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Categories Bathrooms, Classes, Home Renovation, Interior Design, interior design blog, Kitchen, renovations, UncategorizedPosted on

Stop! Don’t hire a contractor yet!

Well hello there! If you have been following my social media for the last week or so, you have noticed that we are putting on a one hour class to teach the public how to get a proper contract and good financing for their renovations. Why? You ask, would we do this?

I guess the truth is, that both Jonathan (handsome guy in photo above), and I are very nice people. Hah! It’s true. And these two very nice people are very very tired of seeing other very nice people get into financial trouble with shady businesses.

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Don’t stress. Dance.

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April is national stress awareness month. Sounds gross. Feels worse.  Stress is a real thing, unfortunately.

My assistant found this statistic:

At least 1/3 of Canadians feel that they are constantly under stress because they are trying to accomplish more than what they can effectively handle and not taking the time to decompress often enough.

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Monaco Interiors Thanks You

Can you believe it? Fifteen years. It’s still so humbling to me when I sit back and look at what has been built.

I remember standing in Monaco. Yes, that place with the famed Casino and the Royal Family.  I stood there and looked around me at this perfect place.  The streets are magically always clean. It feels like there are little fairies following people around cleaning up after them.

The architecture is stunning. Iron adorned balconies, colourful yet tasteful stucco buildings, pretty little cafés and perfectly groomed gardens filled with blossoming, fragrant flowers.  I stood there, my eyes scanning the buildings, the sheer drapery billowing in the windows, the sails atop the luxury boats and thought; this is what I want people to think of when they see my business card.

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Pantone 2017! It ain’t easy being green!

The long-awaited day has finally arrived and here you have it Greenery 15-0343, Pantone’s 2017 colour of the year.

I don’t even know where to even begin with this one!! I think the general feeling about 2016 is let’s move on and get a fresh new start for 2017, and this colour will definitely send us in that direction. Greenery gives us endless possibilities with so many different applications and colour palettes!! Its just one of those colours that can blend into any style of space.

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