Advice for Homeowners

This is an excerpt from Janice Linsday’s talk “Getting white Right” sponsored by Pittsburgh Paints at the Buildex show today in Vancouver; credit “The night before I arrive at a clients home, I’m sure they dream about the colours they imagine I will push on them when I arrive at their house. That I’ll arrive…

Here are the top 10 most read posts since I started writing this blog in November 2008. The first one I wrote within two weeks and has remained the #1 most popular post on my blog. 1. White Kitchen Cabinets This post has also turned into a Dear-Abby-which-white-should-MY-Cabinets-be? There’s lots of free advice in the…

Space Planning. It seems like such a simple offering on a designer’s list of services; however there are many people that go without furniture for years because they don’t know which pieces to buy and don’t want to make a mistake. Space planning then becomes critical and highly worth the designer’s fee. Interior Design by…

Lately I’ve noticed something. I’m called out to a consultation because my advice is not only required, it’s absolutely necessary. You know how I have said in previous posts that I don’t judge? Well let me clarify that; it’s not that I don’t have an opinion–yes I’m always thinking in my head–that sofa is 80’s,…

One of my lovely readers sent me an email suggesting I do a post on pink as a reminder to everyone that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Image source A client called me last week to pick a new colour for her guest room (one of her daughters had just moved out).  She had…

Eggshell must be an actual colour in a fan deck somewhere because I have had many clients ask for it and they were not talking about low lustre sheen (which is what eggshell is). The other day I received a request from a reader to write a post explaining paint sheens and I thought, “How…