Skip to main content

Do you have Good Taste?

05/25/2011
25 Comments

One of my lovely readers Susan Seale who writes the blog Make Me Musical, recently sent me this totally inspirational quote! Enjoy. Doesn’t she look creative? Pinterest “What nobody tells people who are beginners — and I really wish someone had told this to me . . . is that all of us who do…

Continue Reading

Do you Understand Neutrals? Take the Bathroom Test

05/22/2011
34 Comments

source I have lost count of the number of times I have been hired to help a homeowner ‘correct’ a colour issue created by a designer who chose finishes without knowing how to combine the undertones of the colours and neutrals of the tiles or granite they had selected. This bathroom of one of my…

Continue Reading

Lee Jofa’s Glamorous Party at Mayo Studios

05/19/2011
18 Comments

There were 6 ‘rooms’ designed by 6 wonderful and famous designers in a warehouse setting at the Mayo Studios last night. It was a celebration of Lee Jofa’s new Heritage Collection.  This is what it looks like empty: We have been taken all over the city and wined and dined everywhere, it’s been quite the…

Continue Reading

What it’s Like to be the Boss of a New York Magazine

05/17/2011
22 Comments

Photos by Maria Killam I have always imagined that being the Editor-in-Chief of a [any] shelter magazine would be the best job in the world. Travelling the world to see the most beautiful interiors, free merchandise flowing in the door in the hopes that you’ll feature it in the magazine. . . Yesterday, Blogfest started…

Continue Reading

New York Museums or Shopping; Which do you Prefer?

05/15/2011
23 Comments

It’s Sunday morning, pouring rain here in New York and I am not impressed. Had enough rain for a lifetime this past spring in Vancouver.  My roommate for the week Jennifer Duchene from Lift your Spirits Home Transformations wants to go to the Museum of Modern Art and then to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair…

Continue Reading

What Colour is the Best with Crema Marfil?

05/13/2011
14 Comments

Photos by Maria Killam I arrived in Atlanta on Monday night and Tuesday, during set-up for my True Colour Expert Workshop, I popped over to Chadwick Lakes for a consultation.  Fran has a gorgeous home in this gated community and you’ll see more of it in my next post.  This one is about her master bathroom….

Continue Reading

3 ways to Coordinate Colours for your Entire House

05/09/2011
16 Comments

The best way is with a designer you trust. We know what will work today and how to pull it all together to create a look and feel including colours that flow from room to room. If you are choosing everything yourself, here are some guidelines from a recent consultation: If the mountain won’t come…

Continue Reading

The Best Mother’s Day Flowers

05/08/2011
13 Comments

I’m quite sure it doesn’t get any better than an arrangement picked by your 3 year old.  The other day my sister was outside with her two boys (1 1/2 and 3 1/2). William picked 3 dandelions, gave them to Elizabeth and then proceeded to pick 3 stems of grass and a horsetail to add…

Continue Reading

Benjamin Moore Guilford Green Living Room

05/06/2011
14 Comments

A few weeks ago I arrived at a client’s home in White Rock to discuss her new white kitchen including which countertops, backsplash and colours would flow with the rest of her house. When I walked into her great room, I said “Wow what colour is this green?”. She said, It’s HC-116 Guilford Green. There…

Continue Reading

Which Hardwood Floor is the Most Timeless?

05/04/2011
42 Comments

You know what I find fascinating?  At the same time as we all want to know the latest trends in colour and design, we also search high and low–as well as conduct polls with our family and friends, dogs and cats–in order to discover which look is the most timeless. It’s not this one (source)…

Continue Reading

When can you Ignore the Carpet Colour (if it’s bad)?

05/01/2011
24 Comments

source I recently posted about an on-line consultation where my client had a very bossy carpet. In the main living areas of the house, you should try very hard not to ignore the wall-to-wall carpeting when decorating your home. So if your carpet clearly has a strong undertone of either green, pink or yellow beige,…

Continue Reading

Thoughts on Wedded Bliss

04/29/2011
21 Comments

source My sister Elizabeth (who just moved to Yarrow) invited me, my mom and the rest of my sisters over to watch the Royal Wedding this morning (I arrived last night). Two of my sisters are not speaking to each other so one did not join our little wedding watch on the wee hours of…

Continue Reading

Happiness is. . . Being Yourself

04/28/2011
14 Comments

Love this video (below) via Advanced Style via the Glamourai ‘Young woman, you’re going to be an old woman someday–don’t sweat it!’  Great advice from the fabulous women in this awesome video!! If you would like your home to fill you with happiness every time you walk in, contact me. Related posts: Happiness is. . . Learning…

Continue Reading

You Don’t Suck if you Don’t Book Every Client

04/26/2011
17 Comments

‘If you can’t say no to anything then you’re living in scarcity. The universe doesn’t need to be selective with what comes your way because you’ll take anything.’ Source unknown. In other words, you’re still a rock star (just like my nephew : ) The other day I was following a forum where designers were…

Continue Reading