Maria is a blogger, decorator, stylist and internationally known colour expert. With a fresh take on contemporary and a passion for colour, she is known for creating warm, comfortable and inspired spaces that gracefully marry colours, cultures and styles.

In 1999, after 10 years of working in the hospitality industry and decorating for friends and family in her spare time, Maria established her own Vancouver-based residential design firm.

Upon completing the Day Studio Workshops in San Francisco, she spent 4 years with Benjamin Moore as a paint/colour specialist creating exterior and interior palettes for architects, developers, builders, property managers and homeowners.

Maria is a member of the CMG and a past member of the IACC/NA and the Benjamin Moore Advisory Board of Western Canada. She studied with Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Institute and Aurosoma.

Her no nonsense colour advice, friendly and inspiring writing style, quickly turned Colour me Happy into one of the top 10 colour blogs in North America with readers in over 150 countries around the world.

Maria's  experience conducting thousands of consultations in every style of home created the foundation for her system of distinguishing undertones that she teaches to designers and homeowners in her True Colour Expert Workshops.

Colour me Happy has been featured in the Washington Post Blog Watch five times.