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Usually when I feel anxious I can figure out why and get happy again but this week there seemed to be too many reasons to be cranky. It’s unusual for me to have an off-kilter week so when that happens, I’m happy to find a reason and here it is: Mercury is in Retrograde until…

I’m hanging out with my totally squish able 11 month old nephew this weekend. My sister and I were in the fitting room at the Gap trying on their famous new black pants (below). I bought the ones on the right and some skinny pants. We were together in a big one and had Markus…

I think the most interesting dining rooms are ones where the chairs don’t match the table. So I was very excited to find these french chairs for my dining room when I decorated it a few years ago. Elle Decor So, keeping in mind my sunshine yellow sofa, I now have to decide which colour to paint…

Last night I went to a designer event sponsored by Arborite, The Mohawk Group, Heritage Office Furniture and Best Buy held at the Vancouver Art Gallery. See the covered area on the upper right side of the photo below? That’s where we were and we certainly didn’t need to be covered, it was like being…

I only remember enjoying dating when I was in my late teens and early 20’s. After that, it was only fun when I was dating ‘the one’. You know, the one you end up with, even if it’s just for a little while. Otherwise my experience of dating was just like Renee Zellweger said in…

One of my lovely readers Jen at Bloggers Abode suggested I write a post about what I’m looking for and I thought this was a brilliant plan so here’s my shopping list for my new place. First, I’m totally in love with yellow and raspberry pink for a living room colour scheme. I haven’t committed…

I’m going to the spa this weekend to sit in the hot tub and get pampered, (well it is my Birthday on Monday so that’s my excuse!). So where I’ll be is relaxing and lounging around, preferably on that cool textured pillow in the image below (how fun is that). Credit So just to keep…

Source Since everyone these days knows me for my colour blog, I came to the realization that [most] people are just a teeny bit disappointed if I arrive and I’m not wearing a stitch of colour. Okay this might be mostly in my head but if the situation were reverse, I would expect a colourist…

The townhouse I have just moved into has very pale pinky beige carpet throughout. Since I’m renting, I can’t take it out and I was starting to get quite dismayed at how it was looking just from moving in our stuff! We were thinking about buying a little steam cleaner to keep it looking well,…

After my Conference in Brooklyn I took a short flight to DC to Visit Lauren Leiss at Pure Style Home! I must admit it was a bit surreal.  I am a huge fan of hers (we have become great friends on the phone). Reading her blog and looking at her beautiful home for months made…

I have been in too many kitchens where the floor is a completely different colour than the countertop, the backsplash, the cabinets and finally the paint colour on the wall. Credit In my world, a pretty kitchen is one where there are at least two surfaces (above) that ‘relate’ to each other with the colour….

Photo from Hudson Hotel Site This is the entrance of the Hudson Hotel in New York! Notice, there is no sign on the front! Photo by Maria Killam Here is the escalator going up to the hotel. The lighting in this hotel is extraordinary! You must check it out if you love lighting. It reminds…

In a consultation a little while ago I walked into a beautiful white, modern kitchen and everything was still. . . white. That’s right – no accent colour at all.  My client said she didn’t want to commit to a colour because she wasn’t sure which one was the right one. When I’m on the…

I’m featured at Blue Label Bungalow as one of Erika Ward’s Tastemakers!  She asked me some great questions, click here to read. Since turquoise is the colour of the year for 2010 she asked me to show 3 combinations using turquoise, these are the ones I chose: The common denominator in all these combinations is…