30Jan 2014 8 Comments

IDS 2014 Highlights

Categories: Events, Interior Design - Tags: accessories, Andrew Richard Designs, Blanco, Casalife, colour, design, furniture, IDS 2014, IKEA, inspiration, Interior Design Show, kitchens, PARA Blog Crew, PARA Paints, sinks, Urban Barn

It’s Thursday again already and I have no idea where the week went! Not that I’m complaining. Any time I wake up and realize it’s almost the weekend is a victory in my book! But I digress… As you’ve probably noticed, the blogosphere has been all a buzz with recaps & highlights from the IDS 2014 this past weekend. Well today I’m finally getting around to writing mine. Read more

02Dec 2013 2 Comments

Design Week: The Exterior – Achieving the look

Categories: Architectural Design, Design Week - Tags: Design Week 2, expressed joints, exterior, inspiration, siding, stone

Today kicks off our second Design Week and this time it’s all about the exterior of the Dreamhouse. When we left off last time, we revealed the conceptual elevation drawings & first colour renderings of the exterior. Of course drawings are easy. The hard part is bringing the drawings to life to achieve the look we want within budget. Read more

05Oct 2013 12 Comments

Confessions of a BlogPodium virgin

Categories: Events - Tags: bloggers, blogpodium, conference, Home Depot, Indigo Home, inspiration, miter saw, PARA Paints, recap, Ryobi, Sarah Richardson, Tonic Living

I have a confession to make.

Well a few actually. But the first is I’ve spent the better part of this week in a post-vacation funk. Does that ever happen to you? You spend a week in tropical bliss – away from the stresses of your daily life – only to return & have it all come crashing back down on you?? Surely I’m not alone in this. Well today, I’ve made a decision to pull myself out of the funk. I’m back to blogging today because writing always makes me feel better & I’m choosing to let go of the “everyone else’s recap is already so much better than yours is going to be so why bother” mentality that has been stifling me & keeping me from writing this post. Read more

15Jan 2013 3 Comments

Design Week: The Inspiration

Categories: Design Week, Ideas - Tags: architectural design, contemporary design, Design Week 1, dream house, Houzz, ideas, inspiration

Today we’re kicking off Design Week – or probably what will become the first of several recurring ‘design weeks’ as a project like ours just has so many different phases of the design process. This week we’ll be focusing on the architectural design.

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IDS 2014 Highlights

Design Week: The Exterior – Achieving the look

Confessions of a BlogPodium virgin

Design Week: The Inspiration

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