

10/27/2009

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I imagine you’ve heard of the 80/20 rule before, but did you know it can be applied to paint colours? Because, when you know the right 20% of paint colours, that’s all you need. Period. So, you can stop searching Google or Pinterest for the most popular paint colour. The Pareto Principle It’s called ‘The…

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…

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…

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…

The Difference between Fresh Greens and Yellow Greens

10/23/2009

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Anytime I show a client (who already lived through the 70’s era of avocado green appliances, etc) a yellowy green like BM Pale Avocado or Dill Pickle, 9 times out of 10, they wrinkle their nose at me and say, ‘I hate that colour’ (below). Ceiling – BM Wales Green But if we are standing in…

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…

Vancouver Interior Stylist; What every Designer should know about Photography

10/20/2009

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Yaletown loft patio by Maria Killam Colour & Design for BC Home, photographed by Anna Beaudry From the beginning stages of designing my website I decided not to show ‘before’ photographs because I noticed that established designers on the internet rarely show images of their interiors before they were decorated. Photo with the angle…

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…

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…

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…

How to choose Ceiling colours; Do’s and Don’ts

10/13/2009

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I like painted ceilings, they go a long way to making a room look finished. I don’t specify them a lot though because once you paint one ceiling anything other than white in a house, you really should keep going so that you create flow. Then if you want to change a colour in a…

How to know if the Tile you have selected has the Right Undertones

10/11/2009

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My monthly newsletter is going out this week and if you are not already a subscriber to my blog you will receive the top 5 posts of each month along with a unique article that will not be posted on my blog. Source This month the article is “How to know if the Tile…

Happiness is. . . Living your life with Gratitude!

10/10/2009

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flickr It’s the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. A great time to remember that giving thanks and having an attitude of gratitude is truly the path to happiness. Zen Habits wrote a great post called “Why living a life of Gratitude can make you happy”.” Also Dan Schawbel who writes a Personal Branding Blog interviewed Gretchen Rubin…