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Sometimes the Full Moon is Harsh

09/30/2012
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source So I’m driving home on Saturday night, after the bloggers yearly gathering at the St. Regis Hotel. It’s 10:00 pm and I’m on the freeway with my car filled with carefully selected decorative pumpkins and little tiny orange and black pansies for a party I’m having on Sunday. We have guests staying at the…

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Top 8 Posts by True Colour Experts

09/28/2012
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I’ll be in Toronto next week leading my Specify Colour with Confidence course! I’m so excited to meet a whole new group of True Colour Experts! source Traci Zeller gets the first spot on this post because back in May 2010 whenI first launched my True Colour Expert Workshops she was the first one to register. I…

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Who will Win the Ultimate Upcycle Challenge?

09/26/2012
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I am one of the bloggers participating in the Ultimate Upcycle Challenge to support the Vancouver Habitat for Humanity around the Vancouver Home + Design Show coming up in two weeks! Okay so I’m going to win because you my lovelies will hopefully vote for me, but this might be serious optimistic thinking, considering I…

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Renovating around Bossy Colour Trends

09/23/2012
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Because I consult with clients all over North America and they are all readers of my blog, I think I get into a bubble sometimes about design/colour and I start thinking it’s the same everywhere. Especially because clients who read my blog and then hire me to help them, do so because they resonate with…

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4 Colour Guidelines for Choosing an Area Rug

09/22/2012
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I’m here in Calgary and loving it! I got through my first stage presentation yesterday and all went well. I was worried I would forget what I was going to say with all those people looking at me but thankfully, that did not happen! source One of the questions I was asked at the end…

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Calgary Home + Design Show is Here!

09/20/2012
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  source  I’m in Calgary, and I will be on the main stage Friday at 5:00 pm and then Saturday at 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm. I’ve recently posted new videos along with a new landing page for my ebook and colour boards, check them out, let me know what you think! I changed about…

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The View into my Guest Bedroom

09/16/2012
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This is the first thing I see when I walk out of the master bedroom and down the hallway towards my living room. I love the way the art picks up the hallway colour (and the sorbet orange in the office right beside it. Next I need drapery throughout the entire house. Guest room Cloverdale…

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Is Painted Furniture on Its Way Out?

09/15/2012
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I received this great question from Tamara recently: source ‘I love your blog and have learned so much about undertones and choosing colors.  We’ve all noticed the plethora of painted wood furniture lately.  At first I thought it was just a trend and that dark wood will be back, but I’m not sure anymore.   What…

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My 5 Favourite Things at West Elm

09/13/2012
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Attention all Home Decor Lovers! West Elm has arrived in Vancouver to South Granville! It’s very difficult to find basic, stylish furniture, and home decor items in Vancouver. So many times, I will arrive at a consultation where my stylish client walks me through their entire house and basically everything is from a certain big…

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Professionals Know When to Avoid the Obvious

09/09/2012
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Update | Spring 2020 We are in month number four, since we’ve moved into our new house and many of you know, we’re completely re-designing the front and back yard this Spring, one third of our backyard is concrete and it’s coming out. If you’re interested in seeing the entire landscape of our yard in…

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Maria’s New Laundry Room: Before & After

09/07/2012
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Our new house has three bathrooms, one in the master, the main bath which you’ve seen and the powder room. The one thing I did not like about the layout when we first saw it was that you had to walk through the laundry room to get to the powder room, but that was before…

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Do’s and Don’ts on Decorating an Empty Room

09/05/2012
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As a new decorator and colour consultant many years ago, when I was asked to choose colours for an empty room or to decorate one, I would get a little freaked out. source I would look around desperately for inspiration and if I was standing in a room with wood flooring, I would latch on…

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Three Best Colours for your Leather Sofa

09/03/2012
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Last week when I opened my September Elle Decor magazine I was convinced that Hermes was suddenly selling furniture but clearly, upon searching all over their website, NO. This ad, located on the very back of the magazine is clearly just lifestyle. But let that not diminish the point of my point. Which is when…

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Find out what your Car says about You

09/02/2012
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I snapped this the other day, this is what driving in the country looks like! It’s here on Instagram which I’ve finally joined. Next I need to figure out how to follow you! I found this article ages ago, written by by Dee Van Dyk (canadianliving.com), read on to find out what your car says about…

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