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The Palette Project #2: Niagara Falls

This is another edition of our Palette Project-- we're exploring inspiring places in Canada and the colours that make them beautiful. We're going cross country this week, looking at the infamous and powerful Niagara Falls. Curving through the Canada/USA boarder, the Horseshoe falls is the largest of the three waterfalls that spill down the end of the Niagara Gorge. Ā It is one of those natural wonders that you hear before you see it-- the entire town of Niagara Falls is filled...

The Palette Project #1: Jack Poole Plaza

Today marks the first day of our Palette Project!  It all started like this: back in April, we collaborated with our friend Heather Ross to host a workshop on colour. We had a great time discussing colour palettes, why some things work and others don't, and making palettes of our own. One take-away from that workshop was that inspiration is quite literally everywhereā€”but choosing what colours to use can be tricky...

In the garden: harvest your efforts

With sunshine and warm temperatures in our Vancouver forecast, who isn't itching to spend more time outdoors or on a great patio? Wouldn't it be a dream to skip produce shopping and instead opt to grab fresh flowers, veggies, and herbs from your own garden? With some mellow summer musicĀ and sangria in hand, harvesting your garden canĀ feel more like a mini vacation than another chore. Depending on what you planted you may not be ready to start harvesting your goods for...

What the hygge?

Like avocado toast and geods, the Danish concept of Ā hyggeĀ has been growing in popularity with no signs of slowing down. It's appearing everywhere from how-to books to interior design collections and Instagram accounts (at the time of writing there are 2,033,609 posts with #hygge).We might have a general idea of what it means, maybe a quick glance at the back of a book on the hygge display at Chapters let you know it's inclusive of coziness and a feeling of...

In the garden: assemble with style

In design, it's all for nought if it doesn't look good.There are many parallels between creating indoor and outdoor spaces-- how we look at colour, texture, sight-lines, and functionality can be applied to herbs and grasses in the same way as they are to architecture and wall colours. Ā Gardens (from a single pot to a large yard) are a visual feature, thus they are another opportunity to showcase your style.Last week, our first ā€œIn the Gardenā€ post was a pep...

Discovering Colour, Inspired by Nature

Last weekend we packed our studio with material samples, inspiring objects, and a gorgeous floral bouquet or two in preparation for our sold out workshop "Discovering Colour: Nature as Your Guide". For this workshop, Brooke and Tina had the pleasure of collaborating with the multi-talented Heather Ross to take our participants deep into into the world of colour and coach them on how to look critically at colour and how to develop harmonious palettes for their design projects. Ā Armed with...