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One More Day Before the Launch

09/29/2011
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Okay, tomorrow is the day. . . the day my site will go live. This is me, waiting without a lot of patience! Pinterest It will happen sometime in the afternoon if all goes well. We are still working on last minute issues with transferring all my blogger posts over to WordPress. See you next…

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Advice from a Celebrity Decorator

09/26/2011
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In this issue, Jeffrey Bilhuber (love him) gave some decorating advice from his latest book. I especially loved this advice:

“Decorating is about the big picture. If you say ‘I’d like a pink lamp’ and I just go get a pink glazed ceramic lamp, you should fire me. What a decorator does is bring you a blue and white Delft lamp and say “This would look perfect in a pink room”. Jeffrey Bilhuber

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What Colour Should Your Boots be?

09/19/2011
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source Denise Turner, Janice Lindsay, Roz Kavander and Maria Killam Me and some of my colour friends at the Saturday night dinner. Kohler Nicole Wittwer, a Product Manager at Kohler reported that recently during a trade show where they were launching their new collection, Tresham, this image was displayed at one of their booths. People started…

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Vancouver Interior Designer: Can You Have White Kitchen Cabinets in a Dark Room?

09/13/2011
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I have been asked this question a few times. Whenever someone has read “A Light Colour will Never come to Life in a Dark Room”.

Can you have white cabinets in a dark kitchen? Yes. Here’s where I totally break that rule. Your cabinets are like furniture and I would put white furniture anywhere regardless of how dark or light the room was.
It’s also the reason why I would not paint the walls the same colour as the cabinets.

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My Mom’s Fresh Carriage House

09/08/2011
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source This is my mom’s carriage house being built on the two acres in Yarrow that she owns with my sister Elizabeth and her husband. Everything was on a strict budget. The roof is black just as it should be and the siding is white because my sister’s house is also white. I want the front…

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Maria’s New Sideboard and Art in the Dining Room

09/06/2011
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This is a new piece of art we picked up in Sechelt when we were there last weekend. We stopped into Anita Lindblom’s gallery on the Sunshine Coast Highway. Anita says people drop in to her studio just to get happy it’s such a wonderful and colourful space! Wall Colour – BM CC-90 Natural Linen…

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