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A Great Example of Exterior Undertones

03/25/2009
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The sun is out, it’s getting warmer, and I have received the occasional request to start writing about specifying exterior colour. I have a lot to say about this topic as well but I’m starting with a short post today; an exterior in the West End of Vancouver, to show you 3 undertones : 1….

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Colour me Happy in the Washington Post

03/19/2009
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It took 3 comments this morning for me to clue in that my blog was in Washington Post’s “Our picks to click this week”.  That is very exciting!  My client Suzanne (whose apartment I featured) in the post “The right way to create flow using Colour” and I are about to be famous 🙂  Well…

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The Right way to Create Flow using Colour

03/17/2009
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Thank you to the Washington Post for including this post in your blog watch, March 19, 2009! When a client calls me to inquire about a colour consultation, here’s the question they need answered more than anything else: How do you create flow, and how do you transition the colour from one room to another?…

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An Evening with Friends

03/14/2009
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Albarosa from Brillante Home Decor invited Michelle from A Schematic Life and Patricia from Patricia Gray Interior Design and myself for dinner this week and we had a fabulous time.Albarosa’s home is absolutely stunning! Filled with gorgeous art and books from Italy. I was struck by this beautiful vase filled with matching pink tulips on…

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Happiness is. . . a Happy Wife

03/12/2009
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A few years ago, I arrived at a colour consultation in an older character home with a lot of unpainted wood paneled walls. The dining room and entry were almost entirely paneled and most of the trim as well. And it was far from beautiful. It was dark and dull and I recommended that it…

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Sexy Red Velvet Drapery

03/11/2009
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I have a ‘drapery look book’ which is basically a binder filled with torn pages from magazines that I show my clients when we are designing a window covering. They can see what the header looks like–anything from a traditional pinched pleat to a ‘top’ pinched pleat (which is more contemporary) to a grommet treatment,…

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Color Marketing Group

03/10/2009
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Officially, as of this week, I am now a member of the Color Marketing Group!  The CMG is an international Association whose members, forecast Color Directions® 19 months or more in advance for all manufactured products and services. I will be attending their Spring conference in Seattle and I’m looking for someone (specifically a female…

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Material Girls and Colour me Happy come full Circle!

03/09/2009
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Material Girls Blog was the very first blog I stumbled across when I was looking for fabric sites on-line one year ago.  It was the one that started my blog obsession and yesterday Emily Johnson (one of their many talented designer contributors)  wrote an article about my blog! She called it “Advice From a True…

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Warning: You Are the Colours in your Home

03/07/2009
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A few years ago I met a woman at a conference who immediately took in what I was wearing and proceeded to tell me exactly how I was feeling that morning when I chose the outfit. I was wearing a pink shirt with gray pants and a charcoal cardigan [and she was right]. During lunch,…

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Happiness is. . . Being Uncomfortable

03/03/2009
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Making the comfortable decision keeps you from reaching your potential. Comfortable is doing the same exercises over and over again and not getting any thinner.  It’s the person who won’t speak in class unless she’s called upon.   It’s the easy road, because it only takes you to destinations you’ve already been.   monica o’brien In the…

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