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flickr Tomorrow I’m getting up at the crack of dawn and driving down to Seattle to pre-select at Nordstrom for fall with my stylist Angie from You Look Fab. It’s a great opportunity to get some fabulous fall items at 40% – 60% off. So instead of paying $600 for these Stuart Weitzman boots last…

Two weeks ago my sister Elizabeth said. “Let’s get out of the worst rainy spring/summer ever in Vancouver for my birthday and go to Vegas”. So here we are, along with my two adorable nephews! source The following is for anyone that lives in the rainforest of Vancouver and Seattle. The rest of you can…

I am staying in the home of artist Ian Varney while I’m here in Toronto (just completed facilitating one of my True Colour Expert Workshops this past week and I’m here until Wednesday). Here are some of his recent beautiful pieces: 40″ x 40″ Lake Geometry #1PinterestJust to keep it fun, I thought I would…

This weekend I am in Abbotsford helping my mom pack up the house I grew up in since I was 12, I’ll be 44 in just a little under 2 weeks–eeeeeek! I just packed up the photo albums and took a little trip down memory lane at the same time. When I came across a…

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…

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…

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…

My sister and brother-in-law came up with my 2 little nephews to spend the night on Thursday from Yarrow on their way to Whistler for the weekend.  On Friday after they left, I missed my nephews so much, we jumped into the car and drove up to join them.   Martha Stewart I didn’t…

I have had lots of conversations with clients who have said “I have decorated many homes with great success over the years but this house has me stumped.”  They call me because they need an objective opinion to get past something they can’t see on their own. Image via Inspired Room Here is a great…

source Have you ever noticed, no matter where you are in life right now, there’s always a higher bar to reach and when you compare yourself to where you think you should be (or even worse, to someone else), that’s when you get cranky?  Well that is how I’m feeling right now at the beginning…

Credit My mom came to Canada from Finland when she was 19. She immediately met my Dad (who had also immigrated from Finland a few years prior) and within 4 short months they were married. My mom said she learned to speak English watching soaps on TV. When I was 5 years old, arriving in…