A Place to Entertain!
I am humbled.
There comes a day, in most adults lives, if you have been working at your career long enough, when being humbled happens. Click. Humbled.
For me, this happens often.
There comes a day, in most adults lives, if you have been working at your career long enough, when being humbled happens. Click. Humbled.
For me, this happens often.
Is there a little kid inside of you screaming for colour? It’s like this deep longing inside your soul that jumps up an down with glee every time you see bright pretty toss cushions and brightly painted walls. You are reminded of summer, and amazing vacations and sunshine and life. Oh but you can’t! What will people say? Would if you got sick of it in a year?
Well, last year Santa gave us the task of working on his living room design. I think we did a great job. You can see the feed on our instagram from December 2015…
This year, we tackled his bedroom which was quite the challenge. It was full of random Christmas items from bygone years (thing #TBT). A bit of overkill if you please.
Continue reading “Santa’s Bedroom Design and a Handy Husband!”
Mad Men set – Interior Design Magazine
In the 60s, shag rugs began to surface. The TV show Mad Men has one designed space that blows my mind. The bohemian vibe, and shag rug over high pile rug make me feel a little nostalgic for the 70s, when this was all the rage, I am pretty sure one can link the rise of asthma with the popularity of these rugs.
You ever flip through a magazine and see a sofa with ten toss cushions on it and think “Wow! How did they do that?”
Here’s a couple of tips for you:
In spaces where you have one accent colour, and you want that colour to really play a part in your design, use multiple patterns, textures and shades of that colour in your cushions.
Continue reading “Pillow Paralysis? How to choose toss cushions!”
All the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow
-Leo Tolstoy
“Shadow”. It sounds so dark, exotic, sexy. It’s Benjamin Moore’s colour of the year. And it’s a good one.
I’m always game when the world of design moves in the direction of good wine. What? Oh, sorry, did I write that out loud? Marsala, a wine produced in the region surrounding the Italian city of Marsala, AND, the Pantone colour of the year (#18-438). An earthy brownish-red that is described by Pantone Color Institute Executive Director Leatrice Eiseman as “nurturing and fulfilling…Marsala is a natural fit for your kitchen or dining room, making it ideal for tabletop, small appliances and linens throughout the home.”
The colour trend Guru of the design world is Pantone, a company offering up their “decision” of colour trends for the year to designers of fashion, interiors, textiles, accessories and so on. We, like bees to coveted honey, lie in wait until the big announcement. So, in the very end, what, exactly does this mean for you, our clients? Well…
Let’s examine the last two years of trends announced by Pantone. In 2012, it was Tangerine. I seem to remember everything being turquoise. Ah…maybe with a hit of Tangerine. In 2013, it was Emerald. Things were still turquoise. Maybe with a hit of Emerald?