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In good company 🖼️ 📷 @kielyramosphoto

In good company 🖼️

📷 @kielyramosphoto

Pretty in Purple 💜🖼️🕺 A cherished pain

Pretty in Purple 💜🖼️🕺

A cherished painting that inspired a calm and colourful room. One alone wasn’t enough so we recommended tracking down the original artist and finding a pair to flank the fireplace. Resulting in a balanced display of beauty!

📷 @kielyramosphoto

🎥 A look back at one of our favourite projects

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A look back at one of our favourite projects in colour. Swipe to see the transformation from concept to “camera ready” reality!

Set Design for “Inspired with Anna Olson” with the brilliant @chefannaolson on @foodnetworkca and @asianfoodchannel and of course the amazing team at Peace Point Entertainment #designblissinteriors

🦋 🕯️🌲 Merry Christmas Eve - May all yo

🦋 🕯️🌲

Merry Christmas Eve - May all your wishes come true!

🐶 Good Boy Bookcase These 11 foot bookcases c

🐶 Good Boy Bookcase

These 11 foot bookcases called for large scale decor and light colours to brighten the dark walnut wood. Designer dog 🐾 approved!

🍸Cocktail o’Clock We added a round tray and

🍸Cocktail o’Clock

We added a round tray and fabulous ice bucket to create an instant bar in the built-in bookcases.

🍁 Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

🍁

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! Grateful for a return to work this year, inspiring new projects, and supportive clients! Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing weekend with your families.

📷 @kielyramosphoto

🔮 Curvy Club The rounded shapes of the furni

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Curvy Club

The rounded shapes of the furnishings help break up all the angular walls and soften the walkway view. Still crushing over this colourful hallway vignette.

👩‍🎤 Rock n’ Roll Reading Nook Inspired

👩‍🎤 Rock n’ Roll Reading Nook

Inspired by the vivid Beatles painting, we used the perfect purple shade for these sculptural chairs and paired them with an abstract rug that reflected the painting.

Statement 💜 Staircase. Talk about an entrance

Statement 💜 Staircase.

Talk about an entrance! Using colour to make a bold first impression with incredible art, purple velvet chairs, and a perfectly matched custom rug that was worth the wait. Inspired by the clients incredible taste in art, we brought this vignette to life!

🖼️ Seeing Double This beautiful painting ini

🖼️ Seeing Double

This beautiful painting initially made the room feel dark and moody. By changing the furnishings, the painting now shines and creates the perfect contrast and texture. Adding the picture sconce above helps illuminate the room at night.

📷 @kielyramosphoto

💡Bright Idea This living room only had one sma

💡Bright Idea

This living room only had one small overhead light. We added additional layers of light - including these stunning gallery sconces to highlight the art on both sides of the wall opening.

Saturday Style 🏆 📷 @kielyramosphoto

Saturday Style 🏆

📷 @kielyramosphoto

Project Castlefield - The perfect fall palette 🍂 We loved working with colour to bring this living room to life and complement the beautiful art surrounding the fireplace.

📷 @kielyramosphoto

Styling Install Day for Project Castlefield This

Styling Install Day for Project Castlefield

This room is full of colour and comfort! We loved designing this space from a blank slate - adding 3 new layers of lighting, furnishings, a rug, art, and finishing accessories!

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🐑🐑🐑 The most beautiful Hand Knotted Wool

🐑🐑🐑

The most beautiful Hand Knotted Wool Rug and Marble Coffee Table were delivered for Project Castlefield. Can’t wait to see this room come together soon with new sofas, lighting, art, and accessories.

🌞 Golden Hour First cut flowers from the gard

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Golden Hour

First cut flowers from the garden - my favourite benefit from years of gardening and so many floral gifts from dear friends like @andymaccbrooklin

Behind the Scenes 🪜 We take care of all the sh

Behind the Scenes 🪜

We take care of all the shopping, schlepping, and styling … so you don’t have to. Our clients tried their hand at styling these built-ins but the task became too overwhelming. Believe it or not - it’s a full-time job for magazine ready interiors.

Styling services by the hour - email us for a custom quote or our typical room rate sheet!

