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Creative Stripes in the Bathroom

02/19/2009
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Last night I took my students to a Benjamin moore store for a product knowledge session about paint. Michelle Campbell runs the store on Pacific Avenue and this woman knows paint and colour; She makes paint interesting! I walked out of the restroom at the end of the evening and said “I love the creative way…

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Easy way to create Drama with Curtains

02/18/2009
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I subscribe to Style at Home Magazine because I do so much decorating and styling in my business, I always get at least one (usually more) idea that I can actually use with one of my clients. When I saw these little attic rooms Sarah Richardson designed, I had to show you the curtains. Here…

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Can White be a lonely Colour?

02/16/2009
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I watched ‘Little Man Tate’ starring Jodi Foster this weekend, where her son, a child prodigy gets asked the question; “I wonder why Van Gogh painted only one white iris in this piece?” He answered “Because he was lonely”. Iris by Vincent Van Gogh The meaning of each colour has two sides, (like most things…

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Happiness is. . . Love Day

02/14/2009
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I am always drawn to whimsical little faces like the one on this card I found yesterday, so I took a picture just for you!  Hope your Valentines Day is filled with love and happiness! While you’re here, subscribe to this feed so you don’t miss out!

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Crystals for your Feng Shui Wealth Corner

02/12/2009
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A designer friend has has this square glass dish in her entry, filled with glass crystal balls, paperweights and coin. She says it’s great Feng Shui and a good thing to have in your ‘wealth corner’.       While you’re here, subscribe to this feed so you don’t miss out!

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Why your Teenager wants a Black Room

02/10/2009
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My personal trainer Ruth Voss at Innovative Fitness asked another question about black  the other day (Note to Ruth: there seems to be a trend here :).  Why do teenagers want a black room? There are a few answers to this question; 1.  As self-expression becomes more important, kids — especially tweens and teens —…

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Why blogging is good for your Career

02/09/2009
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This is a rendering Michelle Morelan from A Schematic Life just whipped up from my “Colours of Provence” post the other day. I love how she called it “Maria’s Villa”. It was the one I stayed in during my visit to France two years ago. If you are reading this and still thinking about starting…

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Colours of Provence

02/08/2009
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My sister Elizabeth and I took our mom to Griffin’s in the Hotel Vancouver for her birthday lunch a few weeks ago and of course I had to snap a photo of the restaurant and do my usual analyzing. Loved this happy piece of art in addition to the black and white mosaic chair rail….

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Week of Publicity for Vancouver’s Colour Blog

02/07/2009
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My blog has been mentioned twice in the same week, hooray! Julie Hoylen, one of the ‘color mavens’ from Sensational Colour / live in full color wrote a post on my “What Everyone Should know about Beige” post this week. She also wrote about other designers and the colour palettes they use on their websites,…

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Happiness is. . . Light

02/05/2009
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Dining Room by Maria Killam Sometimes I walk into a client’s home during the day, and it’s dark; either surrounded by trees or perhaps north facing (and they start talking about pale colours–which will not help).   And not a single light is on.   That’s when I feel like I need to give people permission…

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Things that Inspire

02/05/2009
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Things that Inspire did a wonderful post this week called Blue and Green should not be seen without a Color in Between and she mentioned 2 posts from my blog! Barbara Barry’s Philosophy and Colour me Kelly Green. The images below are 2 of my favourite images from her post (besides mine of course :)….

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Find your Perfect Job here!

02/04/2009
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Wow, I just found this website The Color Career Counselor, powered by The Dewey Color System–the world’s only validated, non-language color-based career testing instrument– uses color preferences to determine successful career paths! Just by picking your favourite colours you can find out what kind of career you should be in! This was me in the…

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Styling Kitchens

02/01/2009
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Remember in my post ‘Styling for Photo Shoots’ I said that most kitchens look ‘contrived’ when they are styled and photographed? Well this week I was hired by Revision Custom Home Renovations to style a kitchen they just completed, so I had an opportunity to prove that I could do something uncontrived 🙂    …

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Dreamy Bedroom

01/27/2009
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I saved this image a while ago because I just loved the feeling of this room. The dramatic blue-green walls, matching silk drapery, and pale blue sculptured headboard. I also loved the design of the chair and ottoman, simple and contemporary, along with the plaid bench and toss cushion. Nicholas Haslam A little plaid is…

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White-on-White-on-White

01/26/2009
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My two posts on white:  White Kitchen Cabinets and The Best Trim Colours—Not Cloud White are still the most read on my site!  Why is white so big?  Perhaps because it’s so easy to transform the feeling of a space just by changing art, pillows and objects—and the wall colour!  This is Met Home’s –…

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