When Walls of Wood really Work
08/11/2012We stayed at The Echoes Harrison River Retreat for two nights this week. You get picked up by boat and stay in one of 3 cozy cabins right beside the Harrison River. Every single building on this property was wood, inside and out. Perfect for a cottage by the lake or a cabin at a…
Poolside in August
08/03/2012Well I’m going on Vacation for the next week. We are staying home for a few days and just hanging out by the lake nearby and then going for a little two night stay somewhere towards the weekend (it’s a surprise). source So this week, I’ll be posting some re-runs of my favourite and best…
Advice Every Designer Should Give
07/15/2012I’m featured on Tobi Fairly’s blog today with my expert advice, more on that in a minute! This is my sweet nephew Noah and it’s his birthday, he’s seven! My sister Anita (his Mom) has a stunning brand new white kitchen that I helped her with last summer. The reason why you haven’t seen it on…
A Window of Happiness
07/11/2012Maria’s Kitchen Refresh (update) If someone had told me 5 years ago that I would eventually move back to the valley where I grew up I would have said ‘No way, never going to happen‘. We moved to Abbotsford from Victoria when I was 12 years old and I was very upset about it at…
Chocolate Beet Cake & Stress
06/10/2012Pinterest 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…
Happy Birthday to Me
06/06/2012At 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…
Sneak Peek of the new Location of my Sofa
06/01/2012I 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…
Colour me Happy is Moving
05/29/2012Tomorrow 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…
5 Things you Need to See from Blogfest 2012
05/24/2012My 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…
My New York Social Diary
05/20/2012This 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…
Celebrating Moms in May
05/13/2012As I’ve mentioned, one of the biggest reasons I’m moving to the Country is because my Mom will live 2 minutes away from me. A one hour drive is the most I’ve ever lived from my favourite Mom in the world and I will do anything for her, always. So when she said she’d like…
Colour me Happy with Artist Ian Varney
04/04/2012Last year it was my birthday when my True Colour Expert Workshop was held in Toronto. As a special treat, I got to spend the day with Ian Varney in his studio. Ian uses wax paint which dries very quickly. Oil canvases take months to dry so this is a great medium to use.
Maria’s Happy Living & Dining Room
04/01/2012Well, you all saw it decorated for the holidays already, but now that I’m moving I wanted it photographed without the Christmas decor, so here are some new photos: Photography by Jennifer Houghton I can hardly wait to move to our new house, Jennifer said lighting my space for the camera was just the same…
Are You a Tree Hugger?
03/24/2012We are having a rare, sunny weekend, it’s so beautiful and almost feels like Spring. My sister Elizabeth and her husband have a goat on their property in Yarrow. His name is George. Markus came inside for something to eat after they had been playing outside and when he was ready to go out again I said “Wait, put your coat on” and he said “It’s not a goat, it’s a jacket!”. So adorable!
We’re Moving to the Country!
03/19/2012My mom and my sister Elizabeth (who already live in Yarrow, one hour and 10 minutes East of Vancouver) went to see the house first. They reported that it was great and we should go look at it. ‘What colour is it’, I asked my sister. ‘It’s pinky beige’, she replied. Photo by Maria Killam…
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