Maria Killam and Claire Jefford Claire Jefford is a designer, design coach, vlogger and True Colour Expert who attended my Specify Colour with Confidence workshop 7 years ago. It transformed her business and helped her identify her niche which is specializing in colour and creating 3D Designs & Custom Decorating… Continue Reading →
Okay I already did this on my stories on Instagram, but decided I should also write a post about my year too! 2018 started with spending the month of January in Palm Desert where I am right now (for the third year). Everyone always thinks we are on vacation but… Continue Reading →
This is a great question that will help anyone who has had a similar issue with this popular green grey: We’ve just had our kitchen cabinets professionally painted Revere Pewter. They colour matched it but I think it is not 100% identical, looks more pink than the BM paint swatch. … Continue Reading →
The colour for 2019 is peach. Last year at the end of my trends forecast for 2018, I talked about peach appearing on the horizon. And it’s here. I’m starting to see it in accessories and even more in interior design. Interior Design by Melinda Douglas And if peach is… Continue Reading →
This year I celebrated 10 years of writing the blog. And in the last six months of the year, we travelled to Chicago, Vegas and Fiji, participating in Tony Robbins events. If you want to learn anything (Tony says) you need to learn from the best to even get half-way… Continue Reading →
We had our annual holiday party (okay from now on we plan on holding it every year 🙂 last weekend and I was delighted with the photos taken by my photographer Macy Yap who also photographed my last two Specify Colour with Confidence events in Vancouver this Fall. Here’s a… Continue Reading →
Photography by Maria Killam When Adrienne (above) and her family moved into this rusty red and charcoal house (below) in our neighbourhood, we all happily watched the gradual transformation of the exterior. One day, I knocked on the door and she gave me a tour of the inside. I asked… Continue Reading →
I decided, this year, to turn this post into an overview of all the other paint companies ‘colours of the year’ along with a discussion about Pantone’s colour of the year. Frankly, I have been a little disillusioned by their predictions of late, especially last years ‘circus purple’ shade which… Continue Reading →
Marilee Congo is an interior designer, fashion stylist and educator. She attended my Specify Colour with Confidence workshop last year, then volunteered at the September course this year. She works with her husband Jon who is a General Contractor and Project Manager in Surrey, BC. Marilee confided that doing my course gave… Continue Reading →
This is a guest post from my Senior Colour Designer Tricia Firmaniuk. Tricia is also an artist and I love her decorating style! I asked her to photograph her house for the blog! Enjoy! Traditional yet Fresh Holiday Decorating Happiest of holiday decorating! I’m sure most of you are already… Continue Reading →
Hi Everyone, just a quick heads up, my Spring dates for my Specify Colour with Confidence events are up, we are going to Palm Springs, Toronto, Atlanta, Houston and New Jersey, register here. ___________________________________ Back when I was a brand new designer, I always remember being in a home where… Continue Reading →
Photo and photography training this day by Ted Kalrsalr with Omnilargess Photography Classes Every year on November 1, my two nephews William and Markus (My sister Elizabeth’s boys) pull out the Christmas decorations, they can’t wait to start decorating! Elizabeth says it takes her about a week, but then she… Continue Reading →
I’ve received a lot of requests lately for this post about wood kitchen so here it is: A classic white kitchen will always be my first choice. But since they have (happily) been trending in the last 9 years since the fresh (grey) trend happened, and as the average trend… Continue Reading →
Prepare yourself. The transformation of my sister Elizabeth’s living room (now library room) is so big, you might actually fall over. You’ll probably need to grab a strong beverage to calm yourself down. Are you ready? Okay, so here’s the story. This room was still filled with black leather furniture… Continue Reading →
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers, I am so grateful and blessed to have such a wonderful supportive community reading my blog! I hope you have a blessed holiday weekend! Birds of a feather flock together! | Interior Design and Colours by Maria Killam A year ago, I was… Continue Reading →
There’s almost nothing that makes me happier than styling a room which is really when the look and feel or another way of saying it–atmosphere–enters the room. You can fill a house with very expensive furniture, but if the decorating ends there, without the artwork, accessories, area rugs, and lamps,… Continue Reading →
