Patricia Gray held a gathering for bloggers last night in her beautiful home. When you walk into her entry, she has this square glass dish filled with glass crystal balls, paperweights and coin.She says it’s great Feng Shui and a good thing to have in your ‘wealth corner’. I just… Continue Reading →
My personal trainer Ruth Voss at Innovative Fitness asked another question about black the other day (Note to Ruth: there seems to be a trend here :). Why do teenagers want a black room? There are a few answers to this question; 1. As self-expression becomes more important, kids —… Continue Reading →
This is a rendering Michelle Morelan from A Schematic Life just whipped up from my “Colours of Provence” post the other day. I love how she called it “Maria’s Villa”. It was the one I stayed in during my visit to France two years ago. If you are reading this… Continue Reading →
My sister Elizabeth and I took our mom to Griffin’s in the Hotel Vancouver for her birthday lunch a few weeks ago and of course I had to snap a photo of the restaurant and do my usual analyzing. Loved this happy piece of art in addition to the black… Continue Reading →
My blog has been mentioned twice in the same week, hooray! Julie Hoylen, one of the ‘color mavens’ from Sensational Colour / live in full color wrote a post on my “What Everyone Should know about Beige” post this week. She also wrote about other designers and the colour palettes… Continue Reading →
Photography by Rodney Smith Sometimes I walk into a client’s home during the day, and it’s dark; either surrounded by trees or perhaps north facing (and they start talking about pale colours–which will not help). And not a single light is on. That’s when I feel like I need… Continue Reading →
Things that Inspire did a wonderful post this week called Blue and Green should not be seen without a Color in Between and she mentioned 2 posts from my blog! Barbara Barry’s Philosophy and Colour me Kelly Green. The images below are 2 of my favourite images from her post… Continue Reading →
Wow, I just found this website The Color Career Counselor, powered by The Dewey Color System–the world’s only validated, non-language color-based career testing instrument– uses color preferences to determine successful career paths! Just by picking your favourite colours you can find out what kind of career you should be in!… Continue Reading →
There are 5 undertones of beige (shown above). And the three that are most common are pink beige, yellow beige and green beige. Here are the ones that don’t work together. When can you decorate with pink and yellow?? In nature, with flowers. Inside of interior design, this means, clean… Continue Reading →
Remember in my post ‘Styling for Photo Shoots’ I said that most kitchens look ‘contrived’ when they are styled and photographed? Well this week I was hired by Revision Custom Home Renovations to style a kitchen they just completed, so I had an opportunity to prove that I could do… Continue Reading →
I saved this image a while ago because I just loved the feeling of this room. The dramatic blue-green walls, matching silk drapery, and pale blue sculptured headboard. I also loved the design of the chair and ottoman, simple and contemporary, along with the plaid bench and toss cushion. Nicholas… Continue Reading →
My two posts on white: White Kitchen Cabinets and The Best Trim Colours—Not Cloud White are still the most read on my site! Why is white so big? Perhaps because it’s so easy to transform the feeling of a space just by changing art, pillows and objects—and the wall colour! … Continue Reading →
My mom was in Vegas last weekend with my sister and she snapped this photo of my little nephew taking off down the hotel halls!! I’m always analyzing painted hallways because the wall colour doesn’t always [perfectly] match the carpeting. This is because the colours are picked in a designers… Continue Reading →
I was at a new ‘Joey’s’ last night on Burrard and Pender and I thought the washrooms were so great! It seems like all the trendy, ‘upscale casual’ restaurants these days are in competition to see who can design the coolest bathrooms so here’s yet another one. I especially liked… Continue Reading →
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. James Bryant Conant (1893 – 1978) I loved the close up image of the vase and the hydrangeas so much I had to find a quote to go with the adorable turtles [I’m sorry now I can’t… Continue Reading →
I thought it was so fitting that Michelle Obama chose to wear the colour of optimism, confidence and hope (my favourite as you might know by now 🙂 today at the inauguration! Her dress was designed by Isabel Toledo. Getty Images Optimism: the propensity to look at the bright side… Continue Reading →