#designblissinteriors

📙 Sneak peek on our styling installation today

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Sneak peek on our styling installation today! We had an amazing blank canvas to work with. We brought in lots of great accessories to bring interest, colour, and warmth to the space. Each shelf tells a story and evokes conversation.

Room Styling Services available by the hour. Inquire for an estimate! #designblissinteriors

☀️ Day dreaming of bright blue skies around t

☀️

Day dreaming of bright blue skies around the corner. Happy Spring!

🌊 Loving this sweet styling install we did bef

🌊

Loving this sweet styling install we did before the holidays - with a two week turnaround, we quickly sourced new lighting, pillows, coffee table, rug, art and accessories for a main floor refresh!

“The Last Layer” styling services available by the hour. Inquire by email for an estimate!

🍰🪩🕯️🌸🍾 I love celebrating… but

🍰🪩🕯️🌸🍾

I love celebrating… but a love a good theme more.

🛫 Runway all day. Site visit to my favourite s

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Runway all day. Site visit to my favourite stair runner we’ve installed to date.

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🍸🍐🕯️ TGIF Throw back to this sweet v

🍸🍐🕯️

TGIF

Throw back to this sweet vignette we styled for designer @spruceinteriors.ca - Happy Weekend!

📷 : Stephani Buchman Photography

🎨 Client request: Colour, and lots of it! We

🎨

Client request: Colour, and lots of it!

We’re loving this bold and colourful scheme for a main floor refresh, inspired by a new fun art collection with lots of… colour of course! This designer velvet fabric collection is an art form in itself.

#designblissinteriors

🥫🥖🧀 Parisian Pantry Swipe to see ➡️

🥫🥖🧀

Parisian Pantry

Swipe to see ➡️ how we created this tall and narrow pantry in the stairwell from the kitchen to the basement. With 6” of interior space, it provides the perfect place for food storage in a small space.

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My kind of Monday Blues 🎶

My kind of Monday Blues 🎶

🖼️ Blooming Beauties #designblissinteriors

🖼️

Blooming Beauties #designblissinteriors

📐 Every inch counts in this small space. Swi

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Every inch counts in this small space.

Swipe to see where we added hidden storage behind the TV.

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🔮 ✔️ Media Room ✔️ Cocktail Lounge ✔

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✔️ Media Room
✔️ Cocktail Lounge
✔️ Guest Room
✔️ Office
✔️ Play Room

We checked all the boxes with this basement renovation. A Queen pull out is hidden in the sectional, a bar on the side to serve up cocktails, an office nook is hidden behind the sofa, and a luxurious steam room around the corner for evening spa retreats.

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🦏 🔥 🐆 Staying warm today with this cozy

🦏 🔥 🐆

Staying warm today with this cozy basement design - layers of dark grey, paired with black & white, and accented with gold & cognac for warmth. We had to remove a radiator on this wall to accommodate the entertainment built-ins, so we added this functional and stylish fireplace from @dimplex_northamerica

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Playful patterns. 🐆🌧🌳🕊️ #designblis

Playful patterns.
🐆🌧🌳🕊️

#designblissinteriors

☀️ Happy Family Day ☀️ A playful wall han

☀️ Happy Family Day ☀️

A playful wall hanging in this cottage bunk room reminds me of family and rocking our babies to sleep!

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Sunday Morning Spot 🍋🥃🍯 We had grand pla

Sunday Morning Spot 🍋🥃🍯

We had grand plans for this nook with flanking storage cabinets and a built-in window bench, but unexpected budget restrictions called for a pivot. This sweet antique daybed is the perfect perch!

🌊 The best looking toilet stack build out tha

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The best looking toilet stack build out thanks to @century_architexture. Our favourite brick veneer product to add texture and interest to a space.

Shower 🚿 Showcase This small space shower need

Shower 🚿 Showcase

This small space shower needed to function for family use with full access double doors for the tub and warm shower enclosure. Every inch counts in this space so we created a tall niche for extra elbow room while lathering! 🧼

Brass Bubbles 🫧 We chose quality fixtures and

Brass Bubbles 🫧

We chose quality fixtures and timeless tile for this century home, paired with black metal shower enclosure for a modern contrast. Investing in quality, locally made plumbing fixtures from @rubinetfaucet made this bathroom shine.

