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Colour Rescue: Let’s Rescue Your White Ceilings!

11/02/2023
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Ever since I shared my first colourful ceiling, I get lots of questions about choosing a paint colour for your ceiling that’s not white! Well, today I’m sharing all the details to help you choose a colourful ceiling. This week’s Colour Rescue episode is about ceilings. Do they all have to be white? This is…

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Decorating with Blue and White: My Upstairs Dining Area

05/08/2023
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We’ve made some renovation progress upstairs. Today I’m sharing some blue decorating inspiration from my upstairs dining area.  My upstairs entertainment room will be decorated with primarily blue and white. I love the restraint of this colour palette and I’ve fallen in love with blue since decorating my sister’s kitchen in shades of blue. See…

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Bad Design Costs the Same as Good Design

02/24/2023
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What makes a design good or bad? Often, the one thing that sets apart good design is having a plan. What else makes a good design? Good design and bad design cost the same Have you ever thought about that statement? We see it all the time – just like in this post. A brand…

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My Nephew’s Caribbean Themed Bedroom; Before & After

08/14/2022
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This teen bedroom update started with a love for the beach and a colourful mood board. Here’s a tour of a Caribbean themed bedroom makeover for my nephew. ⭐️ HELP WANTED ⭐️ We are looking for a Virtual Junior eDesigner and a Partnership Manager, see both postings here. Caribbean bedroom inspiration and mood board Markus…

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Two Best Ways to Decorate a Room With Grey Floors

05/30/2022
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Whether you love your grey hardwood floors or you’d rather make them disappear, I’m sharing two of the best ways to decorate around them. The trick is to add some warmth, and I can show you how. When you inherit your floors and paint colours My client Deborah and her family moved and happily, all…

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Do You Make These 3 Shopping Mistakes?

01/19/2022
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Recently, I received this question from a reader and it got me thinking about how most people shop. It’s a common mistake that often leaves your room uninspired. So, here’s what you should do before you even begin shopping and how to fix a room that still feels meh.     I have been reading…

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Cognac & Blue Star Wars Bedroom (Before & After)

12/03/2021
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Cognac is the perfect on-trend colour to balance the orange wood tones in this historic home. Add in a little blue and it transforms into a colour palette for a Star Wars-themed bedroom. Find out how a mood board helped guide this amazing room refresh! Cognac & Blue Star Wars Bedroom This is a guest…

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Confident Online Shopping Created This

10/13/2021
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When you apply my System for Specifying Colour to the world of online shopping, it takes the guesswork out of coordinating decor – before you decide to purchase. When you see how your items relate, you will be less likely to purchase something that doesn’t work with your decorating plan. See how this reader created…

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5 Kitchen Design Details that Matter; Before & After

09/15/2021
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You’ve heard the phrase, design is in the details? Well, this DIY kitchen refresh from one of my readers nailed the design details. If you’re planning a kitchen project, here are the 5 kitchen design details that matter.    If this is the year you decided you were finally going level up your colour and…

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My Mom’s English Garden-Inspired Sunroom Reveal

08/09/2021
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 See how I transformed my mom’s new sunroom into a bright and cozy sitting area with lots of English garden inspiration – including this lattice covered wall.  English Garden Inspiration This English garden-inspired sunroom interior is anything but average. Some may even say it reminds them of an old children’s tale. When my 9-year-old second…

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WWMD: Help! My Whites Don’t Match

05/05/2021
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Lately, the questions I’m getting are so good, and cover content I’ve never published before, so we’re getting a stream of reader dilemmas handled! Here’s another one: We just renovated our bathroom and added a navy blue vanity.  We went with a creamy quartz countertop, soft grey tile on the bottom half of the room,…

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Featured in Canadian Home Trends Magazine

04/27/2021
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Looking for some fresh colour inspiration for your patio or deck?  Both my patio and my sister’s patio makeover are featured in the Spring edition of Canadian Home Trends Magazine!  So, I thought it would be fun to revisit them on the blog. Here’s a look at the photos and some of the advice I…

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