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Family Room Bookshelves in Progress

06/12/2012
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The bookshelves in the family room were halfway there but needed some work (below). Before My carpenter added a few more shelves and we used the same crown moulding from the living room to finish the top. Then we added 2″ strips of molding on the front of each shelf so it achieve the look…

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Chocolate Beet Cake & Stress

06/10/2012
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  Pinterest I got home from Toronto this morning. Since I was out of town for my birthday, my sister Elizabeth baked me this most amazing chocolate beet cake that we ate today instead. She also made butter pecan ice cream without ice or cream to go with it in her Vitamix! It all tasted…

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Do You Give Your Client Exactly What They Want?

06/09/2012
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The best part about the designers, decorators and homeowners who attend my workshops is they already know me before they get there. So it’s like I’m your friend, teaching your colour class. Paula (below) and I have been emailing back and forth forever because she comments a lot on my posts. Comments are almost like…

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Happy Birthday to Me

06/06/2012
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At seven minutes after one in the morning on June 7, I turn 45. Three hours earlier this year as I’m in Toronto this week. Pinterest I am having such a great time with everyone in my True Colour Expert Workshop on Day one! Here is the most adorable post from Claire Jefford, a decorator…

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I Hate My Closet Contest & Maria’s New Closets

06/05/2012
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Photos by Maria Killam (partial view from my living room) Chris Isfeld from the Designer Closet Guys arrived the day before we moved in last week to install our closets! He had everything packed in his designer truck. Here’s all the boxes, ready to be installed. The orange closet is Cloverdale 7983 or SW 6661….

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Working with Grays: 5 Rules of Thumb

06/03/2012
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Well I’m flying to Toronto Monday morning to meet 20 upcoming True Colour Experts who are attending my workshop there this week! I’m very excited to meet everyone! Interior Design by Kerrisdale Design In the meantime I’ve written an article for Williams-Sonoma Designer Marketplace called Working with Grays: 5 Rules of Thumb. You can read…

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Sneak Peek of the new Location of my Sofa

06/01/2012
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I am so tired from unpacking and we don’t have a kitchen! I’m so lucky that my sister and mom live so close! Photo by Maria Killam Sorry for the dark photo, I snapped this last night, I am only now on-line! Can’t wait to show you my living/dining room, I had it set up…

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Colour me Happy is Moving

05/29/2012
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Tomorrow is moving day and it’s a little crazy around here! Is there anything worse than moving? I don’t think so! I must confess I got a bit defensive when Terreeia informed me that we own 23 lamps. Well I don’t think a decorator can have too many lamps, I’m sure that won’t be enough…

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Bad Colour is totally Unacceptable

05/27/2012
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So the final coats of paint are going up in my house as we speak. And since this is my business, I am confident that the colours I chose are right. And as each room gets completed I am filled with happiness. So it got me to thinking. How on earth could anyone watch paint…

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The Shocking Truth about your Ceilings

05/26/2012
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Having lived in rentals for so long, I am used to living in homes/apartments that smell. . . old. I always assumed that the bad, old house smell came from the carpets but Dillon, the owner of  Pure Painters (who are currently painting my house, we move Wednesday), said that your ceilings–especially if they are…

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5 Things you Need to See from Blogfest 2012

05/24/2012
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My whirlwind, very fast trip to New York is over and I’m running out this morning to pack up my car full of lighting because every single fixture in my new house needs to be replaced. Here are a few more highlights of my trip: Photo by Maria Killam 1. Did you know the latch…

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Best Quotes from Blogfest 2012 in New York

05/22/2012
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Traci Zeller (We do this a lot in New York) Darryl Carter was part of a panel this morning at breakfast at the top of the Hearst tower. He said his family was first generation so he pretty much had to be a doctor, a lawyer or an Indian Chief. His decorating career was launched when his…

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My New York Social Diary

05/20/2012
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This is my version of being in the New York Social Diary this week: Kips Bay 2011 I arrived in New York this morning on the red-eye and I’m sharing a room with my good friend Traci Zeller. She was already here the past two days with Talitha McGuinness the  co-owner and Creative Director of…

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My Best Friend’s Living Room

05/19/2012
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My best friend Tami moved into our townhouse complex in December. It’s been so fabulous to have her living just across the garden from our living room windows. How often does your best friend move next door? So that’s the only sad part about moving out a whole 1 hour and 15 minutes away. My…

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Designer Closet Guys for Stylish Closets

05/17/2012
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Designer Closet Guys Master Bedroom Solutions There comes a time when you get tired of your clothes hanging on barely adequate shelves and rods, when having your shoes strewn about the closet floor just gets old. So I decided I wanted a grown-up closet before we move in to our new house at the end of…

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The New Footprint of my Kitchen Cabinets

05/15/2012
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Well my kitchen is scheduled to be installed the middle of June and we move in on May 30th. All the floors are currently being installed, I will be posting on what I chose soon. Here’s the old kitchen with the uppers already gone! Now you can see the existing pink that it was when…

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