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Before and After: Tricia’s Black Bedroom Reveal

05/22/2018
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This is a guest post by my Senior Colour Designer Tricia Firmaniuk! Love the look and feel of her new bedroom transformation: ____________________________________________ My house is very cozy and small. And because I like to switch things up, I’ve kept the walls ALL cream. I’ve been craving the drama of deep walls, but my main…

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The Problem with Wide Angle Realtor Photos

05/15/2018
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Don’t make this mistake when you photograph your interiors for your website! See the difference between a room photographed with a wide angle lens and without! This was the house Kelly (my design assistant) and her husband Mike bought a few years ago. Renovating the inside of the house was a much higher priority than…

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How to Update a Tuscan Home; Before and After

04/22/2018
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This is the view from their home. My lovely clients Crystal and Rob built their home almost 10 years ago when the Tuscan brown trend was going strong. Five years ago, they bought the property next door and built a summer house which I decorated for them. Suddenly, they loved being in that space more…

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80s Cream Bathroom Refresh; Before & After

03/27/2018
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My design assistant Kelly Parkinson and her husband Mike bought this house two years ago around the same time she started working for us. They just bought a house that might become their forever home (pictures to come) and sold this house, so before they moved out, we styled it up and took some photos…

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Turquoise Kids Bathroom; Before & After

03/22/2018
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Here is another room in Crystal’s house, I talked about this bathroom redesign two years ago when my friend Jan Romanuk designed the new layout. Want a timeless and classic bathroom? Here’s how you do it. This bathroom was previously way too big and looked like an afterthought, after all the rooms on the second…

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How to Refresh Your Bathroom Without Replacing the Tile

02/16/2018
Master Bathroom | Ensuite Bathroom | Bathroom Art Ideas
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Often a bathroom renovation means some finishes stay and some finishes go. Before you choose any new hard finishes or paint colours, you cannot ignore what is staying and simply install “white” anything – countertops, tile, wall colour, etc. Keep reading to see what I mean. How to Refresh Your Bathroom Without Replacing the Tile…

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5 Reasons You CANNOT Paint your House Art Gallery White

02/13/2018
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The decision to paint your house art gallery white has just hit mainstream. In a BIG way. Even though we’re almost 8 years into the grey/fresh/white trend, and black is quickly replacing grey as the ‘trendy neutral of the moment’. Vancouver Art Gallery   5 Reasons You CANNOT Paint your House Art Gallery White At…

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A Happy Ending for Youth Unlimited: Before & After

12/04/2017
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Irene Hill is a very special person. Not only is Irene the editor of my eBooks, which means she takes all my “mad scientist” complicated ideas about undertones and colour and puts them in the right order, but she also works tirelessly at Youth Unlimited as a Development Officer helping to raise funds for the charity. Irene…

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3 Surprising Reasons Your Colour Scheme Looks Dirty

11/03/2017
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Whenever I have introduced the concept of clean and dirty colours, without fail, someone raises an objection to the term “dirty”. They wonder why I don’t use a term that implies less of a value judgement like “muted” or “toned-down” or “complex”. I’ve been effectively teaching the difference in my Specify Colour with Confidence workshops…

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