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Michelle Morelan from A Schematic Life and I met for a latte last week and she surprised me with this drawing of a room I designed for one of my lovely clients (see the rest of the space here). Here’s the actual image below.    A few months ago, Michelle drew a villa I rented while in…

Recently I wrote an article for Alberta Home magazine and as a result of being published there, I was invited to be the keynote speaker at an exclusive design event held every quarter at the House of Persian Rugs in Calgary.   Here is YOUR invitation to attend if you live in Calgary or are…

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.  Oprah Winfrey  Watercolour by Lisa Porter One of my new blogging friends Lisa at The Lisa Porter Collection included me in her ‘attitude and gratitude’ award,…

This room was designed by Eileen Kathryn Boyd for the 2009 Kips Bay Show House and I found it on House Beautiful. If you have never seen her website, it’s one you shouldn’t miss! I am on the hunt for reasonably priced art for a client and it’s hard to find, I think I need…

I’m off to the Colour Marketing Group Spring Conference in Seattle this weekend!  I will have lots of exciting things to share upon my return next week! Wish you were all coming with me!! While you’re here, subscribe to this feed so you don’t miss out!

My dear friend and mentor Elizabeth Stevenson passed away this week and in addition to that devastating news, I am in Victoria over this weekend as my uncle is in critical condition in the hospital after suffering a severe heart attack yesterday morning. We are waiting (hoping and praying) for him to wake up tomorrow…

Spring is finally in the air here in Vancouver and here’s a happy chair to celebrate! Image Source The Kartell Mademoiselle Armchair was designed by Philippe Starck, and features lovely, transparent legs set off by a fabric-covered expanded polyurethane body. This green chair would be fabulous with a lovely round antique table and a large…

Officially, as of this week, I am now a member of the Color Marketing Group!  The CMG is an international Association whose members, forecast Color Directions® 19 months or more in advance for all manufactured products and services. I will be attending their Spring conference in Seattle and I’m looking for someone (specifically a female…

When my sweet blogger friends post about my blog, it seems to happen in bunches (lucky me). Brooke Giannetti from Velvet & Linen included me in yesterday’s post on her wonderful blog – check it out here. Brooke is an extremely talented interior designer (whose style I just love) who recently showed us photos of…

Imogen Lamport at Inside out Style wrote a post about my blog yesterday – Thanks so much!  She is an Image Consultant and author,  based out of Melbourne with a blog that explains colour contrasts  [regarding complexion and hair] so well that I had to read it a few times to try and understand what…

I am always drawn to whimsical little faces like the one on this card I found yesterday, so I took a picture just for you!  Hope your Valentines Day is filled with love and happiness! While you’re here, subscribe to this feed so you don’t miss out!

My blog has been mentioned twice in the same week, hooray! Julie Hoylen, one of the ‘color mavens’ from Sensational Colour / live in full color wrote a post on my “What Everyone Should know about Beige” post this week. She also wrote about other designers and the colour palettes they use on their websites,…

Things that Inspire did a wonderful post this week called Blue and Green should not be seen without a Color in Between and she mentioned 2 posts from my blog! Barbara Barry’s Philosophy and Colour me Kelly Green. The images below are 2 of my favourite images from her post (besides mine of course :)….

Wow, I just found this website The Color Career Counselor, powered by The Dewey Color System–the world’s only validated, non-language color-based career testing instrument– uses color preferences to determine successful career paths! Just by picking your favourite colours you can find out what kind of career you should be in! This was me in the…

I thought it was so fitting that Michelle Obama chose to wear the colour of optimism, confidence and hope  (my favourite as you might know by now 🙂 today at the inauguration! Her dress was designed by Isabel Toledo. Getty Images  Optimism:  the propensity to look at the bright side of any situation and expect…

Michelle Morelan from A Schematic Life, Nancy DeVries and I started our trip to Seattle with a little shopping at the outlets until we got downtown and checked into the Hotel Max.  A great, artistic little hotel with a W feel. It’s rare to see the analogous colour combination of red and orange together in…