I was on CHUM FM (104.5 in the Toronto area) on the All About Style segment - Thursday morning, March 3rd talking about Spring Colour! I always have a good laugh with Marilyn and Darren (Roger was on holiday) - have a listen but beware: there’s some talk about faking orchids.
Recently I did a radio interview with Cheryll Gillespie and Sam Shakura for their show AT HOME on corus radio - www.630ched.com. Have a listen:
Check out cityline next Thursday, February 24th at 9:00am and 2:00pm and various other times outside of Toronto. We had lots of fun dressing a fairly neutral living room set-up in beautiful new cobistyle furnishings and accessories. The neutrals (which are all cobistyle too, by the way) just pop when you add the fresh spring colours!
I’ve been invited to participate at the Interior Design Show in Toronto which runs from January 27th to the 30th.
I will be speaking on Saturday, January 29th at 1:00pm about Creating a Home you Love and I also intend to give a sneak peak into my new (and super exciting!) product line that’s launching nationally this year. Click here for more information and to buy tickets.
Come say hello!
Come on out for a great evening of decorating inspiration! I’d love to see you…
Be sure to tune into the CBC at 2:00pm on Friday, October 29th - we had a great time taping the Halloween special.
I don’t want to give away any clues on our costumes - you’ve got to see it to believe it - but here’s one idea I presented and it’s as easy as pumpkin pie!
Fishnet knee highs (or stocking) over little pumpkins - who knew!
The really looked cute!
I’m doing regular appearances on the Steven & Chris show this season. Here’s a shot from the episode that appears on Monday, October 4th.
The show is on every day at 2:00pm on the CBC - here’s a live link to this episode: decorating with motif’s and how to give your home curb appeal.
And here’s a link to the episode that aired on September 20th about decorating a landing in your house and creating a memory wall. Enjoy!
Check out my kitchen in the October 2010 issue of Chatelaine.
It’s on pages 210 - 213 and if you read it, you get the added bonus of learning my age!
The story is loosely based on ‘kitchens for different ages’. Since it ends at the “50’s” my sister-in-law tells me she has decided that means she won’t need a kitchen at age 60 and can eat out every night. Sounds like we finally something to look forward to! Thanks Chatelaine!
As I mentioned last week, I was on the Steven & Chris show on April 13th - what a hoot! The guys are so lovely and a blast to work with. Here’s the segment I was on - just click here: “How to Express your Character in your Home” .
If you didn’t catch me chatting with Marilyn Denis about Spring Flea Marketing on CHUM-FM ’s “All about Style” segment, here’s the audio link, just click the arrow to play:
I’ll be speaking about “personalizing your home” at Art Trax Gallery (133 Queen Street East in Port Credit) on Thursday, March 4th at 7PM. Tickets are $10.00 in advance and are also available at the door. For more information, call Art Trax Gallery at (905) 274-3400.
In case you missed me on CHUM-FM this morning with Roger, Darren and Marilyn, here’s the audio file of the segment. Just click the play button.
Paint chips are personal
Jennifer Wilson-Speedy
YOURHOME.CA EDITOR
Trends are fun but the new decor movement is personal, says Cobi Ladner (www.cobistyle.com), former editor of Canadian House & Home.
It’s time to “get happy with interiors rather than following dictation,” says Ladner, who will be speaking at the Interior Design Show (www.interiordesign show.com), Jan. 21 to 24.
She says the past century was spent defining the rules and schools that helped us understand good design, which led to a lot of cookie- cutter spaces.
Now, design “is going to be about bringing out ourselves in our interiors,” she says, citing the movement toward customizing everything else in our lives, from cellphone ring tones to play lists.
If something you love happens to be on trend, it’s a great time to pick it up, says Ladner, but don’t paint a turquoise wall if you don’t love the hue.
“Heritage, passion, interest make our interiors really rise to the top,” she adds. “There’s a place for trends, but your home should bring you a little deeper joy than that.”
Keep an eye out for me this week, there’s a lot going on with the Interior Design Show in town.
I’ll be in the Toronto Star newspaper on Tuesday, January 19th along with their website - www.yourhome.ca
I’ll be talking design on ChumFM with my good friend Marilyn Dennis at 8:20am on Thursday, January 21st.
And I’ll be on Canada AM talking about some amazing small spaces being constructed at the show, on Monday, January 25th.
It’s going to be a busy week!
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Lots of preparations going on for IDS. The show runs from Jan 21-24 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and I’ll be speaking on Trade Day (Friday) doing a “Pecha Kucha” presentation, as well as a Trend Talk Workshop on Saturday at 1:00. For those of you who don’t know what Pecha Kucha is (myself included until I was asked to do this presentation), it’s an exciting, fast-paced presentation format that draws it’s name from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation (“chit-chat”). Presenters have a brief 6 minutes and 40 seconds to showcase their projects, ideas and creative design concepts as inspired by the theme “GOOD IDEAS”. Pecha Kucha Night started in Japan in 2003 and now occurs in over 230 locations globally. It should be challenging, but it looks like fun. For more information, click here.
For a sneak peek at special features, speakers & programming, have a look at the videos. I have something to say in the launch video
