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10 Perfect Colour Palettes for Red Brick Exteriors
Having a red brick home can be challenging. They’re beautiful but it can be hard to know what are the right colour palettes for red brick. What I see most often is people being safe and going for black door with white trim. This is not only safe but it’s...
15 Paint Colours for Your Front Door to Make Your Neighbours Jealous
Every spring we all get a new appreciation for the outside of our home. We clean up all the winter debris, bring some planters to the porch and look for ways to create a fresh look. After hiding in our homes all winter we need something new to decorate,...
15 Amazing Must Have Items for a Luxury Kitchen
Trying to plan for a kitchen renovation today is a difficult endeavour. You could have a basic kitchen with a beautiful countertop and call it a day. You could also spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on all the bells and whistles but would they all make you...
Top 10 White Paint Colours for Kitchen Cabinets
If you’re building a new kitchen and it’s time to pick the white paint for the cabinetry your nerves are probably shot. It’s a huge decision, whether you’re building a brand new kitchen or you’ve decided to DIY your old, tired cabinets with a fresh coat of paint...
Subdivision Home versus Custom Build
Remember way back in 2019 when you could sell your home and buy a new one immediately for a predictable price? Well thanks to Covid those days are either gone or temporarily on hold. A lot of homeowners have started considering a custom home for the first...
How to Combine Two Design Styles in One Home
Building a new home can be the most exciting time in our adult lives. It can also be stressful and include many sleepless nights. Even the most rock-solid relationship will be put to the test when personalities and preferences are brought to the foreground....
20 Luxury Must-Haves for your New Home and Renovation
When you’re building a new home you start off being excited and hopeful. And then the planning stage starts to overwhelm. There are a lot of choices to make and sometimes in a rush we forget to stop and think about the luxuries that will make this home your...
Behind the Scenes of a Client Paint Consultation
If you’ve ever had to stand in front of the hundreds of tiny little squares in a paint store and try to pick the perfect colour for your home, you’ll know that it can be extremely overwhelming. A PEEK AT MY CLIENT AND HER PAINT CONSULTATION That was...
Benjamin Moore Paint Review – Pale Oak OC-20
Some paint colours catch on and end up with cult-like status. Usually, this happens when we’re talking about neutrals. The colours that fall into the gray or beige spectrum and have specific undertones that are easy to live with. Neutrals are hard for the...
Benjamin Moore versus Sherwin Williams
This is the time of year when most of us take a good look at our homes and start planning a room refresh. We’re spending more time inside, the holiday decorations have come down and we have the time. New year, new me, right? And all the major paint manufacturers...
Colour Trends for 2022 – Warm for the Win
I know that a lot of you fell off the gray bandwagon quite some time ago, myself included. Well, it’s time to celebrate if that was you because in 2022 we’re going to see warmer colours dominate the scene. RIP cool gray and stark white. We’re going to be seeing...
The 6 Best Options for Flooring in your Basement
If you live in the northern hemisphere you’re very likely in hibernation mode these days. In Canada we're settling into our homes to pass the time for the next few months of cold weather. We use more of our house in winter months than we do in summer and the...
5 Easy Tips for Hanging Artwork the Right Way
SOURCE: Rose St Trading Co.How many nail holes are living behind the artwork you have hanging in your home? If you're like most of us the answer is probably several. You hang it and stand back to admire your handiwork and realize it's too high. Next attempt, too...
How to Decorate and Style your Outdoor Spaces for Winter
“Wait Pam, I just put all my outdoor things away for winter”. I know, I hear you but not so fast. We’re definitely going to be hibernating as the weather becomes colder but we’ll still be leaving our indoor oasis from time to time. And as the holidays are fast...
Gift Guide 2021
Hands up if you’re like me and can’t wait for the start of holiday season. I love everything about the season – the decorating, the merriment, being with friends and family. Oh, did I mention the decorating? I love to switch things up in my home throughout the year...
12 of the Best Paint Colours for your Basement
We’re spending a lot more time indoors these days now that there’s a chill in the air. For those of us with basements we tend to spend the most time down there in fall and winter. It’s also the time of year when our days are shortest and the amount of natural light...
Simple Ways to Cozy up your Home this Fall
There are a million reasons to love fall and I for one, love this change. If you’re a fan, you’re probably excited about cooler days, warmer clothes and a couple of dozen pumpkin spice lattes. Oh, and I don’t even need to mention that the kids are back at school....
Transform your Home in the Most Inexpensive Way
How do you transform your home into something brand new? What if there was an easy (and economical) way? Well guess what? There is! It’s paint and there honestly isn’t a better tip or trick you’ll ever learn that will come close to changing the appearance of...
How to Avoid Going Over Budget During a Renovation
Stay on budget during a renovation….”not possible” you say? If you have no idea what your budget should be or if you are worried you about how to avoid going over budget, keep reading! I know you likely have friends or family who have renovated and have sad...
Where to Start When Decorating Your Home
It’s time we take the stress out of decorating your home. We know it can be overwhelming or even a little scary. If you know where to start when decorating your home, you will turn your house into your perfectly styled nest sooner than you think. These tips can...
Cambria vs Caesarstone – How to Select the Perfect Quartz Countertops
Not so long ago granite was the go-to for all kitchen and bathroom renovations but in the last 10 years quartz has slowly pushed its way to number one. There are more than a few reliable companies manufacturing quartz but the luxury, high end options are...
5 Reasons to Hire an Interior Designer
If you’re a homeowner embarking on a design project, there are a million resources you can turn to for advice. Okay, I exaggerate but there certainly are a lot of places a handy DIY’er can turn to so you might be wondering why you should hire an interior designer....
The ONE Thing you Need Before you Decorate, Renovate or Build
I see homeowners at every stage of work in their home. Sometimes, they bring me in early in the house to home process. Sometimes, I'm brought in for a rescue mission. It doesn't matter where in the process but it's always the same issue. They don't know where to...
THE BEST TRIM PAINT COLOURS
Ok folks, you’ve decided you are finally taking the leap...... tidying up those baseboards and trim. You’re doing it, but now what? You want to make sure you use the best trim paint colour with right finish. No pressure or anything, you only have to look at this...
THE MAKING OF CHARTERHOUSE- EXTERIOR PAINT
This is my long-time client and friend, Andrea. She loves homes, owns several and is now an AirBnB entrepreneur. Recently, we completed an Exterior Renovation on her Charterhouse property. We always have the most laughs working together and I love working on her...
Who is Pamela Lynn?
If you're here on my site for the first time you might be asking yourself, who exactly is Pamela Lynn? Well, where do I begin? “Pam” as most people call me is the owner, mompreneur and lead designer at Pamela Lynn Interiors. I"m also crazy about all things home...
