home for the holidays
Home for the Holidays : Thank you for the successes and joy that you brought to my interior design world in 2019. Wishing you much happiness in your home throughout the coming year! – Deborah
home for the holidays
Home for the Holidays : Thank you for the successes and joy that you brought to my interior design world in 2019. Wishing you much happiness in your home throughout the coming year! – Deborah
Sustainable Alternative Textiles
Sustainable Alternative Textiles – Re-posted from Christina Mogk, MECC Interiors – Creating healthier homes goes well beyond purifying the indoor air and using zero VOC paints. Sustainable alternative textiles conserve resources and avoid petroleum-based fibres. These sustainable fibres can be completely broken down. They also have a healing effect on the wearer and the environment. What does this…
Welcome a New Dawn
Welcome a New Dawn Today’s the day we fall back into standard time. That extra hour in bed ensures that most of us will rise after the dawn, rather than bumping around, bleary-eyed, in the dark. Can you imagine a nicer start to your Sunday than with Dulux UK’s 2020 Colour of the Year? Learn…
Custom Dining Table
Custom Dining Table Capable of seating 12 but shaped and scaled so as not to feel intimidating for 1 or 2. Sturdy and made of real wood. Able to withstand 3 adventurous kitty cats. Rests gracefully in a long narrow dining area without overpowering the space, yet able to hold it’s own and not be…
The Colour Post
In 2018, I was invited to colour two very different homes. One; a small, time-worn, Nova Scotia vernacular coastal farm house and the other; a modern, Don Roscoe-designed, multi-level and angular, passive solar home. Both clients’ comfort level with colour differed from one another as much as their homes did. The owner of the modern…
colour palette 2019
Spring is in the air (almost!) and I’m feeling so inspired by this fresh and modern palette from West Elm and Sherwin Williams. Whether you’re picking the perfect neutral, refreshing tired trim or adding a bold accent, these are beautiful hues for inside and out! Receive great designer pricing on paint with your Colour Consultation…
A Slob Comes Clean
I’ve been thinking a lot about clutter – about how it can stress us, immobilize us, keep us from being social, and from moving forward with our lives. Mostly, I’ve been considering the usual methods for dealing with clutter. There are a lot of de-cluttering systems out there and plenty of people to help us…
Juxtaposition and imbalance
Sometimes, I’m asked what my design style is. My answer is always, that my role as an interior designer is to draw out the personal style of each of my clients. Every project is unique, as is each person’s idea of a beautiful and functional space. However, if I were to describe my personal…
Shibui Thoughts
Fellow Tai Chi student, Kim Smith, shared this information with me, from Wikipedia, on the concept of Shibumi. The aesthetic is something I could certainly embrace. I believe I will contemplate how shibui can and does inspire my creativity. Thanks Kim! Shibui (渋い) (adjective), shibumi (渋み) (noun), or shibusa (渋さ) (noun) are Japanese words which refer to a particular aesthetic of…