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Which Stone Colour is Best for Your Fireplace Surround?

02/08/2012
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This is the biggest mistake homeowners make when choosing stone colour for their fireplace. Take my advice, because if you choose wrong, it will dictate the overall colour scheme of your home forever.  The stacked stone trend for fireplaces and the exterior of homes is a big one. But that doesn’t mean it’s right for…

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Vancouver Motel Exterior Before & After

02/06/2012
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Occasionally, when I’m driving by a building, if I think it’s interesting in some way, I’ll snap a photo of it. I took this picture over a year ago because I actually thought the way the “colour blocking” on this particular building actually looked good, especially because there’s not a lot of great architectural detail…

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An Exception to Mixing Clean and Dirty Colour

11/15/2011
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Occasionally I come across an exception to mixing clean and dirty colours that actually works. Today I’m sharing one of those examples and why it works.  This is a cactus sculpture in the lobby at the Westin Lost Cabos where we are staying this week on a much needed vacation! How cute, right? An exception…

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Green Exterior with Shutters; Before & After

07/29/2011
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I was so happy to receive photos of this eDesign I worked on last Spring! Before My client was originally looking at some muddier greens but I talked her into a fresher colour because I thought it would go better with the cottage feel of the house.   After The field colour is BM Hillside…

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The Correct Way to Choose Exterior Colour for Tract Homes

06/21/2011
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I drove by this neighborhood in Abbotsford a few weeks ago and stopped to photograph this row of homes. What works about these colours is that they are not particularly trendy. A trendy colour scheme would have included brown or gray. There is nothing wrong with using ‘trendy’ colours for exterior, however what I’m pointing…

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Benjamin Moore Annapolis Green for a Beach House

04/14/2011
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Cindy from Miami contacted me to help her choose colours for her kitchen cabinets in her weekend home in the Florida Keys (I am virtually in Florida a lot, and it is a colourful place!). Their beach house overlooks John Pennekamp State Park which contains the only living coral reef park in North America. I…

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This Paint Job is only Right Once a Year

03/27/2011
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source A broken clock is right twice a day.  This was the photo that Patrick from Shadows on Stone sent me the other day along with those 2 quotes. It’s a donut shop in Portland that looks pretty hot now with the matching cherry blossoms. He said it just screams in the winter and looks…

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The Village Trend for Shoppers

10/03/2010
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We arrived at the University Village just outside of Seattle yesterday. Next to the Village at Park Royal where I live, this one is really pretty. Guess why we were here? Crate & Barrel of course (we don’t have one in Vancouver).   How cute are these umbrella stands for shoppers to use when it’s…

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Colour Trends are Important; Yay or Nay

09/22/2010
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There seems to be two camps in the colour industry.  Colourists (CMG) who believe colour trends are important and critical for products, cars, etc and Colourists (IACC/NA) who think choosing colour based on trends is just plain uneducated.  Since I’m a member of both, I agree with both sides and there’s a context for each…

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Clean ALWAYS trumps Dirty

09/14/2010
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 via Flickr I have found myself repeating this statement a lot lately so I thought I’d write a post about it. So, repeat after me; Anytime that you find yourself comparing a clean colour to a dirty one, the clean colour always looks better. Does this mean the dirty colour is wrong? NO. Photo by…

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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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Exteriors for Colour Inspiration

07/28/2010
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I know, I look totally obsessed with yellow and raspberry but the truth is, yellow is the only colour I’ve committed to so far in my living room. The reveal is going to be longer than I thought because I haven’t found the one inspiration piece that is making me jump up and down with…

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When Pink Beige works on Exterior

07/24/2010
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I had the best day today, I kept jumping out of the car taking pictures of the painted ladies in San Francisco–way more fun for me than a museum. I was in colour heaven!   You all know how I feel about pink beige.   Here it is with orange. See how dirty it looks?…

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Pattern or Solid: Yay or Nay

07/15/2010
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You read my blog because colour really and truly affects the way you feel every single day in your home. When I am hired for a consultation, many times I’m clear it’s because it’s not easy to decide what there is to change because each change then creates another change. It opens a can of…

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