It's My Birthday!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">It's my birthday today. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And I shall be mostly standing on spiral staircases in very long dresses, like so....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvsVPGQIrDKvWw8oj9X1junQjXf44hecJOmH8j2sro7fa_AaDQxVZzS76ApAYf4qJxNgbyalQnJNN23-yYp8e531pCtEGvYMiMevoLhTqoxioEiARO-znO8Y_7s61ywJrZpPsljncN6A/s1600/99008891777525519_E7kTXLUz_c.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvsVPGQIrDKvWw8oj9X1junQjXf44hecJOmH8j2sro7fa_AaDQxVZzS76ApAYf4qJxNgbyalQnJNN23-yYp8e531pCtEGvYMiMevoLhTqoxioEiARO-znO8Y_7s61ywJrZpPsljncN6A/s640/99008891777525519_E7kTXLUz_c.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">{I'm thinking that long trail could come in handy for a spot of cleaning. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Those railings must get ever so dusty</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">...always practical, my friends, always practical.}</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I LOVE birthdays!! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I made up a family rule which says that on your birthday </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> you're allowed to choose whatever you want to do. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{An excellent idea, if I may say so!!}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've had a wonderful morning </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">opening the sweetest presents from my kiddiewinks...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now I'm off for a special lunch with Guy...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Image  Unknown...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

It's My Birthday!

It's my birthday today. And I shall be mostly standing on spiral staircases in very long dresses, like so....{I'm thinking that long trail could come in handy for a spot of cleaning. Those railings must get ever so dusty...always practical, my friends, always practical.}I LOVE birthdays!! I made up …

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Children's Bedrooms: Flooring Inspiration

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Flooring can make or break a room. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's such an easy aspect to overlook b</span><span style="font-size: large;">ut leaving tatty old carpet down while you spruce up the rest of the room is a bit like leaving one of the walls undecorated. When we decorate a room, I always <i>try </i>to do the whole shabang and not leave bits and pieces of extra work trailing around for years. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, flooring-wise, here's what I narrowed our choices down to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Carpet:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYb0lFtOAVJqowMGmmsCWA4VU5jRky2_9tUaz_NB38IKNGVb81x-QvP4M1h5kk-Hd2XKfYCN5SC2CqjeHVuGKdyYJzVNGGnQ27uVB3ZUPX_UndC0zjYdUch1Cla5Eddb0ONqPWqHoyXmg/s640/15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unknown</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYb0lFtOAVJqowMGmmsCWA4VU5jRky2_9tUaz_NB38IKNGVb81x-QvP4M1h5kk-Hd2XKfYCN5SC2CqjeHVuGKdyYJzVNGGnQ27uVB3ZUPX_UndC0zjYdUch1Cla5Eddb0ONqPWqHoyXmg/s1600/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Painted floorboards:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqGR1XWG9w0n5C-m2HTr7N1YRMnZN1xObDDYCzmjGCUIJzrMxShmRmHK2ouNE6_3qnQ91LumhwEy83emgid0Rk-GpmdpnRpAtml7FFxS7UmI44xqzu0KzHui7E3rLXQXmrm3q7DkAG5c/s1600/marieclairemaison.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Via Marie Claire</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqGR1XWG9w0n5C-m2HTr7N1YRMnZN1xObDDYCzmjGCUIJzrMxShmRmHK2ouNE6_3qnQ91LumhwEy83emgid0Rk-GpmdpnRpAtml7FFxS7UmI44xqzu0KzHui7E3rLXQXmrm3q7DkAG5c/s1600/marieclairemaison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wooden flooring:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMmXFrbtE7L0UoUHAawr98RRap0Q-GsHp9wZTctg1YCfx1jo2VPE1aJAg0b4_JpBxxxjlzJoINqC6XUaW_EFXoIwclbAaLZeAt05qKIfU4MqQ9q0VK1JvtlW6L3MbfnlEXbcNVlX0a2U/s1600/something+hiding+in+there.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMmXFrbtE7L0UoUHAawr98RRap0Q-GsHp9wZTctg1YCfx1jo2VPE1aJAg0b4_JpBxxxjlzJoINqC6XUaW_EFXoIwclbAaLZeAt05qKIfU4MqQ9q0VK1JvtlW6L3MbfnlEXbcNVlX0a2U/s640/something+hiding+in+there.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Via Something Hiding In There</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I bypassed natural flooring like sisal and jute because although they look gorrrrrgeous initially, they stain pretty easily and don't react well to the wet. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>{If I could have a pound for each time I've had to mop up what shall be vaguely termed 'spillages' in my children's bedrooms then I'd be a very rich lady...}</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Which leads me onto my main point....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When decorating children's rooms, it's so easy to be sucked in by what looks great on the page of a catalogue...BUT </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">BUT </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">BUT </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">what really counts is how good it'll look in </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">YOUR </i><span style="font-size: large;">home....a year or two down the line.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fancy-shmancy options will look fab for a little while but I want our rooms to look great when they're well-lived in.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Is that too much too ask?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Children's Bedrooms: Flooring Inspiration

