I Need Your Vote: What Should I Call My New Show?

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BIG NEWS: My YouTube Makeover Series (almost) has a New Name — and a New Mission

“From should we renovate? → to WOW… we don’t need to.”

For the past two years, many of you have watched my one-day transformations under the name Colour Rescue.

If you’ve been with me a long time, you probably remember why I chose that name: most people decorate with neutrals.

So in my mind, I was “rescuing” neutral rooms. Saving them from the all neutral look. After all the show wasn’t called House Rescue, it was called Colour Rescue.

And for a while, that made sense.

But over time, I realized something important:

The name Colour Rescue didn’t communicate what the makeover really WAS.

And combined with another issue — the word “free” in my offer — well it accidentally attracted no one.

Not one blog reader or Instagram follower applied. Ok well maybe a couple.

Instead… I was doing makeovers for friends and friends-of-family just to keep the series going.

And it took someone (Shoutout to Elise) in my True Colour Insider community to point out what I couldn’t yet see:

“Maria, people don’t trust free, it feels suspicious — like a catch.”

And they were absolutely right.

Between “rescue” (which sounds pathetic)
and “free” (which sounds too good to be true),
I had created a message that repelled the very people I wanted to help.

That was my blind spot.

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And this is exactly why evolving the show was not only right —it was necessary. So here are the two names I’m considering:

Option 1: Decorate Instead of Renovate

Clear, modern, and instantly understood.
This title speaks directly to the moment when homeowners discover they don’t actually need a renovation—they just need the right decorating and direction.

It feels like a philosophy, a movement, and even a new category of design.
It’s also softer and more invitational; it opens a conversation rather than giving a command.

And of course… this really is what I do.
In almost every makeover, people realize the “reno” they thought they needed simply isn’t necessary.

Option 2: Decorate, Don’t Renovate!

Catchy, punchy, and fun.
It’s more of a rallying cry—a slogan you can hear me saying out loud.
There’s attitude and energy baked into it, and some people will love that directness.

But the question is:
will everyone hear it the right way?
It could sound like I’m anti-renovation, which I’m not.

Sometimes a bathroom or kitchen really is too far gone—too much trendy grey, too many outdated finishes—and decorating can’t save it. In those situations, I help people create the right plan so they don’t make expensive mistakes.
(It just wouldn’t be part of this show.)

So the debate is:
Do we go with the catchy rallying cry?
Or the clear, timeless movement name?

Or do you have a better name? Your feedback matters so much, and this is your chance to help shape the direction of this show.

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This will be the show that proves you don’t need demolition — you need direction.

One of the biggest reasons the Killam Colour System makes so much sense (and also how understanding this system will save you so much money) is when you figure out that your bathroom tile is violet grey (below left) and you choose a violet grey from my system and paint the walls (below right).

Then you use my mood board course to find some items to bring that room to life, suddenly what you have is a bathroom that doesn’t have to be renovated:

By the way, while the cabinets could also have been painted, warm woods are back and they don’t bother me. I even like how the green painting repeats the tones in the wood cabinets.

After all, most people have too many bathrooms to rip them out every time the trends change. Most bathrooms just need some creativity. New lighting and mirrors are often the biggest gamechanger. This is where my bathroom refresh comes in, you can buy it here.

Here’s the thing, when you calculate how much renovating this bathroom would have been $30K – $70K depending on where you live, and how expensive your finishes are, buying a package to get a designer (me) to give you the details you can’t, see is a no brainer. You can still go to Bali with the money you saved.

Speaking of Bali, it seems like the last three people I’ve spoken to are going there in January, what am I missing?

In the end, my makeovers aren’t about “rescuing” anything. They’re not about swooping in to fix someone’s mess.

They’re about distracting the eye, styling, and creating a look and a feel.

And above all: They’re about choosing decorating before you waste time, money, and emotional energy on a renovation you may not even need.

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And here’s the truth: I’m obsessed with doing this for people.

I wish I could do this for every one of my blog readers. I want you to have so many lamps that you never — and I mean NEVER — need to turn on your operating-room lights (Or should we call them interrogation lights? You decide.)

It’s the magic of colour, styling, and lighting that creates the feeling of your home, not new cabinets or floors, or ripping everything out. Especially because after you renovate, you still will need all the styling items to make your house feel like home.

And in this economy, this kind of makeover is desperately needed. Most people spend money on the wrong things simply because they don’t know what’s missing.

I just filmed a makeover for my best friend from high school — it goes up this Friday.
They built their house 24 years ago and they mentioned that their 90s kitchen needs an update.

But now (OMG wait until you see the befores and afters), who cares??

The transformation was epic, their living room now has a look and a feel. Everyone wants to come over. And the room she sat in three times a year is now the place she never wants to leave.

THIS is what I want for the world. THIS is why the show needed a new name.

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How to get a decorating makeover

It’s simple! Here’s how it works.

My day rate for a one-day makeover is $4,000.

But if your project is approved to be featured on the show,
you don’t pay that fee — it’s sponsored by the show.

You invest only in décor — usually $1,500–$5,000 — and it all goes DIRECTLY into your transformation. If you have a lot of stuff and it’s not in the right place, we may not need much of a budget at all, but most people will have a few holes that need to be filled after everything lands in the right place.

The result? One day. No demo. Total emotional shift.

I’m so excited for this next chapter — and I’m so grateful you’re here to witness it.

To launch this new channel, this January, I’m hosting a free live training all about fixing the bathrooms you already have. I’ll walk you through a curated set of real reader bathrooms and show you the exact 5-step process I use to make any bathroom look beautiful without a renovation. You’ll learn how to identify the undertones you’re stuck with, choose paint colours that actually work, update the lighting and mirrors (the real villains), and bring in simple styling that transforms the whole space. Even if your bathroom isn’t selected, you’ll walk away with the clarity to fix your own.

Here are the photos I need:

Clean up the bathroom and take 4 or 5 photos.

Go back and look at the above bathroom photos. They are straight. Move your camera lower to achieve this and line up the edge of the frame with a wall or a door.

Preferably no lights because they cast a yellow light and distort the existing colour

Submit your photos here for a chance to be included. I’ll announce the dates of this free training next week.

For clarity, my makeover show is usually about living rooms but they are hard to virtually transform because I need to move furniture around and hang art so we’re going to do this with bathrooms.

Over to you my lovelies, have YOU ever thought you needed a renovation…
when all you really needed was decorating? Let me know in the comments below.

Also, at the same time please vote on the name, or maybe you have a better one?

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