#designblissinteriors

🦩 The trouble with Reels is that you can never

🦩

The trouble with Reels is that you can never get a good screenshot. This wallpaper deserves a good screenshot.

#designblissinteriors

Happy 💕Day Fabulous 🦩Flamingo wallpaper bri

Happy 💕Day

Fabulous 🦩Flamingo wallpaper brings colour and excitement to this kids bedroom!

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In the spirit of 💌 day : styling with red flora

In the spirit of 💌 day : styling with red florals 💃 is my favourite in a room full of neutrals.

In love with this room designed by the talented @spruceinteriors.ca (styling: @designblissinteriors)

📷 : Stephani Buchman Photography

In the spirit of 💌 day : styling with red flora

In the spirit of 💌 day : styling with red florals 💃 is my favourite in a room full of neutrals.

In love with this room designed by the talented @spruceinteriors.ca (styling: @designblissinteriors)

📷 : Stephani Buchman Photography

Encore for the wallpaper and end of summer blooms.

Encore for the wallpaper and end of summer blooms. Burgundy hues welcome fall soon. 🍂

🪩 September is off to a slow start with two di

🪩

September is off to a slow start with two different viral infections already. I guess that means dance parties at home for a little longer. Looking forward to the afternoon sparkle when the sun hits the disco mirrors just perfectly.

Sunday with my girl 🎀

Sunday with my girl 🎀

Campout Cooking 🍳

Campout Cooking 🍳

🐿🛶🔥 Summer memories at the most beautifu

🐿🛶🔥

Summer memories at the most beautiful and private campsite! Toddlers add a whole new level of adventure🌪😂

Luckily accompanied by our favourite adventurers @halakhalaf @taherafridi for good food, laughs, and lifelong memories!

Time flies ⏰✏️🍎

Time flies ⏰✏️🍎

Hello Kindergarten! 🇨🇦 Sophia requested leo

Hello Kindergarten! 🇨🇦

Sophia requested leopard for her first day of Kindergarten! Took on her day with bravery and a smile… after a long summer home with mama and her baby brother! 🏖

End of Summer Party 22’

End of Summer Party 22’

They call me the Appetizer 👸 Serving up the u

They call me the Appetizer 👸

Serving up the ultimate summer Burrata Board this weekend:

-Crostini
-Mint
-Grilled Peaches
-Burrata with EVOO + S&P
-Roasted Grapes & Avocado Oil
-Proscuitto
-Fire Roasted Garlic Peppers
-Balsamic Cherry Tomatoes
-Basil

🌈 Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue

🌈

Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true

Déjà vu 🦋 Introducing our son, Grey. For t

Déjà vu 🦋

Introducing our son, Grey.

For the second time, we are so lucky to be parents, through adoption. It’s an honour and a blessing to be chosen again. Big sister Sophia is already protective and loves her baby brother so much!

We are forever grateful to Grey’s birth parents for making an adoption plan and choosing us to be his parents.

Welcome Home Grey
Born 9lbs. 15oz. on 07.04.21

📷 : @eleanordobbins

🌊 Making Waves Happy Birthday to our adventure

🌊 Making Waves

Happy Birthday to our adventure loving Sophia!

“There comes a day
When you're gonna look around
And realize... happiness is
Where you are” - Moana

🦓 A Story in Contrast (In progress) Textures |

🦓 A Story in Contrast (In progress)

Textures | Styles | Colours

Contrasting to bring interest to the space. Traditional windows honour our 1930’s home, modern upholstery suits our tastes, bold fabrics and glam lights paired with raw wood beams for a striking balance.

It’s a Good Friday 🐰🥕 Happy Easter Weeke

It’s a Good Friday 🐰🥕

Happy Easter Weekend!

Channeling this stars energy today 💃 ⭐️

📸 @eleanordobbins

Up up and away 🎈 🦒 Look up! The ceiling is

Up up and away 🎈 🦒

Look up! The ceiling is a great space to add a whimsical detail through paint, wallpaper or decals. This nursery started as a blank box... we added wall trim, wallpaper, ceiling decals, a radiator cover and a new light before decorating the room for this little lad. 🐘

📸 @michaelnangreaves
@andymaccbrooklin

Happy St.Patrick’s Day! 🍀 Still one of my fa

Happy St.Patrick’s Day! 🍀

Still one of my favourite wallpapers - inspired by all the places we want to travel to. Ireland is one of the places on our list to celebrate our daughters heritage. Where are you going first?

