Maria Killam on the go! Vancouver Show
10/11/2012Well today was a big media day at BC Place. I woke up at 3:00 am this morning and could not go back to sleep knowing that I had to be there at 6:15 am for Breakfast Television at 6:50 am. Why is it that you’re always so nervous up until you’re speaking? I was…
Who will Win the Ultimate Upcycle Challenge?
09/26/2012I am one of the bloggers participating in the Ultimate Upcycle Challenge to support the Vancouver Habitat for Humanity around the Vancouver Home + Design Show coming up in two weeks! Okay so I’m going to win because you my lovelies will hopefully vote for me, but this might be serious optimistic thinking, considering I…
Maria Killam in Better Homes & Gardens
08/27/2012Hey guess what, I’m in the Stylemakers issue this month with Better Homes and Gardens! I am included along with some other very talented colour designers giving tips on painting your front door. Many of you already know that my front door recently went a fabulous shade of kelly green! There I am right in…
Did you know I’ll be speaking on the main stage at the Calgary Home + Design Show September 21 & 22, 2012? Then I’ll be at Vancouver’s show too on October 11 – 13, 2012. Jill Kivett the show manager in Vancouver asked me a few months ago. I immediately said yes of course. Amanda…
Maria Killam in Canadian Living
05/10/2012Brett Walther is the Home & Garden Director of Canadian Living and he asked me to participate in the colour section. This was my take on Purple in the June issue: Pinterest Brett featured my ebook on another page, and this is his review: BEST COLOUR THEORY In this enlightening ebook, Maria Killam, one…
Best in the Urban Barn Chairity Contest!
03/12/2012Yippee, I won!! Thanks so much to all of you who voted for my chair in the past 2 weeks! And if you live in Canada, it’s being auctioned at ebay with the proceeds going to my favourite charity, World Vision. I sponsor 2 boys with them. In other news, I am coming to Toronto, June 6, 7 & 8th (my birthday is on the 7th) to hold a True Colour Expert Workshop. Vancouver’s workshop is coming up next week, March 21, 22 and 23. Exact location TBA but it will be in the Greater Toronto Area.
Urban Barn’s Custom Chairity Competition
02/29/2012I was so excited when I was asked to be a part of the Urban Barn’s Custom Charity Competition. Five interior design bloggers from across Canada custom designed a chair at our local Urban Barn just 2 weeks ago and everyone will be voting on the best chair! Then on March 8 at 7:00 pm…
Maria Killam on The Express in Vancouver
02/10/2012Source Kendall Harris (below), a reporter for Shaw TV contacted me last week to ask if I’d like to participate in a series she was working on called ‘Beating the Winter Blues’. Kendall Harris Wednesday when we arrived at my clients home in Burnaby to shoot the spot, it poured rain that day. Something we…
Maria Killam in Dabble Magazine
01/31/2012I have the last word again (just like House Beautiful last year) in Dabble Magazine that’s just hit the virtual newstands! It’s packed with beautiful photos like this series: And here I am with a few words in what I dabble in. . . Click here to read the latest issue! Related posts: Interview with…
Interview with Apartment Therapy
01/13/2012Eleanor Busing, a writer for Apartment Therapy contacted me this week asking if I’d like to be interviewed for the site! She bought my eBook right when it launched and loved it! She asked some great question, pop on over to check it out! And, if you are here from Apartment Therapy click here to…
Advice from a Celebrity Decorator
09/26/2011In this issue, Jeffrey Bilhuber (love him) gave some decorating advice from his latest book. I especially loved this advice:
“Decorating is about the big picture. If you say ‘I’d like a pink lamp’ and I just go get a pink glazed ceramic lamp, you should fire me. What a decorator does is bring you a blue and white Delft lamp and say “This would look perfect in a pink room”. Jeffrey Bilhuber
I’m working on the press page for my new website (my new blog will be located at mariakillam.com when it goes live) and we need one place to link all my Washington Post mentions (five) so that’s why you are getting this recap today! How to Shop for Wallpaper: Washington Post blog watch, September 17, 2009 Photo…
Colour Cues in BC Home Magazine
08/28/2010As promised, here is the actually story on my project featured this month in BC Home by Tiffany Sloan. If you missed the ‘before’ pictures from my last post, click here to see them. Interior Design By Maria Killam, Photography by Anna Beaudry “We’ve always said we wanted our house to look impressive when…
BC Home Article; Before and After
08/26/2010Remember that photo shoot I talked about way back in March? Well I can finally share this house with you because September’s BC Home issue has arrived! Thank you so much to everyone at BC Home for featuring this project! I’m honoured to be in this magazine again this September, here is last years post…
Style at Home and Penelope Trunk
04/01/2010What do the two have in common? The May Style at Home issue (which I’m in) arrived in the mail yesterday and I was mentioned in Penelope’s latest blog post both on the same day! It was all very exciting. I spun around and did a happy dance for a little too long on Tuesday…
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