Flooring can make or break a room. It's such an easy aspect to overlook but leaving tatty old carpet down while you spruce up the rest of the room is a bit like leaving one of the walls undecorated. When we decorate a room, I always try to do the whole shabang and not leave bits and pieces of extra …

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Designing Our Fitted Cupboards Part 2

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">With our fifth baby on the way, we're always looking for ways to improve storage, particularly in our current phase of having to store what feels like a bazillion boxes of clothes between children using them.  When I was looking at the existing fitted cupboards in this bedroom, it suddenly occurred to me that there might be extra space above the lower cupboard that wasn't being used. A secret hole!! See what I mean?....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyknFWXOH2mcsdaw9AmyHxdzKnpr4FPOSUhq6sZLX4EGH6t96WDGLQsqBS7-beRLMV_tt3aMqYKV20Ocr8FIc-TZ29qax2VF2boPHF8qRXtweqPoBH8n1SqJY09OaVuLzbyLsHuw_FrLA/s1600/106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyknFWXOH2mcsdaw9AmyHxdzKnpr4FPOSUhq6sZLX4EGH6t96WDGLQsqBS7-beRLMV_tt3aMqYKV20Ocr8FIc-TZ29qax2VF2boPHF8qRXtweqPoBH8n1SqJY09OaVuLzbyLsHuw_FrLA/s640/106.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And it turned out I was right! <i>Yeeeah</i>! Free space! One of the things that bothered me about the existing cupboards is the way they were so mismatched. One way up high and the other mid-height. <i>Odd</i>. This extra secret space gave us some leeway to be able to even the whole space out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We altered the cupboard plans to include another double cupboard above the existing lower space, and fiddled about with heights to bring both sets of doors to the same height.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqV1knC1Quq9_JzLk5yMxeS_4Y5rT1m52cIiVQ-qBCen-egeezyR8lzG5Ol4tZN_0DbgSFW79VA_l0UXjTRzceg5bUkdKmg2dZ8vjODlMuusK16CwwYS_MGHRj4rUM4N_syqPPMu3l4Y/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqV1knC1Quq9_JzLk5yMxeS_4Y5rT1m52cIiVQ-qBCen-egeezyR8lzG5Ol4tZN_0DbgSFW79VA_l0UXjTRzceg5bUkdKmg2dZ8vjODlMuusK16CwwYS_MGHRj4rUM4N_syqPPMu3l4Y/s640/018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The next step was working out how to bring in </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">period details</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{These were NOT the original cupboard doors so no guilt</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i> about ripping them out.}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Four words: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>architraves, </b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>cupboard style,</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>handles, </b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>hinges.</b></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>..</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{Okay, that's five but read on to see what I mean...}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiwTXa52pISwFr1Vrz9bmjthGYWpYHLflZej1HJ0h-SngFFkxQEKL7v6PsCvF0oT_g1hw7yXjjhMX52H68-ut-fowb41IgemPYPVVSE7k_Y4Qxc9R1N22klDJ2CF5OePY83dhcmp36rg/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiwTXa52pISwFr1Vrz9bmjthGYWpYHLflZej1HJ0h-SngFFkxQEKL7v6PsCvF0oT_g1hw7yXjjhMX52H68-ut-fowb41IgemPYPVVSE7k_Y4Qxc9R1N22klDJ2CF5OePY83dhcmp36rg/s640/003.