How to get a unique – but not crazy – exterior look It’s happened to all of us:  You walk down a street where there are lots of good-looking houses, and then all of a sudden you see one that…

Flat, eggshell, satin, gloss: Which one is right for your walls? When it comes to interior painting, choosing the right colours is only part of the process.  The paint finish – whether it is matte, glossy, or something in between…

How to get the colour you love without feeling overwhelmed Even the most decisive among us can find ourselves stymied when faced with paint chips or swatch books.  We think we want white walls, only to discover that ‘white’ apparently…

Sooner or later, we’re all faced with this problem: Your kitchen or bathroom cabinets are made of wood, and they’re still functional, but the colour of the wood is too dark, or too light, or has become scuffed and scratched…

Perhaps the best advice when selling your home is to stop thinking of it as “home sweet home.” Your decision to sell suddenly makes your house a product out on the market. Of course you want to get the most…

As we head into the last quarter of 2014, here’s a roundup of the current design, paint and colour trends for this fall: Turquoise: Pantone may have announced ‘Radiant Orchid’ as 2014’s Colour of the Year, but the colour most…

The other day a friend admired a new pair of shoes I was wearing. I told her I’d gotten them from a small shoe store around the corner. “Really?” she said, surprised. “But their whole storefront is painted orange and…

Every year, Pantone – the company which specializes in standardizing colours for industries like printing, textiles and architecture – announces its ‘Colour of the Year’. This year they’ve chosen ‘Radiant Orchid’, which would probably be described by most of us…

These days, most of us are more mindful of the effect our actions have on the environment, and are making an effort to make smarter choices and keep our families healthier. So where does this leave us when we decide…