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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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Runaway in Vegas

01/24/2009
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My mom was in Vegas last weekend with my sister and she snapped this photo of my little nephew taking off down the hotel halls!! I’m always analyzing painted hallways because the wall colour doesn’t always [perfectly] match the carpeting. This is because the colours are picked in a designers office instead of in the…

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Black is the new Brown

01/23/2009
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I was at a new ‘Joey’s’ last night on Burrard and Pender and I thought the washrooms were so great! It seems like all the trendy, ‘upscale casual’ restaurants these days are in competition to see who can design the coolest bathrooms so here’s yet another one. I especially liked the floor tile I think…

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Happiness is. . . Living life to the Fullest!

01/21/2009
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Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. James Bryant Conant (1893 – 1978) I loved the close up image of the vase and the hydrangeas so much I had to find a quote to go with the adorable turtles [I’m sorry now I can’t remember where I found it].Have…

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Michelle Obama loves yellow too!

01/21/2009
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I thought it was so fitting that Michelle Obama chose to wear the colour of optimism, confidence and hope  (my favourite as you might know by now 🙂 today at the inauguration! Her dress was designed by Isabel Toledo. Getty Images  Optimism:  the propensity to look at the bright side of any situation and expect…

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Seattle by Design

01/18/2009
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Michelle Morelan from A Schematic Life, Nancy DeVries and I started our trip to Seattle with a little shopping at the outlets until we got downtown and checked into the Hotel Max.  A great, artistic little hotel with a W feel. It’s rare to see the analogous colour combination of red and orange together in…

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Happiness is. . . Living Life as an Adventure!

01/13/2009
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.  Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.  Helen Keller I thought I’d post this quote just in case anyone out…

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10 Happy Goals for 2009

01/01/2009
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Okay I’m putting them out there for the world to see but I think some goals can be public [why not?] we all have them and I figure this will make them happen quicker cause I’m committed to DOING SOMETHING about it so the universe can BUMP ME in some direction : ) [see previous…

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Does your Furniture hold you Hostage?

12/31/2008
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My new Decorating Mantra for 2009: “Even if you’ve spent a lot of money for something, if it doesn’t work, throw it out. Otherwise, it holds the entire room hostage.” Frank Faulkner Love this image of Kate Spade’s apartment from ‘Style Court’  I found this quote from ‘Things that Inspire’, you must read her ‘Favourite…

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Another Glimpse into a Designer’s Home

12/30/2008
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This has been the most social season ever! I have some amazing new friends–two I’ve met in the last month through blogging [Patricia Gray and Michelle Morelan]! One of my wonderful new friends, Jennifer Rudolph [Blue Garnet Design], hosted a holiday cocktail party on the weekend. They live in a great character apartment on south…

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Colour me Kelly Green!

12/29/2008
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Jamie Drake is in this month’s Elle Decor so I went on his website [so beautiful] and picked my favourite, which is this Manhattan Residence decorated in kelly green, white & brown. I have been predicting that this colour is coming back for over a year now and here it is in one if Jamie’s…

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Happiness is. . . Enthusiasm!

12/21/2008
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To the woman who complained that riches hadn’t made her happy, the Master said “You speak as if luxury and comfort were ingredients of happiness; whereas all you need to be really happy, my dear, is something to be enthusiastic about.” Anthony de Mello image from flickr Orange is the colour of enthusiasm! If you…

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Sexy in the City

12/20/2008
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I was lucky enough to be invited to Patricia Gray’s holiday open house in her brand new, completely renovated, swanky townhouse right downtown in my favorite section of the city [I have always wanted to see what the inside of these fabulous walk-ups look like]. I have a few sneak peaks of her place, [to…

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