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We changed the </span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>architrave </b></span></i><span style="font-size: large;">surrounding the cupboards to match the main door to the room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZaspuoYo2reZQIdCcL-9J7ynt5Y05ZwppC7x7kb-5UPe7RkR4O8v1Y7rot4sfvuHpWUKdguat04StmFwJhbpoxirretD62J_F9bLa4MOzCIOBeb41d3bE9hayw9-D6gkzIURiOxukNaA/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZaspuoYo2reZQIdCcL-9J7ynt5Y05ZwppC7x7kb-5UPe7RkR4O8v1Y7rot4sfvuHpWUKdguat04StmFwJhbpoxirretD62J_F9bLa4MOzCIOBeb41d3bE9hayw9-D6gkzIURiOxukNaA/s640/004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love </span><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shaker style cupboard doors</span></i></b><span style="font-size: large;">, and chose beading to compliment the beading on the main door (more on that to come!!). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPjuMlv3tsVN7_uYhutD3mPSWj3HMPh90gI4SY6BSU4CU5IVRGNjz__QzAwualxXUopssz3beSYtCI-4l_fWV0unmgmdLdR9uQaRmujnA6vs4r9V0bUHm7KhLRhuBXW9FzQA3Tc5-DzQ/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPjuMlv3tsVN7_uYhutD3mPSWj3HMPh90gI4SY6BSU4CU5IVRGNjz__QzAwualxXUopssz3beSYtCI-4l_fWV0unmgmdLdR9uQaRmujnA6vs4r9V0bUHm7KhLRhuBXW9FzQA3Tc5-DzQ/s640/008.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The </span><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">handles </span></i></b><span style="font-size: large;">are now chunky, matt-glazed wood. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perfect for little dimpled hands!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03O0B1cpdy2cGNxRM8lApLSWogX9oa0t4iEtSTLr2gsjKY7VBp5x9zOoxP21eL35sNDP_dp8E1Xntj8E9dXUroGA_CM3hFvpNoWc4lOYMuEu20izk6F1tXQB6On4NiA5wMFlpqzpg73c/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03O0B1cpdy2cGNxRM8lApLSWogX9oa0t4iEtSTLr2gsjKY7VBp5x9zOoxP21eL35sNDP_dp8E1Xntj8E9dXUroGA_CM3hFvpNoWc4lOYMuEu20izk6F1tXQB6On4NiA5wMFlpqzpg73c/s640/001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rather than using kitchen-cupboard type hinges, which ends up with doors shutting <i>onto </i>the existing frame, I prefer to use hinges that ensure the doors fit <i>within </i>a frame for a more bespoke look. I love these brass hinges with silver detailing. <i>Yum!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fPRYYiALjSP9Cq8xt-jObH5Gb9EHUhOS7WCeiIvrw-Bx_n545kiWMSGcJx46JOUTn_IynHGGUG5T28LlBmGRB7vI_N5r0ovczHj8vSYajZFgXKBIW7_6WOPR0pOYlahz6czOrE0FOxc/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fPRYYiALjSP9Cq8xt-jObH5Gb9EHUhOS7WCeiIvrw-Bx_n545kiWMSGcJx46JOUTn_IynHGGUG5T28LlBmGRB7vI_N5r0ovczHj8vSYajZFgXKBIW7_6WOPR0pOYlahz6czOrE0FOxc/s640/007.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">See how I've lopped off the bottom of the cupboards from these photos? That's to keep the floor hidden from your all-seeing eyes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but not for long...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Yup, next up:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> FLOORING !!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Designing Our Fitted Cupboards Part 2

