The last twelve months have flown by, hardly time to post to the blog what with all the twitter twaddle and facebook folies to constantly u...

I've posted nothing about this room since the sneak peek of the rug last year. I'm still on the fence about that, it's warm and...

New roman blinds and pillows brought to life by The Awesome Designer . Arts and crafts inspired, uniquely modern Robert Allen fabric - Celti...

Verity's room recived a mini makeoever this fall - new grey hex patterned rug, black and cream drapes and a new pink Tribeca pillow by D...

One of my favorite inspiartion rooms. Black & White Salon from Marie Claire Maison featuring the "Bouquet" chair by designer...

The white tone on tone wallpaper samples that I sent for from Graham and Brown were a bust. The tone on tone Checker looked dingy and the ...

Hanging the House paintings in the foyer has me re-thinking the whole gold on terracotta wallpaper vision. The black frames and stark whi...

Since I brought them back to The Cool House, I've tried Nadine Bouler's House paintings in various locations: the great room, the ...

A couple of accessories made their way into The Cool House recently. Firstly, thanks to kind Patricia who keeps her eye out for Georges Bri...

Now that we have the furniture back in the Great Room, I asked the Awesome Designer, Julie Napoleon Brown, to bring back this paper, Grasses...

Dutch Boy paints introduce Refresh , the first premium quality paint with Arm & Hammer Odor Eliminating Technology and zero VOC. It...

Maybe squid is the new coral ....

Did you know that it's almost Mother's Day? A marketing opportunity like no other that is celebrated all around the world (albeit on...

I don't usually buy souvenirs when I'm on vacation but I picked up this copper bowl by artist Susan Funes on our trip to Buenos Ai...

According to Williams-Sonoma coral is the color of the season. It's one of my favourite shades so I'll give them a pass but I can...

One lone daffodil to be precise. I don't know the variety but the combination of pale sunshine yellow and hot orange makes me want to si...