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A Case for Decoration

03/17/2011
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Lately I’ve noticed a trend with the questions my clients ask during consultations and I have developed my own personal little theory behind it.   Windsor Smith They’ll ask me questions like, “Should I install crown molding in here?” “Should I replace this countertop and introduce stone?”, “What about a tray ceiling?” Endless and many…

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Who is Driving your Career?

03/15/2011
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source Think back to an experience in your life, when you were young and sitting in the backseat. Who was driving?  What were you doing? You could coast, hang out and harass the person driving, but they still determined where you were going.  There’s parts of our life where we’re in the back seat but…

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All About Curtains

03/13/2011
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For years I have saved clippings of my favourite looks in curtains or drapes and have carried them around in a binder in my car so that it’s easy to show clients what I’m designing when it comes time to discuss curtains.  I love drapery, they instantly add softness and vertical height to a room,…

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How Influenced are you by Colour Names?

03/10/2011
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People often ask me ‘who names the colours in a fan deck’?  Quite often in a colour consultation when we’re looking at 2 colours and both are equally as good because they are so close, sometimes the name of the colours decides it for us. Doesn’t San Francisco Bay (BM802) sound like a pretty blue? …

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Is Colour the Best Neutral? Yay or Nay

03/07/2011
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Brown trend > Gray trend (source) For months now in most of my consultations in-person or on-line all over the country in US and Canada, my clients have been asking for the same thing.  And it is this: “How can I eradicate beige and caramel/orange tones from my home and replace it with the cooler…

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7 Hot Blogging Tips from Los Angeles

03/01/2011
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source I’m here at the very first Design Bloggers Conference and yesterday Scott Hanselman gave us a talk on the 32 Ways to Take your blog to the Next Level. Here are a few of them: source 1. Moo.com, see all these quotes?  Well they are from this great website where you can print business…

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Vicente Wolf in Vancouver

02/24/2011
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Interior Design by Vicente Wolf So, I arrive at the Buildex show downtown this afternoon early enough to grab a seat in the front row to hear Vicente Wolf speak.  I’m happy because I’m sitting there feeling smug. My big plan is that instead of taking notes like everyone else, I’ll just tape the whole…

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A Happy $150 Giveaway from Novica

02/23/2011
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I’m hosting a giveaway from Novica! The lucky winner will recieve $150 of merchandise and you can choose from their long list of wonderful things!  Here’s what I would buy: Silver filigree earrings, ‘Four Leaf Clover’ $87.96 (These would look good on my ears 🙂 $58.99 – Beaded Zigzag rattan basket; (This would look good…

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The Best Tile Floor for your White Kitchen

02/18/2011
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Remember that show The Cashmere Mafia? It was on a couple years ago and only lasted a season.  I have no idea why, I enjoyed it. source I even thought big, over scale earrings were suddenly in fashion and rushed out to buy a pair. Anyway, the first episode included this white kitchen and I…

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Should you Install Horizontal Tile In your Home?

02/16/2011
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decorpad Besides Carrara which is most definitely the hottest thing flying out of tile showrooms and into kitchens and bathrooms across the country right now, I’ve found it; the next trend in backsplash tile, being installed right alongside mosaics. This thin stacked, multi-coloured one: source This tile belongs in a contemporary or modern kitchen period….

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The Best Pinks to Celebrate Valentine’s Day

02/14/2011
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Honeysuckle is Pantone’s colour of the year and if you have been dying to paint a room pink, here are some good ones to try: BM Razzle Dazzle (source) Just this past week, I specified this colour for a client’s powder room. I told her that last year I still would have toned this colour…

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