FALL HOME DESIGN TRENDS  Fall is a favourite season to change up your home decor! Bring a new looking into your home with this years MUST HAVE NEW Fall Decor trend, 'Peaceful Prairie'. This fall decor look is all about earthy elements and natural textures.  I expect we will see this decor trend stick around!   Autumn has Arrived! The hussle and bussle of summer is past, and our thoughts turn to preparing for the seasons and celebrations ahead.   Perhaps, this is why the ‘september issue’ is the most important Vogue issue of the year.   Maybe, this season of fam ..read more

Launched during the zoom boom days of covid, the interior design video consultation is quickly becoming a trend the design world. Which has me wondering, are virtual design consults what the design world has been waiting for?  In some cases the answer is a resounding YES! When is the perfect time for you to use Virtual Interior design? During your home building selection process. The sheer magnitude of options is easily overwhelming, often causing anxiety and decision fatigue.  Coupled with the amount of money being invested in a home building project, one can feel und ..read more

Tapestry Trees, love or hate, they are popping up everywhere.   With the design world now fully embracing large scale motifs, thanks to the watercolor floral murals of 2019, things have moved to a much bolder, and dare I say, more sophisticated place. Helped along no doubt by the ever increasing english inspired interior design trends (english cottage?, cottage core?, english style?) I have no idea what we are calling this style, but I do love the warmth and whimsy it is introducing to our interior design inspirations! I have to admit, I may be tempted to hop on board this one, my bathro ..read more

When I was dreaming up the perfect outdoor space for my family I knew it had ONE JOB!  To become the best room in the house. No big deal! lol   Of course we had a big head start on the decor of the space with the diamond pavers and artificial grass we installed last year. This summer, the massive self watering planters Chris built, filled with shade loving palms, black and white petunias and bright green creeping jenny, bring ALL the fresh garden vibes. BUT to really bring all of the comfort of the indoors out, we needed to furnish AND decorate just like we would inside! READ ON FO ..read more

How I upgraded my inner city yard to outdoor living room perfection!   Sadly, my backyard had become 'that place I walk through on my way to the garage' and nothing more. As a designer, who loves to entertain, I had to do something to change this!  How was I letting this perfectly usable space go to waste! Every space deserves to look beautiful and every inch of your home should pull you in and invite you to sit, laugh, lounge…   “Great design speaks softly to those who care to listen”  has been my motto for years! And here I was, with my perfectly usable yard, giving ..read more

  FALL HOME DESIGN TRENDS  Fall is a favourite season to change up your home decor! Bring a new looking into your home with this years MUST HAVE NEW Fall Decor trend, 'Peaceful Prairie'. This fall decor look is all about earthy elements and natural textures.  I expect we will see this decor trend stick around!   Autumn has Arrived! The hussle and bussle of summer is past, and our thoughts turn to preparing for the seasons and celebrations ahead.   Perhaps, this is why the ‘september issue’ is the most important Vogue issue of the year.   Maybe, this season of fam ..read more

Launched during the zoom boom days of covid, the interior design video consultation is quickly becoming a trend the design world. Which has me wondering, are virtual design consults what the design world has been waiting for?  In some cases the answer is a resounding YES! When is the perfect time for you to use Virtual Interior design? During your home building selection process. The sheer magnitude of options is easily overwhelming, often causing anxiety and decision fatigue.  Coupled with the amount of money being invested in a home building project, one can feel und ..read more

Tapestry Trees, love or hate, they are popping up everywhere.   With the design world now fully embracing large scale motifs, thanks to the watercolor floral murals of 2019, things have moved to a much bolder, and dare I say, more sophisticated place. Helped along no doubt by the ever increasing english inspired interior design trends (english cottage?, cottage core?, english style?) I have no idea what we are calling this style, but I do love the warmth and whimsy it is introducing to our interior design inspirations! I have to admit, I may be tempted to hop on board this one, my bathro ..read more

How exactly does one accomplish that in a small urban back yard?? Well by getting creative of course! When looking at any space in our homes, it is so easy to fall back on the prescribed, the "see-it-everywhere" obvious answer. But friends! Planning to create the expected is NOT where we should start our design planning journey! 2 words: NEED and MOOD. That is how we start. For #myoasisinthecity the need was obvious, become the go to destination for all my friends (and ALL their kids) for stunning summer soirees. Start at 2 bed by 7 is our motto! ? The NEED was dining seat ..read more

When I was dreaming up the perfect outdoor space for my family I knew it had ONE JOB!  To become the best room in the house. No big deal! lol   Of course we had a big head start on the decor of the space with the diamond pavers and artificial grass we installed last year. This summer, the massive self watering planters Chris built, filled with shade loving palms, black and white petunias and bright green creeping jenny, bring ALL the fresh garden vibes. BUT to really bring all of the comfort of the indoors out, we needed to furnish AND decorate just like we would inside! READ ON FO ..read more