Because creating a classic and timeless house, using classic and timeless colours (especially in your hard finishes), is such a huge conversation on this blog, I constantly receive questions similar to this one: Interior design by | (I know you’re surprised) Joanna Gaines Maria, what do you think about… Continue Reading →
Photography by Maria Killam When Adrienne (above) and her family moved into this rusty red and charcoal house (below) in our neighbourhood, we all happily watched the gradual transformation of the exterior. One day, I knocked on the door and she gave me a tour of the inside. I asked… Continue Reading →
Okay the first of the two bathrooms I renovated last summer is finally here. Those of you who have been following me on my Instagram and my stories would have seen it already! This is our main bathroom: Faucet Here’s the bathroom before: All our towels are stored in the… Continue Reading →
Williams & Sonoma My first SOLD OUT Specify Colour with Confidence workshop of the Fall season just finished up last week. Dallas, Charleston and the second Vancouver course will be happening next. Art gallery white walls and black windows were a hot topic during the class so I thought I’d… Continue Reading →
My friend Nancy DeVries and her husband Brad have lived in their house for 9 years and two years ago they embarked on an extensive renovation. They added a garage, renovated the kitchen and laundry room as well as extended the kitchen further into their backyard where it backs onto… Continue Reading →
Photography by Amy Batog Okay, inquiring minds need to know, I have been thinking about the 2018 obsession with painted white walls a lot lately. I can’t help it, in our eDesign consulting, whenever I specify the palest colour our client can get away with in their home, they often… Continue Reading →
In our travels all around the country leading my Specify Colour with Confidence workshops, often, when we drive by a beautiful church I think back to one of my first exterior consultations as a brand new colour consultant. I was asked to consult on the exterior of a church in… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
Recently, we received this question: What color mood does black and white have? Is it a warm, cool or neutral color mood. Since the planet is suddenly obsessed with painting their rooms art gallery white, and since black is the new grey, this question doesn’t surprise me. It’s probably a… Continue Reading →
How to Refresh Your Bathroom Without Replacing the Tile: Before and After Want to know how to refresh your bathroom? If you have old tile that is staying, but you are replacing the countertop (whether you’re in a kitchen or bathroom), often the new countertop is chosen without taking the… Continue Reading →
Painting walls 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… Continue Reading →
Lately I have been getting many emails from readers asking questions like this: Maria, what comes next??? If we are nearing the end of the gray and white “fresh” trend. What’s next!!??? I’m starting the process of updating a 1990 normal sized (1800sf) house – nothing touched since built in… Continue Reading →
Well it’s been awhile since I’ve posted pictures of my garden. To update those readers who are new, four years ago, I demolished my entire garden, the front and back yard, and installed brand new landscaping, with the help of my fabulous landscape designer MaryAnne White. I’ll get to my… Continue Reading →
Does your floor tile have to match your countertop or surround? One of my long-time readers posted a comment recently still haunts me. Brace yourself today my lovelies, because my post today is a RANT. Here’s what happened to my reader: “I recently stopped at a big box store to pick up some info… Continue Reading →
I learned something new about white last year when I was working on a project that I finally photographed this past week. Since the project wasn’t finished until last winter and my client’s home overlooks a stunning mountain view, (Crystal and Rob Hasell, Crystal is the Owner and Director of Studio B… Continue Reading →
