Top 10 Best Paint Colours for Kitchen Island and Lower Cabinets
After a long stretch with nothing but white kitchens we’re now entering a new era of colour. If you have a white kitchen, don’t worry. They’ll never go out of style. Colour is making a big comeback, so get ready to see it everywhere in homes for the next several...
Painting your Lake House Interior this Summer? 10 Paint Colours that Always Work
There were a lot of lake house and cottage purchases made during the last few years thanks to Covid. One of the few benefits of that time is that we all became a lot more acquainted with remote work. We also learned the importance of unplugging and slowing down...
Best Paint Colours to Transform the Exterior of your Lake House
I talked recently about painting the interior of your lake house but what about lake house exterior paint colours? We spend so much time outdoors that it would be a toss up for me to say whether your priority in painting should be inside or outside. This is...
Exterior Design Services That Deliver Instant Curb Appeal to Your Home
We’re all very familiar with the process of interior design and the benefits an interior designer can offer but what you might not be familiar with are exterior design services. And no, you don’t need an exterior designer for this. I’m walking you through my...
Should I Paint the Brick on My Home?
There are some good arguments for why you’d want to paint the brick on the exterior of your house. Maybe the colour of the brick is dated. It could be in rough shape or maybe you want to create a completely new look for the exterior of your home. All of those...
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, right?...
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...
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 exactly...
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...
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 is...
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...
