Just like that September ends and a brisk fall breeze rolls in. Boots and blankets - our favorite season for obvious reasons. While it always takes a few weeks to adjust images of snuggling up in a blanket with a glass of red in front of the fire persist. These furry faux pieces caught our attention -- adding to our perfect Friday night (or any night [...]
Putting a hold on most new orders so she could focus on optimizing customer-acquisition and product-delivery processes helped this SMB owner increase profits. If you know anything about me you'll know I'm FIERCELY proud of bootstrapping both of my entrepreneurial ventures. While it hasn't come a place of not wanting to work with some of the fabulous venture folks out there or wanting to grow [...]
In a few weeks we're heading back to Highpoint aka Market. Just thinking about it causes a wave of excitement that is equally greeted by scheduling strategies and sore feet! Our friends over at Dering Hall are adding more fuel to the fire with the much awaited debut of their virtual showhouse. Teaming up with a roster of 12 talented designers who will create a [...]
It was hard to miss chatter about the movie 'The Intern' last week. From the Writer/Director of other movies we adore (It's Complicated, the Holiday and Something's Gotta Give), the flick based around an online fashion website run by a young, career-driven woman (Anne Hathaway) hiring an intern sounds familiar, until a retired successful business owner and widower (Robert DeNiro) lands this senior (?) position. [...]
Some may call it a fad or a trend, but regardless a little industrial in a space not only brings out the male-female balance, but usually makes for a great conversation. The issue is that most light fixtures we see these days are a total copy cat of already done. When these ones crossed our inbox however, they caught our attention. A little wacky and [...]
UMMM how cute is this. Tech junkie Carley Knobloch, so nervous to show off her newly reno'd guest room! We think it looks AWESOME :) PS Carley is speaking at Wayfair's #hearthome conference next week in Boston. We're giving away a FREE ticket. If you haven't entered do so by Sunday am then follow us on Periscope and tune in Sunday at 7:30pm EST when we reveal [...]
Have you heard? Our friends at Wayfair are holding their first Heart Home conference for the design meets entrepreneur meets tech savvy in Boston late next week. From collaboration to creativity and fresh perspective to discoveries from lifestyle leaders, it will be nothing short of an awesome action packed weekend with great people. Here's the twist: We heard about it over the summer, but have [...]
So you want to launch your business online (great idea!). You have no time and there is WAY too much information floating around out there. Here are the only 10 things you need to do to have an online presence by the end of this week - I guarantee it. Ready? 10. Claim Your Domain While I absolutely hated the naming the company part way back when [...]
We begin this week in Calgary, Alberta (or Western Canada for those who don't know where that is). Designer Leanne Bunnell was tasked with creating an elegant traditional living & dining space, comfortable for everyday, but also suitable for formal entertaining. When Leanne first saw the space her first reaction was "Wow. Can we move the fireplace?” Totally builder brilliant move - at the foot of the staircase! Given the [...]
Back to school for some and back to decorating for others. The fall is always busy with returning from vacation and wanting to makeover a space for us, which inevitably starts with a can of paint! We've been using the same favorites forever so thought it was about time we branch out. We turned to Benjamin Moore obsessed Colour Explosions color consultant Sarah Bertie to get [...]