Art and Beauty

source Today I was in a lovely client’s home out in White Rock.  She was upholstering an Edwardian Settee and matching chair and wanted to make sure she was on the right track with the colours and fabrics she had chosen.  And she needed wall colour for most of the house.  By the time I…

I fell in love with Shirley’s art when I was clicking on my Baskets & Poodles linky party from last week. I don’t know if all her art is as affordable as the little 5” x 5” paintings that she posts on her ‘One Painting every other day’ blog but here is some of the…

Okay, I may be the only one in love with this blog party idea of posting inexpensive (or better yet cheap and cheerful) ways to create art for your home. But I really don’t feel like I’m the most creative person in the world when it comes to inexpensive art. Really. I would just love…

I attended a very interesting inquiry (called a Wisdom Salon) a few weeks ago at Landmark Education where we could only ask questions, no debating or rebuttals just questions. So first, it was opened by attempting to define beauty, and here are 3 ways to know ‘What is beauty?’: flickr 1. According to the Oxford…

How about word Art? Best Day Ever by Erin Jane Shop via Centsational Girl   Finding affordable art for my clients is one of the biggest challenges in my design business. Clients that hire me do so because they want their home to look finished. And it’s accessories and art that truly turn a house…

A lovely friend and past client Rachel Lando sent me a link to these wonderful spaces by Los Angeles designer Kim Alexandriuk in an interview with 1st dibs (Photography credits are on each image). These two images (above and below especially) are so great for demonstrating beige undertones done just right! The sofa and roman…

Has anyone heard of this look? Penelope Trunk called me today so excited that she’d just discovered it! As a design blogger, I think I’m so on the edge of ‘what’s happening now’ (maybe not) but I had never heard of this look before and honestly, it sounded like she was talking Latin I thought…

Laura Trevey from Bright, Bold & Beautiful, a very talented artist has included me as part of her bold vision series today, check it out here. I love her art because it’s happy! I’ve also included some interiors I found that would look fabulous with her artwork! Southern Accents Laura Trevey Laura Trevey Laura Trevey…

When I sent out last week’s newsletter and asked the question ‘Should your Art Coordinate with your Home?’ I received a pile of great comments from my lovely readers! Laura Jens from Developing Designs sent me some rooms with art that she was inspired by (below): My favourite answer (and others said the same thing…

Update on the Homies Awards at Apartment Therapy – thank you so much to all of you that have voted for me, I am honoured!! Click here to vote if anyone else feels so inclined 🙂 Kelly Wearstler and I now have something in common besides that I love her style! I now have a…

Every month when my newsletter goes out I post a special article that is not included in my blog especially for my newsletter subscribers. This month was no different , thus the headline in yesterdays post titled “Which paint colours are the most timeless?” where I gave anyone that was interested the opportunity to subscribe…

I am working on this fabulous loft in Yaletown (to be unveiled in September) for one of my equally fabulous clients, Kareen Zimmer and I mentioned her in this post  when we talked about the colours we chose and why? The artwork was just installed last week, (photos from her travels around the world, sample above)…

Since I’ve had artists on my brain lately, I was struck by this article in the May 2009 issue of House & Home on Bobbie Burgers. Here is her Okanagan Weekend home in the interior of British Columbia: The seamless transition from the inside to the outside makes this room so appealing, not to mention…

Albarosa from Brillante Home Decor invited Michelle from A Schematic Life and Patricia from Patricia Gray Interior Design and myself for dinner this week and we had a fabulous time.Albarosa’s home is absolutely stunning! Filled with gorgeous art and books from Italy. I was struck by this beautiful vase filled with matching pink tulips on…

I have a ‘drapery look book’ which is basically a binder filled with torn pages from magazines that I show my clients when we are designing a window covering. They can see what the header looks like–anything from a traditional pinched pleat to a ‘top’ pinched pleat (which is more contemporary) to a grommet treatment,…