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We stayed at The Echoes Harrison River Retreat for two nights this week. You get picked up by boat and stay in one of 3 cozy cabins right beside the Harrison River. Every single building on this property was wood, inside and out. Perfect for a cottage by the lake or a cabin at a…

Well I’m going on Vacation for the next week. We are staying home for a few days and just hanging out by the lake nearby and then going for a little two night stay somewhere towards the weekend (it’s a surprise). source So this week, I’ll be posting some re-runs of my favourite and best…

Maria’s Kitchen Refresh (update) If someone had told me 5 years ago that I would eventually move back to the valley where I grew up I would have said ‘No way, never going to happen‘. We moved to Abbotsford from Victoria when I was 12 years old and I was very upset about it at…

At seven minutes after one in the morning on June 7, I turn 45. Three hours earlier this year as I’m in Toronto this week. Pinterest I am having such a great time with everyone in my True Colour Expert Workshop on Day one! Here is the most adorable post from Claire Jefford, a decorator…

Tomorrow is moving day and it’s a little crazy around here! Is there anything worse than moving? I don’t think so! I must confess I got a bit defensive when Terreeia informed me that we own 23 lamps. Well I don’t think a decorator can have too many lamps, I’m sure that won’t be enough…

As I’ve mentioned, one of the biggest reasons I’m moving to the Country is because my Mom will live 2 minutes away from me. A one hour drive is the most I’ve ever lived from my favourite Mom in the world and I will do anything for her, always. So when she said she’d like…

We are having a rare, sunny weekend, it’s so beautiful and almost feels like Spring. My sister Elizabeth and her husband have a goat on their property in Yarrow. His name is George. Markus came inside for something to eat after they had been playing outside and when he was ready to go out again I said “Wait, put your coat on” and he said “It’s not a goat, it’s a jacket!”. So adorable!

My mom and my sister Elizabeth (who already live in Yarrow, one hour and 10 minutes East of Vancouver) went to see the house first. They reported that it was great and we should go look at it. ‘What colour is it’, I asked my sister. ‘It’s pinky beige’, she replied. Photo by Maria Killam…

Last summer my sister Anita and her family got selected to star on a show called the Family Cook-off on the Food Network. This was the setting that day at Granville Island. It just aired on Friday night so now I’m allowed to post about it. My sister and I have not been getting along well lately (something happened). And last weekend I was in a course with Landmark Education called Direct Access. One of the things the forum leader said was “I’m okay with anyone in my life that walks into the door”. And I thought ‘I want to be that person, and actually right now things are not okay with my sister”.