📷 @michaelnangreaves
@andymaccbrooklin

🌳 Imagine this view in the summer... We style

🌳 Imagine this view in the summer...

We styled this space to highlight the incredible tree view in the summer. Mother nature’s art gallery 🖼

#designblissinteriors #designbliss

The wild card 💡 I like every room to have a li

The wild card 💡

I like every room to have a little something fun or unexpected. The space is very neutral and there’s always room for a little quirk. When I realized we would have unused space behind the toilet wall, I wanted to add a hidden medicine cabinet behind a custom piece of art.

@refreshhomeimprovements beautifully brought my vision to life.

Everything I do 💪 Celebrating all the young wom

Everything I do 💪 Celebrating all the young women today too!

🦩 Sunday hideout. One of my favourite childhoo

🦩 Sunday hideout.

One of my favourite childhood memories is playing in small forts, imagining it was my own home! It looked more like a sheet on a table or a closet - but this version is much cosier. 🛌

📷 @michaelnangreaves
@andymaccbrooklin

🌊 Making waves. We designed this nursery almos

🌊 Making waves.

We designed this nursery almost 5 years ago with a neutral “Australian” vibe in mind. With a few changes, now this room belongs to her little brother!

📷 @michaelnangreaves
@andymaccbrooklin

Brick wall & window corners looking 🔥 Swipe t

Brick wall & window corners looking 🔥

Swipe to see. From blah cinder block to authentic looking brick wall. Patient and detailed install by @refreshhomeimprovements

Hobbies. 🧵 Sewing again has helped my sanity.

Hobbies. 🧵

Sewing again has helped my sanity. Honestly I haven’t had many hobbies over the years. Being a mom and working has taken most of my time but I’m realizing how important other outlets are for happiness. Would love to learn about more hobbies- what are yours?

Pillow mood. 🐍 Quarantine sewing has been my

Pillow mood. 🐍

Quarantine sewing has been my jam. I didn’t sew for several years and needed a creative outlet at home so I didn’t go stir crazy!

🌸 🌿 🎈 This weather makes me feel like

🌸 🌿 🎈

This weather makes me feel like celebrating! You can feel the brighter days ahead - in so many ways.

Self-Care in 2021

Self-Care in 2021

🧊 What work looked like last week. Dream proper

🧊 What work looked like last week. Dream property - they had their own pond rink and swimming hole in the summer! Talented ice dancer @andymaccbrooklin

Double take. 🛁 Both our bathrooms will now co

Double take. 🛁

Both our bathrooms will now complement each other with contrasting colours and scale. The basement bathroom will have large marble tiles on the walls and a neutral floor in the same cube mosaic. I love that they feel similar but are each unique - with a more traditional main bath and modern basement bath.

The sun is shining and we have floors and drywall

The sun is shining and we have floors and drywall started! ☀️

This part gives me life - thanks to @refreshhomeimprovements

Friday Fresh. 🏡 Swipe to see the simple swaps

Friday Fresh. 🏡

Swipe to see the simple swaps we made in this dining room before it hit the market. The house had beautiful bones and we helped showcase them!

🦋 Our little social butterfly loved her first d

🦋 Our little social butterfly loved her first day of preschool. I spent the first part of the pandemic trying to protect her physically... now I need to protect her mentally and let her be a kid. There is no right answer anymore.

“If the moon stays up until morning one day, or a ladybug lands and decides to stay, or a little bird sits at your window awhile, it’s because they’re all hoping to see you smile…” - Nancy Tillman

📸 @eleanordobbins

I have a special affinity for Butterflies & Rabbit

I have a special affinity for Butterflies & Rabbits. Patiently awaiting spring for both.

Do animals have a special symbolism for you?

Fell in love with these windows (designed by the h

Fell in love with these windows (designed by the homeowner) on a project we styled for sale. Unique details on new homes make all the difference.

