Art and Beauty

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,…