With our fifth baby on the way, we're always looking for ways to improve storage, particularly in our current phase of having to store what feels like a bazillion boxes of clothes between children using them.  When I was looking at the existing fitted cupboards in this bedroom, it suddenly occurred …

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My Perfect Weekend Away...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've just had one of the best weekends of my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Guy surprised me with a pre-baby trip away.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Eeeek!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He told me we were going to visit his parents</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>....which we were....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but it turned out that it was for the children </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">to have a special holiday...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">and for us to go on to here....</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArhch6zUbWIU4IcjitJ-VSmodAhF1b-MMnFP_LuKbhLHxsbcka1bnbzgMUR3dNCh0Vj7H-hSjaVNUGFBtXVKz__ed72NVxRKdhZTrTr7oCe91Ohsu2FACG9Nn-plrGYaQRa5JUbNnBEc/s1600/rh_home+2-2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArhch6zUbWIU4IcjitJ-VSmodAhF1b-MMnFP_LuKbhLHxsbcka1bnbzgMUR3dNCh0Vj7H-hSjaVNUGFBtXVKz__ed72NVxRKdhZTrTr7oCe91Ohsu2FACG9Nn-plrGYaQRa5JUbNnBEc/s640/rh_home+2-2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As we drove up the driveway, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had a hunch that this was somewhere lovely...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and, <i><b>wooooah</b></i>....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">it was!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECjd5oKnVbG0aHn8hMlVXkdTc8ng6hwfP3fe3TLscUu50jOkZXcggbRgJEy9U5qM9vPZ1j9ASoMhhCQdBXdKlIykK_XwgPzV1TSCsE0crGyo4J-T5PLRpnlZPEFvdFxTOs9s0Y9Pxqqc/s1600/Rushton_Hall_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECjd5oKnVbG0aHn8hMlVXkdTc8ng6hwfP3fe3TLscUu50jOkZXcggbRgJEy9U5qM9vPZ1j9ASoMhhCQdBXdKlIykK_XwgPzV1TSCsE0crGyo4J-T5PLRpnlZPEFvdFxTOs9s0Y9Pxqqc/s640/Rushton_Hall_01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rushton Hall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">An Elizabethan Country Spa Hotel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can't even begin to tell you how special a time it was.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So romantic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was an incredible place to stay.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We played cards and had drinks here...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAXP6jx06NCbNnndpd6On4WQi94tP7fNbtZiFNQAavYDG8EMMgJb2W1K-qGhRbGMGqpuefju4-7Y1bdfNnC5rQYeTivHdXfhXQYp2h7JbMucKDy_Ujh4mQIey83BWuEfpahsAKYhwaY8/s1600/Rushton-Hall-Hotel-and-Spa-Lobby-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAXP6jx06NCbNnndpd6On4WQi94tP7fNbtZiFNQAavYDG8EMMgJb2W1K-qGhRbGMGqpuefju4-7Y1bdfNnC5rQYeTivHdXfhXQYp2h7JbMucKDy_Ujh4mQIey83BWuEfpahsAKYhwaY8/s1600/Rushton-Hall-Hotel-and-Spa-Lobby-4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Had long, lazy breakfasts here...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAv6LORHXoV1xHgGM1kByJCnV3GN_qVJO2L7QawAjlxGvK813QtxuTi6ZhHXO3Aj0NXXJOCQAtaPvBQKd0Ow-s_nXaUvmKRB-UGDpC0VNRvd4fPHNglRecD5Lcnvex9qQ_1hDQNBCcAVA/s1600/rushton+hall+restaurant+header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAv6LORHXoV1xHgGM1kByJCnV3GN_qVJO2L7QawAjlxGvK813QtxuTi6ZhHXO3Aj0NXXJOCQAtaPvBQKd0Ow-s_nXaUvmKRB-UGDpC0VNRvd4fPHNglRecD5Lcnvex9qQ_1hDQNBCcAVA/s640/rushton+hall+restaurant+header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, on Saturday, Guy suggested that we might like to visit Barnsdale Gardens,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">which was the base of BBC Gardener's World for 13 years. </span><span style="font-size: large;">We had a lovely gentle walk round all 39 mini-plots before having a delicious lunch. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were lots of quiet spots for sitting down and resting</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...good for pregnant legs....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">...and kissing...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KYUXecZg6UQGRm2Jhk63YY2skq58hQya0m6LioQd_Xvxprwz3am5YX9cBOoiSnRXU0cQNqVleNl4m5g2sGjV3Jk0k0BPpV5UajEGW0MGh_SavnC0Xl4KKoYMts-EkjKuVL_w7X6CN34/s1600/0574_Barnsdale_Knot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KYUXecZg6UQGRm2Jhk63YY2skq58hQya0m6LioQd_Xvxprwz3am5YX9cBOoiSnRXU0cQNqVleNl4m5g2sGjV3Jk0k0BPpV5UajEGW0MGh_SavnC0Xl4KKoYMts-EkjKuVL_w7X6CN34/s1600/0574_Barnsdale_Knot.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spending prolonged time together alone </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">feels like such a huge luxury at the moment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am so grateful for the snatches of solitary gorgeousness that we do get.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlI2NlWtx_QKANpNlnWu0SS-UUtQoJvS0vtxoXJwkxb-ZSV-tLM_IUb1vd_Ya-LAMQbGe0teqxEXdjg8ak3yCVbg5oxqmb6mSwEZvYbNSBvG78Du5ezZlYosU_bwscle8gk_v7CNDvBgM/s1600/rh_location+header+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlI2NlWtx_QKANpNlnWu0SS-UUtQoJvS0vtxoXJwkxb-ZSV-tLM_IUb1vd_Ya-LAMQbGe0teqxEXdjg8ak3yCVbg5oxqmb6mSwEZvYbNSBvG78Du5ezZlYosU_bwscle8gk_v7CNDvBgM/s640/rh_location+header+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Thank you, Guy.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You totally wooed me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via Rushton Hall and Barnsdale Gardens</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

