When Stephen King wrote, “Sooner or later, everything old is new again,” he captured one of the most useful starting points of creative thinking: the past. To the general public, reinvention and novelty are tricky because true originality is seldom welcomed. Although most of us long for something new, we tend to associate an idealized…
Category: STYLE
Changing the look and feel of a room does not have to be complicated, nor overwhelming. By selecting a group of materials or by creating a mood board you can visualize how different finishes will go together, how much “pop” you would need with a strong colour or a bold gold.
Browse the collection and read how to make your own successful chouce through mood boards. New ideas every month! Read the HOW To section and watch my youTube channel to see how to convert these mood boards into fabulous spaces.
Design mixology – one part talent, one part science, one part charm and a whole lotta love
Admired and envied at the same time, a designer’s work is often viewed with a certain mystique combined with a magnetic curiosity, which is hard to let go of. They seem to see and sense things that others do not, to say things that others don’t think of, to put together environments that simply splash…
Responsible luxury in everyday homes
It is unimaginable to think of luxury and third-world poverty in the same brain space. Yet they have no problem coexisting together in the real world. Grouping things in certain buckets often tends to shed meaning otherwise invisible. I once was asked if I do homes or luxury homes. What do you answer to that?…
Rental buildings make a move toward upscaled corridors
Let’s face it, in this city you can own less and less for more and more. Rentals are a viable option for many and if you choose to rent, you still want to live well, get access to where you need to go and live the life that you want to live. That generally means…
My favourite design details embodying femininity
Femininity and feminism don’t need to be antonyms. Now that’s a mouthful, yet there is no better way to put it. Identity is so important. Aside from belonging, humans need to know who and what they are and who do they resemble. We need assurances, constant check-ins that what we do and how we do…
Multicolour + white in Contemporary Interiors
Contemporary style is often daring with furniture and built-ins colours and surprisingly conservative with window treatments. The stripes and patchwork for instance are used everywhere from rugs to furniture, to upholstery. Saturated tones of red, blue even purple and are accepted and part of the contemporary aesthetic. This kitchen borrows the baroque blue and…
Working with yellow
sun lemon strong happy warm blunt brave whimsical whatever you’re thinking, yellow is power