Brooke’s European Sojourn Part 1
I have been back from my European sojourn for about ten days now and thought I would share a bit about my adventures.A very good friend of mine moved to France last year and so it was a great opportunity for me and another friend to go visit her. First, let me stop here for a moment. She MOVED to FRANCE. A few years ago this friend decided she wanted to learn French so she took a year off of...
IDS Vancouver: A Well of Inspiration
Hello again!This year, September was absolutely full of design events and projects! Conveniently, this means we are immersed in inspiration before the holiday season takes off and we have lots of opportunities to include our favourite design elements in dining tables, new interiors, seasonal decoration, parties, the list goes on! Sometimes the hardest part is refining what you love and translating it from a showroom, magazine page (or blog!) to your own space.A standout on our calendars was the Interior...
10 New Dos and Donāts in Decorating
10 New Dos and DonātsItās that time for another episode of Dos and Donāts. We always get great feed back when we do these blog posts. Do you want to play? Basically, we post images of vignettes that we see that have something wrong in the picture and then you see if you can figure out what is wrong.Ready? Letās do it!!The glaring misstep here, for me, is the height of the paintings. They are āfloatingā in relation to the...
Design Tour Coming Up: Los Angeles
Designers Collective is taking a group of design enthusiasts to participate in a design and lifestyle tour of Los Angeles in June, and we are pretty darn excited about it.Why a travel design tour?Well it's because traveling is inspiring. It is a great way to discover new ideas and gives you time to think in a completely new context. We open our eyes a little wider when we are in a new place. Imagine, four days of design and...