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Joanna Gaines has Never Been to Your House

10/05/2017
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Today’s guest post is by Tricia Firmaniuk, my eDesign Director.  Tricia and I were talking about a thread on a forum where a designer was very concerned over a paint colour she had just specified for one of her clients when she started searching online and reading what others were saying about the same colour. Let…

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What’s Next After the Grey Trend?

08/28/2017
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Is the grey trend over? What colour trends are next? Knowing which colour is the next trendy neutral will not help you with your new build project or home renovation decisions. However, understanding how we are influenced by trends and how colour trend cycles work is design knowledge you can use. Lately I have been…

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How I Saved $1500 in my Bathroom Renovation

07/13/2017
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Jan Romanuk and I were business partners years ago. If you are building or renovating a home (anywhere on the North Shore in Vancouver) and need a designer to choose everything or a project manager, she is the one. There’s very little that Jan doesn’t know about the world of renovations in every aspect. She knows exactly…

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The Best Window Colour For Stone and Brick

06/23/2017
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Your window colour is one of the most important colour decisions you make, especially on a stone or brick home. And if you get it wrong, it can limit all the rest of your choices. Here’s which window colours work best with stone or brick for the prettiest home. This post is coming to you…

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Faucets: High or Low Profile? Yay or Nay

06/11/2017
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Waterworks faucets I’m actually afraid to write this post because I know y’all will post all kinds of links to faucets that I love that might be even better and I just placed my order this week, I just haven’t had time to write this post sooner. As many of you know, I am renovating all…

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What Everyone Should Know About Taupe

05/17/2017
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You asked for it and here it is! Drumroll….. a discussion of one of the most challenging neutral colour categories, taupe.  When Sherwin Williams named Poised Taupe as their colour of the year well that makes sense because it’s the most overused neutral at the moment. I wish I’d snapped a picture when I arrived at…

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