Video Blog

From Drabulous To Fabulous – Stagging your living room

December 26, 2010

When I first purchased my century home I knew it needed a lot of care – but after all the major renovations were done so that the home was updated and structurally sound, I was a bit short on cash for the necessary aesthetic renovations inside. I decided to focus on one room at a [...]

Pattern Interrupted – A Christmas Story

December 17, 2010

Pattern interrupted is a term commonly used when something is done to side track your usual daily routine. With Christmas, pattern interrupted takes on a whole new meaning as your life is riddled with parties, family, shopping, and of course decorating. Obviously as a designer I want to focus on the later.

Kelly Goes off site – Kirsta’s Bathroom!

October 23, 2010

Help thy neighbour- or at least they neighbour’s bathroom…. With this episode I went to my friend Krista’s house and we took out her toilet and sink and tiled her floor. We used the same vinyl tiles I used in my mud room. They are fast, waterproof, and look great! We can do the whole [...]

A kitchen party with a new meaning….

October 5, 2010

I know we are all used to  people congregating in the kitchen. No matter how good your intentions are to have a house party – you can put the bar in the the den and the food in the living room and even empty out the kitchen and yet people will still stand around your [...]

Painting Textured Wallpaper

October 2, 2010

As with almost every renovation I do – I got sidetracked while waiting for the closet paint to dry and decided to paint the wallpaper in my room. This is a textured wallpaper and is paintable – I put it up about a year ago but never liked the peach color next to my cumin [...]