Good things must happen to me in October because not only is October 31 the anniversary of when I started this blog, but we also took possession of our dream home in October 2022.
It’s still a work in progress because my landscaping ate up most of our budget this past year but you’ll see all the rooms (including my garage-eeeek) and where we are at with the decorating!
It’s a real life look inside and I can’t wait for you to take a peek!
Photos by Macy Yap Photography
Here I am in front of the house with my new columns and gate installed it’s amazing how it finishes the house at the beginning of the driveway.
The details of the pitfalls to avoid and the lengths I had to go through to get it to look like this are all laid out in my new True Colour Insider community. It’s a place where you should be anyway because it’s where myself and my team are hanging out each week along with so many fabulous, supportive peeps. Sign up here.
How to become a colour consultant
Just today, someone on Instagram asked me what steps they should take to become a colour consultant. The fastest way? You can still join me in Dallas next Thursday and Friday (November 7 & 8 – 3 spaces left) however at there’s another place you can go to learn, too…
Join at the Colour Designer membership level inside my community to watch weekly meetings with my team where we choose colours, finishes, decorating on real projects.
You’ll also get access to my $397 Exterior Masterclass and my Business of Colour course ($497 Value). Both of these on-demand courses are a great place to start!
No one else is teaching you how to walk through projects and give the right decorating advice, that’s what you’ll have access to here at the Colour Designer Level.
By the way if you missed my garden tour on youtube, you can watch it here.
French Country Home Tour – Before and After
Head on over to YouTube, to help me celebrate two years in our new home with a fall house tour.
And, if you’re headed to Dallas next week, I can’t wait to meet you!! We are going to have so much fun… and you are going to learn so much about colour and design!
LAST DAY to take survey… have you weighed in? We still want to hear from YOU! 👉Take our survey here. It should take less than 10 minutes to complete.
XO, Maria
Related posts:
A Tour of our new home when we took possession
My Colourful Home Tour (of our last home)
What an absolutely gorgeous home❤️. The videographer did a fabulous job also. You, as always, have inspired me with your knowledge, enthusiasm, passion, and dedication to sharing color correctly. Thank you from a Southerner, who truly gets your passion of color.
Your home tour was fabulous! Love all the color and vignettes throughout the house. Very creative. I also spotted the Sunflower Mandala ARTray I designed for you in your office space! So fun to see on your video!!!!
Absolutely beautiful!! It really is very dreamy, do you have to pinch yourself awake at times? 😉 You’ve done a fantastic job at prioritizing your spend, I have no doubt your home fills you with happiness every day! 👌🏻🌟
It’s truly amazing how much I love your house even more on video. There is something different about having a walk-through that can’t be captured on a static photo. It was so nice to see the way the house flowed together. Among many things I loved, I really loved that piece of art with the sun patting the dog’s stomach!!! What a happy scene . . . actually your whole house looks happy.
Thank you for the tour. We can see photos but the video puts the flow together. I love that you are taking your time. The view is spectacular and I love the upstairs kitchen…. what a difference with the additional windows, removing the uppers and painting it all out.
PS Where are your wife’s clothes??
I loved the tour as well but I was also wondering where her wife’s closet is?!? Does she just have a dresser drawer or something? 🙂
Thanks for keeping it real with the unfinished stuff. It’s funny how it makes everything more relatable.
Her closet was there, on the right side of the room. . . she doesn’t need as much space as I do 🙂 Maria
Spectacular, Maria! Your intention and hard work made it real. The upstairs living area is my favorite with that magnificent view. So cozy!
Love this. I have been following you for years! So happy for your success. I don’t buy a thing without thinking about “ What would Maria say?”
What a treat to tour your beautiful and happy home. Thank you for sharing, found so much inspiration and practical advice.
Thank you so much for the tour, Maria! Your house is beautiful and grand, and you will of course show us your finished spaces, but seeing your unfinished areas was lovely. It just makes you and your home more relatable. I enjoyed this peek at your “not perfect” garage, your unrenovated bathrooms, your laundry room closet, complete with bras drying on a hanger. 😉 It’s a reminder that renovation and decoration take time, a fact that I sometimes forget in my impatience to get my own house finished. Thanks again and happy November!
From a Texas native and former Dallas resident, I hope there is no election aftermath going on when your do your Dallas stop.
Home is breathtaking!! You mentioned a few sources would you be willing to share where you got the art work of the sun warming the dogs belly on the second floor? Thank you so much for sharing your home
I love your beautiful home, Maria! Wishing you and Terreeia many happy years there!
Thank you for this tour of your beautiful home, Maria, I loved it. Well done to your videographer/editor. Lucy looks very proud of her home 🙂