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April Showers Bring May Flowers

04/16/2011
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source It has rained so much this Spring. . .   source That the cherry blossoms are barely blooming and not a stitch of green on the trees because it’s so cold. . . credit I have had the most annoying cough for the last 2 weeks so I’m laying low this weekend and I’d love…

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Benjamin Moore Annapolis Green for a Beach House

04/14/2011
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Cindy from Miami contacted me to help her choose colours for her kitchen cabinets in her weekend home in the Florida Keys (I am virtually in Florida a lot, and it is a colourful place!). Their beach house overlooks John Pennekamp State Park which contains the only living coral reef park in North America. I…

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Carrara Marble for your Kitchen; Yay or Nay?

04/13/2011
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This countertop is definitely the of-the-moment choice for many a new kitchen. Apparently if you install it honed, that takes care of the ‘etching’ that will happen too slowly without it.   Source So over to you my lovelies. . . if you have it, do you love it or hate it? Is it worth…

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The Mad Hatter Room in DC; It’s for the Kids

04/10/2011
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My talented friend Lauren at Pure Style Home designed this fabulous room for the Design House in DC. For those of you lucky enough to live close-by you can tour it starting today and until May 9th and proceeds go to the Children’s Hospital. Interior design by Lauren Liess, Pure Style Home, Photography by Helen…

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Who says You’re not Creative?

04/08/2011
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Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat, Pray, Love gave a talk at a TED conference.  You don’t get invited to be one of their speakers unless you are totally inspirational and this talk moved me just like this post I wrote months ago which was also from TED. Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love She started…

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My Top 5 ‘What not to Buy’ for your House

04/03/2011
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 What NOT to eat; green eggs and ham (source) Copyblogger recently wrote a post about the show ‘What not to Wear’ and explained how this approach works well to illustrate ‘what not to do’ rather than always focusing on ‘what to do’. It’s easy to show beautiful rooms with the ‘right’ furniture (below) but harder…

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What do Taxes and Colour Have in Common?

04/01/2011
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Unfortunately, nothing.  Could not think of a single little thing to connect the two, and sadly it’s what I’m working on all weekend as I have a commitment to get them done by Monday for my meeting with my Accountant.  I am still in the dark ages with my books, I seriously need to get…

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Restoration Hardware’s Stain Colour & my Bookshelf

03/30/2011
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source Last summer I drove out to a house in the country where the drywall had just been installed and my client was ready for colours.  She had this bookcase/library in the garage waiting to be installed in the great room. Restoration Hardware To ensure that there was enough contrast between the paint colour we…

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Mirrors = Magic + Dazzle

03/28/2011
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‘Floor mirrors are like portals into a magical, faraway land where you are excessively rich and live a luxuriant lifestyle. Use and abuse them.’ Jonathan Adler ‘You can never go overboard (or wrong) with reflective surfaces. They add twinkly glamour, light and the illusion of space.’  Jonathan Adler. (above quote too) I just installed a fabulous…

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This Paint Job is only Right Once a Year

03/27/2011
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source A broken clock is right twice a day.  This was the photo that Patrick from Shadows on Stone sent me the other day along with those 2 quotes. It’s a donut shop in Portland that looks pretty hot now with the matching cherry blossoms. He said it just screams in the winter and looks…

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Are you Waiting for your Paint Colour to Propose?

03/23/2011
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source Before the gray trend hit the streets, anytime I would hold up a basic linen shade (like BM Muslin or Manchester Tan) clients would say “ooooooooooooh that’s too gray”, or they would just raise their eyebrow and say “That’s the most boring colour ever!” So then I would either pull out a cooler gray…

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How to Decorate underneath a Console

03/19/2011
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credit There comes a time when one gets tired of the constant rain in Vancouver. Tired of waiting for Spring. When looking at my undecorated console just gets old. So I took matters into my own hands today and this is what I came up with: Photos by Maria Killam Don’t forget the tablescape for…

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