It’s a good day to pull up an ottoman and sit in

It’s a good day to pull up an ottoman and sit in front of the fire ❄️brrr

Rose playdough for our little friends. Finding all

Rose playdough for our little friends. Finding all the joy we can these days. Inspired by @7daysofplay

For the young stargazers ✨ 📸 @michaelnangre

For the young stargazers ✨

📸 @michaelnangreaves @andymaccbrooklin

#designblissinteriors

I love items like these globes, grouped together t

I love items like these globes, grouped together to create a special collection. In this nursery we also added edge banding to the drapery for added interest. 📸 @michaelnangreaves #designblissinteriors

Colourful cottage 🎨 Found this beauty dresser

Colourful cottage 🎨

Found this beauty dresser at my favourite country store and had it painted in a subtle blue.

Getting ready for preschool 😭 💘

Getting ready for preschool 😭 💘

Sunday goals. (The art says it all...)

Sunday goals.

(The art says it all...)

X O How fun is the antique wooden X paired with

X O

How fun is the antique wooden X paired with the corner window?! A playful version of word art, above the serene soaker tub.

☑️ Windows New basement windows showing off,

☑️ Windows

New basement windows showing off, looking beautiful, and making all our other windows envious. @refreshhomeimprovements @gatorguysltd

Our wool rug arrived and it’s just the perfect a

Our wool rug arrived and it’s just the perfect amount of wild.

With everything else fairly neutral, I like to have a few fun elements to keep things interesting. Life is short and this isn’t an investment piece. Go wild! #designblissinteriors

Hundreds of decisions just right here in this smal

Hundreds of decisions just right here in this small area. Hundreds of painstaking decisions go into a renovation... and a few sleepless nights... hoping you made the right decisions... and then breathing a sigh of relief when things work out... down to the inch. Many things don’t go as planned, but (with creative discussion) they usually work out better than intended.

Instant Spring DIY

Instant Spring DIY

Flowers = Self-care right? Tulip 🌷 season alw

Flowers = Self-care right?

Tulip 🌷 season always brings a reminder of change (and spring soon please).

My heart. 🍭 Find out how to make these fun 3D

My heart. 🍭

Find out how to make these fun 3D “candy” hearts for Valentine’s Day- tutorial on my last post.

DIY Giant Candy Heart Decor. This is the year for

DIY Giant Candy Heart Decor. This is the year for all the extra happiness we can find.
💛💖💙

A staycation will do. When all of your winter tr

A staycation will do.

When all of your winter trips are cancelled and you’re up north because your home has no water or heat. #renovationrelocation

Reminding myself how lucky we have been and will b

Reminding myself how lucky we have been and will be again to travel.

We took an anniversary trip to Paris and then took Sophia on her first airplane trip to Florida - a week before the world fell apart. #wewilltravelagainsoon

Honed Nero Marquina Marble Tile arrived for the b

Honed Nero Marquina Marble

Tile arrived for the basement and it sure is dreamy. We can’t wait to see it paired with a matching counter, floating shelf, and matte black cabinetry.

My family recipe bible. I much prefer cooking fr

My family recipe bible.

I much prefer cooking from a printed recipe vs digital. I often bring this with me up north or on vacation. I love the idea I can pass this onto my daughter one day. Paper copies are covered in splatters and handwritten notes over the years. Custom binder made through @zazzle.

From rendering to reality. Little moments of visio

From rendering to reality. Little moments of vision give me life, in the messy middle.

Every inch in a small house counts. Here we’ve hidden a medicine cabinet, (in the plumbing stack wall) to be covered by custom metal art.

Sunny days ahead in this room. Here’s the othe

Sunny days ahead in this room.

Here’s the other side of the art wall. I love finding existing client pieces with a story to add character. The wooden animal frames were the clients (hidden in a basement storage room)! Paired with a handmade rainbow from @js_rainbows and 3 of my favourite illustrations from @nancytillmanauthor @artdotcom #designblissinteriors

New snow feels like a fresh start doesn’t it? Or

New snow feels like a fresh start doesn’t it? Or at least a bit of happiness during the mid winter blahs.

This is my favourite winter view at home. ❄️

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