The Driveway is Driving Me Nuts!

Since we moved into our home, almost 9 years ago the driveway has driven me crazy. It's a funny shape thanks to the tree bylaw in our town, that all driveways / curbing etc. must be a minim of  3 meters away from the tree, hence the curved concrete curb & all the large beach rocks. The tree is a large pine and I despise the needles like a sickness, all the brown stuff in the rock area is actually dried up needles.  It's impossible to keep clean / tidy, we have to take up all the rocks, douse the weeds with something potent, put a ground cover on top, then put the rocks back - we have done it a few times and it's not a fun job!

So hubby & I have agreed that we've go to do something, I'm tired of little pieces of gravel being tracked inside and scratching the floor.
I like the simplicity of asphalt, so the kids can still do the sidewalk chalk

& be able to ride their bikes.

The other option is to do large pavers with grass joints like these. 

 I like the varying sizes, but with grass joints

There is a house in our neighbourhood that we both absolutely love and it has this style of driveway. I like how there is a subtle separation between the front lawn / grass and the driveway. My vote gets the pavers!

Thoughts?

A CLEAROUT SALE ....

Well I told you yesterday that there was going to be a Pillotopia Sale well, it's a really good one, like 50% off good!

 I opened my Etsy shop almost a year ago & over the last few months I have gotten a bit restless. So I've made the decision to change up the offerings in the shop, & not limit it to just pillows. I will relaunch the shop August 1st.  There will be lots of new and exciting things!

So click here and buy up some these amazingly priced beauties, and use coupon code CLEAROUT50 at the check out!!!

See you back here tomorrow.

A Few Newbies

I've got a couple new projects on the go.

#1Project Upholstery Update
 These 3 pieces are being re upholstered & were picked up by my fab upholsterer yesterday.

The sofa and love seat will go grey in a herringbone pattern.

The wing chairs is going to have this stripe action.

A little more clean lined and sophisticated, if you ask me.

#2 Project Deer Run 

This one began with a mom from my kids preschool asking for my assistance with picking a few paint colours, but it's never just paint right?! It's become, marble, hardwood floor stain, paints, wallpaper, drapery, lighting, hardware, etc. 

Here are the design boards.

This client is awesome! I am pushing her outside of the safety of her box a bit, knowing that the finished result is exactly what she is looking for. We are going to have a nice balance of clean lines and rustic inspired elements. I will be sharing the progress so check back here often & on IG.

Make sure you come back tomorrow I've got some news...here's a hint of what's up!

Wedding Outfit & a Room

With summer upon us brings Wedding Season. We have 2 weddings this summer. One in June & one in July. This is what I'm going to wear to the event in June! I already have the shoes & picked up the dress on the weekend.
For fun I thought that I would put a look together of what I am going to wear & to top it off create a room inspired by the look. 

Dress

Shoes 

Leopard clutch

Earring & bracelet 

art
sofa
chairs
side table
rug
cocktail table
mirrors - unknown
leopard pilows
coral & white pillows
lavender pillows - unknown
lamps

Well I'm off to see 2 clients today. I'm hoping to share these projects with you tomorrow.

If you like what you see and are interested in working together or are interested in sponsorship please contact me. Together we can make amazing things happen!

All The Pretty Colours...

It's been a while since I put together an, All the Pretty Colours post, so with all of the sunshine we've had lately I thought is was only fitting to do Yellow so,

Have a wicked week end!

An Update, A Resturant & A New Artist

Yesterday I did a walk though of Project Hair Salon. 

It should have been open for May 1st but some major structural issues need to be taken care of. So all of that is complete & now work can resume, for the June 24th opening.  I wish I has some pretty pics to share off but it's just studs and HVAC stuff.

So after our meeting I was taken out for a lovely little lunch at

We took in all of the deliciousness of pulled pork tacos, cauliflower fritters and the most amazingly flavourful sliders.

My little B went to a birthday party yesterday at

Tea With Gladys is an adorable little shop in our downtown, it is filled with vintage clothing and is a boutique for various artisan's. The owner of the cutest little place around is

Darcy Allan

Darcy also creates illustrations

Too cute, right? Find out more about Darcy & to peruse her Esty shop click here.

Same time, same channel tomorrow.

Master Bedroom Reveal....

Well folks after a year in the making, I'm happy to say that our master bedroom is complete!

 My inspiration began when I first saw the Sea Urchin & Bengal Bazaar fabrics from Kelly Wearstler, & the Sunglasses! The painting which was done by a friend, can literally paint anything, no joke! So that was it - I knew I had to have them,  but use the fabric strategically. I had to think, bang for my buck!

We had the bed custom made by my super amazing upholsterer. The head board is in Sea Urchin with antiqued brass nail head detail and the side rails are covered in a cream leather with furniture style feet stained black. The 3 euro shams have the Bengal Bazaar on the fronts and the backs and piping are in a gold velvet. The cream and black striped lumbar cushion was made from a remnant piece of fabric.

The 2 diamond tufted cubes at the end of the bed I snagged for $5 each at a garage sale, had them beautified in the same gold velvet.

The 2 painting above the night tables were painted by my multi talented friend Christine & the hanging pendants were a total score from HomeSense.

I had my heart set on gold or black silk drapery, but when I went to Design Fabric Outlet I found the gold tone on tone fabric in the clearance section for $6 per yard that was beyond perfect. I added large black pom pom fringe to the lead edge and they are hung on a wall to wall mounted antique brass rods and rings.

When we were planning Project Ensuite Evolution, I was hoping to have a make up / vanity area but there was not enough space - so I had my mill worker create a floating wall to wall vanity it was finished in the same BM Wrought Iron as the headboard wall and had a pair of  Axis wall sconces added. Now I sit there everyday looking out my window while I get my "face on".

Last year on heavy garage day someone had thrown out a chair. It was in great condition, so I gave it a coat of high gloss black paint & had the seat re covered in a vintage fur coat that I bought off Craigslist and then added my Shapes pillow in gold. Some vintage bowls hold my jewelry that is on daily rotation and the illustrations are from B.ITALY .

We decided to keep the IKEA Hemnes furniture since they were only a few years old. So I changes the hardware, my dresser got some lion head ring pulls and the side tables got some pretty star burst numbers from Anthro.

The antique chinoiserie lamp on my dresser was left to me by my Great Aunt. I had always loved it, ever since I was a little girl, so I was very happy and honoured that she remembered me.

We did find a great use for the large mirror from that was made for Project Ensuite Evolution but were unable to use in the ensuite. It was added to the wall opposite our closet & it has really helped to expand the narrow hall area.

Last but not least was the flooring. Once everything was had done we realized how horrible the carpet was. The plan was to replace it eventually but thought if we do it now our oasis will be complete.
We went to Speer Rd. Broadloom and decided on a Solid 5" Soft Scraped Natural Black Walnut  by Homer Wood and we could not have been happier with the result. In fact we are going to replace the flooring in the whole house....someday.

Sorry for the long wordy post, there was just so much to say!

See ya'll tomorrow, I've got a new artist to share with you.

Hollie xo