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Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes with Your Garden

07/03/2025
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Want to create a stunning, cohesive garden? Today I’m going to share five essential landscaping tips—from choosing the right colour palette to shaping your space with plants and pathways—that will transform your yard and boost your curb appeal. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned gardener, these expert secrets will help you design a beautiful,…

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A Charming eDesign Exterior Before & After

06/17/2025
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Today I’m sharing a couple of before and after exteriors. The first is a charming character house transformed with an eDesign consultation from plain to fabulous. The second is a reader’s DIY before and after where she’s asking for help with some of the finishing details. From blah to bold an exterior makeover My eDesign…

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A Stunning Historic Exterior Before & After

03/04/2025
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It’s truly amazing the variety of interesting projects we have the privilege of consulting on everyday in my eDesign department. Today I’m sharing a beautiful before and after of a painted lady with historic designation situated on a popular tourist route in Canada’s capital, Ottawa. My dear eDesign clients had worked hard to restore the…

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Trend Alert: Skinny Black (Vader) Windows

01/06/2025
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Skinny horizontal windows are taking over new construction everywhere. And they’re not doing architecture any favors. Let’s take a closer look. Skinny Black Window Trend There’s an alarming trend in architecture that no seems to be talking about and it’s linear horizontal windows being slapped up everywhere along with of course modern, flat homes without…

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Help me Find the Perfect Black for my Exterior

11/18/2024
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When you’re scrolling for home inspiration, be careful not to fall into the all too common trap of thinking it’s solely the paint colour that makes a house pretty. There is so much to learn about creating a beautiful home. Leaning how to choose colour is a huge hurdle to clear. You also need to…

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A New Build Exterior Reveal!

09/26/2024
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I’m excited to share an eDesign new build exterior today! It’s amazing to see a home come to life from a simple drawing to full blown beauty! Here’s the initial drawing my client sent in for her consultation. My team and I were impressed with this plan because a house designed with a symmetrical and…

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5 Colourful Palettes for a Condo Complex

08/19/2024
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Transforming exteriors with elevated, bold hues that stand out against the common, predictable neutral schemes is one of my favourite colour projects! And this multi-unit housing complex was no exception… So I came up with 5 colour palettes to take this condo from meh to magnificent! I love creating colour palettes for multi unit housing…

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From Blue to Green Exterior Colour: Before & After

08/12/2024
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Here’s a stunning exterior design project featuring our expert colour recommendations. It’s never too late to refresh your home’s exterior with the perfect colour palette. Choosing a new exterior paint colour Last week we received the most beautiful before and after eDesign project photos taken with such gorgeous landscaping. I love the curved white fence,…

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When is a White Exterior Timeless?

07/18/2024
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If you’re building or updating an exterior right now, you might be feeling torn – Do I go with my urge to paint my house fresh white? Or with my dismay at all the stark black and white exteriors swallowing up neighbourhoods? And choose basically ANYTHING BUT STARK WHITE? Is there a way to do a…

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What Everyone Should Know About Warm Neutrals

06/25/2024
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The last post I wrote about beige was May 2022 because my clients have been asking for ‘darker whites’ and ‘warmer neutrals’ for a couple years now. And I had to include this comment from a follower who works in a paint store who confirmed that yes, people are starting to ask for paint colours…

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A Better Black for Exteriors

05/20/2024
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My eDesign department is hopping with exterior colour consultations this time of year. We help clients get the fresh updated look they want while making sure the colours relate to any fixed stone, brick and roof colours.  Because once you understand colour, it’s really easy to spot when someone wrongly assumed that their stone or…

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What would Maria do with this Exterior?

05/13/2024
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Module 14 of my Exterior Masterclass is all about “What would Maria do with this Exterior” There are so many common mistakes that people make with exteriors, EVEN black and white ones which seem straightforward, but every day I drive this colour scheme installed wrong. Now that my exterior is painted and the landscaping is…

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The Truth About the most Popular White Paint Colours

05/06/2024
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The best white exterior paint colours are not what you think! If you simply Google the best white paint colours, you’ll get a list of popular choices. However, these white paint colours will NOT look good on exteriors. Here’s why. In 2022 I posted an update to my Exterior Colour Selection Masterclass about how the…

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Why We Love the Black and White Trend

04/15/2024
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Last week I wrote this post outlining all the black moments I have in my home. Because many of you have noticed that I, too, decorate with black in this black and white trend. Hey, I don’t dislike black. Here’s the thing. Some of us still need to know when to hit PAUSE on choosing…

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