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How to get a Designer Living Room on a Budget

12/14/2010
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 Interior Design by Maria Killam, Photography by Anna Beaudry       Recently I completed this interior for two newlyweds, a Doctor and a Lawyer. Janelle is just finishing her internship in medical school and next year she will be practicing medicine full time. She found my blog and hired me to help her choose…

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My Living Room Drapery; Before & After

10/10/2010
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  The transformation that drapery creates always amazes me: Here is my living room before the drapes.   Here they are after. They are a chevron textured fabric from Robert Allen and they match the linen colour on the walls. Since it will be a wall of drapery thet we have to look at when you…

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BC Home Article; Before and After

08/26/2010
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Remember that photo shoot I talked about way back in March? Well I can finally share this house with you because September’s BC Home issue has arrived! Thank you so much to everyone at BC Home for featuring this project! I’m honoured to be in this magazine again this September, here is last years post…

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Exterior in Grays; Before & After

08/11/2010
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Cathleen hired me to help her choose colours for her house in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here is Cathleen’s house before. She wanted to update it with some new colours because she will be selling in a few years: Such a pretty setting! And here is the after (below), nice to break up all the red:…

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A Magical View along with a Before & After

05/08/2010
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When I first arrived at this reader’s fabulous address in West Vancouver for a consultation, I though that this was her home (below): I even went up and knocked on the door (the boxwood is about to be potted that’s why it’s a bit crooked) which as it turns out is the guesthouse!   Then…

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How to Style a Bookshelf without Spending a Fortune

11/06/2009
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Styling a bookshelf doesn’t have to be expensive. This is a sneak peak of a beautiful home I’m decorating in Morgan Creek. This clients request; we want it to look like a show home! After Because the millwork was already dark I chose silver as the overall theme. The gorgeous vases that look like lamps…

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Exterior Colour Before & After; Blue to Brown

09/12/2009
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After – Photos by Maria Killam Years ago, when I first started colour consulting I snapped a picture of this house in Shaunessy because the blue gray on this house reminded me of the standard off-the-shelf colour one could find in a paint store.  Everytime I see a house that’s painted a cold battleship gray…

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Commercial – Exterior Before & After

06/13/2009
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I have worked with a lot of Strata Committees in my colour consulting career. Usually 2 or 3 members of the Committee will handle hiring the designer for choosing colour or selecting finishes to upgrade the building. I usually present 2 – 3 options (at the most) for the committee to choose from. Colours by…

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