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Why is Black a Slimming Colour?

11/23/2008
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My personal trainer Ruth, at Innovative Fitness asked me the other day if I would do a post on ‘Why black is a slimming colour’. She said “Ever since we got our new uniforms which are these cute black zips, everyone has been asking me if I’ve lost weight.” As if that is even possible…

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Barbara Barry’s Philosophy

11/20/2008
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Barbara Barry I was at Kravet/Tritex at 611 Alexander yesterday afternoon for an open house where they were showcasing Barbara Barry’s new Contract fabric line for Kravet. Then I went online to Kravet’s site and saw Steve Nobel had recently posted an interview with Barbara on his ‘Inspired Talk’ Blog for Kravet: One of the…

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Hans Wegner Chairs

11/19/2008
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The cool thing about blogging is that suddenly, everywhere you go, you look at the world with new eyes, you take pictures of things that previously you might not have, because every occasion becomes a blogging opportunity. Then you have to do some research and gather information so that you can sound remotely intelligent when…

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Inspiration for Monday

11/17/2008
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I thought this quote would be a good way to start the week. It’s one of my favourites by Nelson Mandela. and always gives me the the shivers when I read it: ‘Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light,…

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Colour me Party!

11/14/2008
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Last night was big for scheduled designer parties. First there was the annual Cantu/Living Space/Midland Appliance soiree and then the Calligaris grand opening in Yaletown. First though, my newest, talented, pal, Jennifer Rudolph and I arrived at Cantu. Here we are completely coordinated in the new black (purple). Jennifer spotted this fabulous Pearl Stripe porcelain…

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The New Hollywood Regency

11/13/2008
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Last night in my colour class, I was having a conversation about interior design styles and one of my students pointed out an image in a magazine of an upholstered headboard in a graphic pattern and I said, “That’s very Kelly Wearstler” who is the queen of hollywood glam and drama. Not everyone knew who she…

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Bachelor Pad

11/12/2008
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Here are some before and after images of a media room/bar that I recently decorated for a bachelor client. You can tell the above image was taken by a professional photographer and the one below (the other side of the room) is me! It’s still looks good though if I do say so myself! While…

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Food Textures & Colours

11/11/2008
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I found this site, Smitten, where you can order prints starting at a 4 x 6 size for as little as .63 cents. US of course. Most good things in the design world always seem to be in a US site. Darn. This purple potato is my favourite – isn’t it fabulous? All the colour…

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Clean vs. Dirty Colours

11/09/2008
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Recently, my sister Elizabeth and I went to the Spaghetti Factory for lunch. Of course it’s always easy to be a critic and I was looking around at the colours (like I always do) and noticed that the yellow was sooooo wrong in this restaurant. There’s the rusty red woodwork and doors, dark green ceilings…

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Colour is Everywhere

11/04/2008
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I was in the Robert Allen showroom today, sourcing some fabrics for my clients as the sun was setting at 4:30 pm. One of their very talented and helpful staff, Leena, mentioned that whenever she sends images of Vancouver home [to Finland, which is where my parents are from coincidentally] they always say, “You should…

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When to buy Leather Furniture

11/04/2008
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One of the best things to come out of the brown trend is that the average consumer (especially men) have switched from buying black leather furniture to brown. I have seen so much leather in my consultations I have come to the conclusion that the reason why most people buy leather sofas is because there…

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The Best Trim Colours – NOT Cloud White!

11/01/2008
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Thank you to Brett Walther at Style at Home for including this post, The Best Trim Colours – NOT Cloud White, in your blog on December 16, 2008! I’m sorry if I have just killed your ‘go-to’ trim colour, but I truly think Cloud White oc-130 is the most overrated trim colour of all time….

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