Press for Maria Killam Colour and Design

Hey guess what, I’m in the Stylemakers issue this month with Better Homes and Gardens! I am included along with some other very talented colour designers giving tips on painting your front door. Many of you already know that my front door recently went a fabulous shade of kelly green! There I am right in…

Did you know I’ll be speaking on the main stage at the Calgary Home + Design Show  September 21 & 22, 2012? Then I’ll be at Vancouver’s show too on October 11 – 13, 2012. Jill Kivett the show manager in Vancouver asked me a few months ago. I immediately said yes of course. Amanda…

Brett Walther is the Home & Garden Director of Canadian Living and he asked me to participate in the colour section. This was my take on Purple in the June issue:   Pinterest Brett featured my ebook on another page, and this is his review: BEST COLOUR THEORY In this enlightening ebook, Maria Killam, one…

Yippee, I won!! Thanks so much to all of you who voted for my chair in the past 2 weeks! And if you live in Canada, it’s being auctioned at ebay with the proceeds going to my favourite charity, World Vision. I sponsor 2 boys with them. In other news, I am coming to Toronto, June 6, 7 & 8th (my birthday is on the 7th) to hold a True Colour Expert Workshop. Vancouver’s workshop is coming up next week, March 21, 22 and 23. Exact location TBA but it will be in the Greater Toronto Area.

I was so excited when I was asked to be a part of the Urban Barn’s Custom Charity Competition. Five interior design bloggers from across Canada custom designed a chair at our local Urban Barn just 2 weeks ago and everyone will be voting on the best chair! Then on March 8 at 7:00 pm…

Source Kendall Harris (below), a reporter for Shaw TV contacted me last week to ask if I’d like to participate in a series she was working on called ‘Beating the Winter Blues’. Kendall Harris Wednesday when we arrived at my clients home in Burnaby to shoot the spot, it poured rain that day. Something we…

I have the last word again (just like House Beautiful last year) in Dabble Magazine that’s just hit the virtual newstands!  It’s packed with beautiful photos like this series: And here I am with a few words in what I dabble in. . . Click here to read the latest issue! Related posts: Interview with…

Eleanor Busing, a writer for Apartment Therapy contacted me this week asking if I’d like to be interviewed for the site! She bought my eBook right when it launched and loved it! She asked some great question, pop on over to check it out! And, if you are here from Apartment Therapy click here to…

In this issue, Jeffrey Bilhuber (love him) gave some decorating advice from his latest book. I especially loved this advice:

“Decorating is about the big picture. If you say ‘I’d like a pink lamp’ and I just go get a pink glazed ceramic lamp, you should fire me. What a decorator does is bring you a blue and white Delft lamp and say “This would look perfect in a pink room”. Jeffrey Bilhuber

As promised, here is the actually story on my project featured this month in BC Home by Tiffany Sloan. If you missed the ‘before’ pictures from my last post, click here to see them. Interior Design By Maria Killam, Photography by Anna Beaudry   “We’ve always said we wanted our house to look impressive when…