Posts Tagged ‘interior design’
Kitchen Facelift on a Dime
Why painting your kitchen cabinetry will be the best decision you make in 2022…
Read MoreSpring Feature | The Kingsway
Location: The Kingsway, Etobicoke, ONDescription: Complete Renovation with Interior & Exterior Painting, Wallpapering With spring finally here, we thought what better way to showcase our featured project than this eclectically inspired, charming home situated in The Kingsway area of Etobicoke, Ontario. The bright & sparingly colourful contemporary design, artistically crafted custom millwork and warm…
Read MoreWhen Choosing a Paint Colour, Light Matters
It happens all the time: You buy a shirt or dress, thinking that it’s black-and-white striped, only to come home and realize that it’s actually blue-and-white striped. Why does this happen? It’s called metamerism, and it has to do with the way different colours reflect light. Blue and black reflect and transmit different types of…
Read MoreHow to Make a Small Room Seem Bigger
More and more people are finding that ‘affordable home’ means ‘smaller home’. But just because your home’s square footage is on the minimal side, doesn’t mean it has to look small – there are lots of ways to make small rooms look spacious. Here are our tips: Paint walls in icy blue or soft…
Read MoreSoftly, Softly: Colours of the Year for 2016
Pantone and paint brands go pale for 2016 Each fall, Pantone – long considered the world’s ‘colour authority’, if there is one – releases its ‘colour of the year’. After several years of focusing on vibrant, rich tones, they’ve gone in a totally different direction this year, naming ‘Serenity’ (pastel blue) and ‘Rose Quartz’ (a pale pink) as…
Read MoreHave You Thought About Painting Your Ceiling, Lately?
If you’re like most people, you probably have one of two thoughts about painting your ceiling. Either: “If I paint it white, it’ll open up the room.” or “I’ll just paint it to match the trim and hopefully no one will really notice it.” But the truth is that a coloured ceiling – even a…
Read More10 Really Smart Tips for Choosing the Right Paint Colour
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 comes in hundreds of different shades, different finishes, different textures – and then we have…
Read MorePaint and Colour Trends for Fall 2014
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 often turning up in cutting-edge designer rooms right now is turquoise. Want to have a…
Read MoreRadiant Orchid is the Colour of the Year. What Does This Mean for Your Living Room?
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 as a sort of deep lavender colour. The Pantone press release says that Radiant Orchid’s…
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