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Character Cottage with a Coral Front Door
Front doors are meant to be colourful! See how a pretty coral front door breathes new life into this historical lake-front cottage.
The Best James Hardie Statement Collection Colours
Redoing your home’s exterior can be a daunting process. If you’re considering HardiePlank, read on for an overview of the best standard colours from James Hardie’s Statement Collection, and some thoughts on which ones to avoid!
Functional Sideboard Styling on a Budget
If you have a stretch of wall that needs some love, or if you already have a sideboard and don’t know how to style it, these few rules of thumb can help guide your affordable decorating project! Find out how Caitie created this sideboard vignette for under $300.
How to (Successfully) Buy Home Decor Online
Are you reluctant to purchase home decor online, worried it might not turn out as expected? We’ve all be burned by a bad online purchase, but online shopping majorly broadens your design horizons and there ARE a few ways to dramatically increase your chances of success!
All About Artwork (Size, Spacing, Height, Framing, Colours, and More!)
Artwork is one of the best ways to add colour to your home, pull a room together, and fill an empty wall, but it’s also one of the easiest things to get wrong! This post reviews sizing, spacing, heights, framing, and colours to help you choose and hang your art correctly!
What exactly is an Undertone?
Have you heard the word “undertone” but aren’t exactly sure what it means? This post explains its various definitions so you can better understand and use this handy colour term!
The Subtle Rainbow of Neutral Paint Colours
This post introduces the Neutral Colour Map, which shows how common neutral colours relate to one another. Neutrals are colours with so little chroma (colourfulness) that they seem to lack colour altogether. However, they nearly all have underlying hues which are important to identify when choosing interior finishes!
How to Identify Neutrals & Undertones
This post outlines an easy, step-by-step process for identifying the neutrals and undertones in your home, so you can start building a more cohesive colour palette!