Designer Sarah Richardson is known for her love of pale blues and greens, and while this dining room from Sarah 101 includes a soothing blue, the smattering of bold accent colours in this room add an unexpected twist. When studying the space you realize that the patterned fabrics -- the...
Have you been watching our new web series The Mix, with designer Sam Pynn? In each short webisode, Sam tours one of her favourite spaces and explains how "the mix" of decor really works. It's addictive on your lunch break, I confess! I was struck by the Graphic Luxury webisode, where Sam...
Controversy! The dining room episode of Sarah's House 4 caused some commotion in our Discuss Post -- most of the comments were not in favour of Sarah taking her love of blue to heights of dramatic saturation. Some people thought there should have been more of a neutral presence to balance out the...
With only a few weeks left of summer you might be getting tired of the same old colours in your back yard, so why not give your patio an inexpensive punch of colour that will transition you from late summer into early fall? This summer, gorgeous bright pinks, blues, greens and yellows...
HGTV: You met collaborators Meredith Heron (the designer) and Gretchen Aubuchon (a designer, but in this case, the client) in Project Nursery Fabulous Part 1, now find out just how a long distance makeover project comes together through inspiration, colour, a lot of back and forth and a little help...
It's Kids' Rooms Month on HGTV.ca, and although I'm kind of surprised that the word "tween" still exists, I guess 10-, 11- and 12-year-olds do require a bit of a different approach than nine- or 13-year-olds. They're over silly toys but not quite ready for black walls and the lipstick to...
In honour of Bathrooms Month, today's colour palette is the main bathroom from Sarah's House 3, the farm. Designer bathrooms rarely incorporate much colour. It's usually all white, grey and pale blue - very spa-like. But I don't think that's how most people live. Toothbrushes, toothpaste, tissue...
With all this organizing talk, I've found myself scouring the web for inspiration. What I found myself drawn to has been trending in the interiors world recently: the industrial look. Dented and scratched metals along with that warn wood and lived-in feel has never made organizing look this good, or...