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How Long will You Wait to Get The Sofa You Want?

06/12/2014
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I once helped a client decorate her guest room. She wanted everything NOW. The painting had to happen IMMEDIATELY! The furniture, delivered YESTERDAY.

In my experience, there are two types of clients who want furniture that fast.

When you move into a new house and you don’t have any furniture to sit on, that has people get pretty impatient for new stuff, RIGHT NOW.

Second, the client who cannot decide. They don’t want to make a mistake so they wait.

And wait.

And wait.

And wait.

And put up with old, bad, and cheap for a very long time.

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2014 Trends from Spring Market at High Point

04/07/2014
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The last time I attended High Point was 3 1/2 years ago in the Fall. I remember it being pretty much greys and charcoals. There was very little colour although, of course, I looked for it. Maria Killam, Alicia Connolly & Barbara Miller (Picture from Day 1 at Market) My friend Barbara Miller (above right) and…

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My Favourite Go-To Designer Fabrics

03/31/2014
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When I first started decorating and selecting fabrics for my clients, it took me a while to figure out the best upholstery fabrics to use. One day, I was in the Robert Allen showroom and one of the designers whispered that Orvis was her personal favourite. A great herringbone texture that comes in a multitude…

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Colour Forecast for 2015 from Palm Springs

11/10/2013
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Click on image for sources The speaker on our first morning was Michael Shamassian, president and owner of Shmaze Industries. His presentation was very inspiring. He talked about how his passion for colour began at 19 when he started painting cars for a living while attending college at the same time. Fast forward, he is now…

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The Case for Matchy Matchy Decorating

11/03/2013
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via Pinterest (click on image) Recently while consulting with clients around their fixed finishes like tiles and countertops or exterior stone I have have been hearing phrases like: ‘It’s matchy, matchy but I think it’s okay’. or ‘It’s matchy, matchy is that okay?’ or ‘I don’t want it to look matchy matchy’. This same conversation…

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Tablescapes at the IDS Show

09/23/2013
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This was the post I wanted to show you Friday but I couldn’t upload the images into WordPress. The media event at the IDS show this past weekend was filled with herbs mixed with boxwood and pansies. Here’s a glimpse of some Swiss Chard. This booth I stopped and admired was decorated by Harmony Sense…

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How to Choose the Colour of your Gentek Gutters

06/20/2013
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Part of Mary Anne White’s (my landscape Architect) plan for our landscape project in addition to extending the portico with new stone treads, was to beef up the column (below).   Then once the new column was built, we were going to install the downspout behind the column instead of right smack in the front where…

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The Most Classic & Timeless Granite Colours

04/12/2013
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It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of granite. But if you insist on using it in your kitchen, here are a few classic and timeless granite options for you to consider.  Granite has a bad rap on this blog, so I thought I would write a post on which granite colours I think…

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My Take on Pantone’s 2013 Colour of the Year: Emerald

12/06/2012
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For the record, I did not predict this colour. I definitely thought it would be blue. Specifically a brighter, more cornflower blue. And I wasn’t the only one. Also, there’s a big difference between Emerald and Kelly Green, yet every image on Pantone’s slideshow announcing this colour shows both, this one being a perfect example…

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Should your Trim Colour match your White Vinyl Windows?

10/16/2012
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source One of my readers Melissa Huber asked: “My burning question has been what to do about the interior trim around replacement windows. The replacement windows are white but our window trims match all the wood throughout the house (molding, chair railing, beams, crown molding, all kitchen and bath cabinets). What is the best way to…

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Maria’s New Laundry Room: Before & After

09/07/2012
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Our new house has three bathrooms, one in the master, the main bath which you’ve seen and the powder room. The one thing I did not like about the layout when we first saw it was that you had to walk through the laundry room to get to the powder room, but that was before…

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Three Best Colours for your Leather Sofa

09/03/2012
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Last week when I opened my September Elle Decor magazine I was convinced that Hermes was suddenly selling furniture but clearly, upon searching all over their website, NO. This ad, located on the very back of the magazine is clearly just lifestyle. But let that not diminish the point of my point. Which is when…

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Find out what your Car says about You

09/02/2012
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I snapped this the other day, this is what driving in the country looks like! It’s here on Instagram which I’ve finally joined. Next I need to figure out how to follow you! I found this article ages ago, written by by Dee Van Dyk (canadianliving.com), read on to find out what your car says about…

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A Sexy Espresso Machine

08/21/2012
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source I drink my coffee black and I prefer Americanos. For a few years now we have had a Saeco (ours is an older version of this one below). We make a shot of espresso, add hot water and yum, coffee’s ready. source But now that I have a new kitchen, I needed a sexier…

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