My Perfect Weekend Away...

I've just had one of the best weekends of my life.Guy surprised me with a pre-baby trip away.Eeeek!!He told me we were going to visit his parents....which we were....but it turned out that it was for the children to have a special holiday...and for us to go on to here....As we drove up the driveway,…

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Let There Be Light

<div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Patricia-Gray-WestCoast.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHukKBHLStoWVnebshRqqzFwv6p45nWGZmfMBsHa8Ft8AGsjj1WW9QE9CZsUNfJwyDoWXOy_Y6COTZbByVmBhAN9Rtr0gzBJphVmZmFuxxx6p5rcC7sDbtd52BZHJjBjfRu_qhYpUj8u9f/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver " width="300" /></a>Have fun with accent lighting. Finding just the right lighting is one of the most difficult things for me as an interior designer, but when it happens it is magic. I think of the room as the perfect little black dress with the perfect cut, the one that dresses up or down according to the occasion, and the perfect lighting fixture is the jewelry that finishes off and compliments the little black dress.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Patricia-Gray-WestCoast.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnzT9r-GSjGgmQgqheIsVT86FmILN_9QVoeJkTdMNQzgvEWGXgpQSaFBIlSWzrOEFBVv9InTU3CsFRt1zy7g5BPBc967UpSJElv43pUi4m9Xwj9zOH4i-e4MEFE80oj_ZWLvPEWd5MO2a/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver " width="620" /></a>I have written an article for <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Patricia-Gray-WestCoast.pdf" target="_blank">West Coast Homes and Design</a>, a supplement in the Vancouver Sun Newspaper,on how the right lighting is one of the most important aspects in achieving atmosphere in a home. Lighting is a discipline all to itself and often is one of the most important parts of an interior. Bad lighting can ruin a good interior: good lighting can almost salvage a bad one. For example….. <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.ca/2012/04/let-there-be-light.html" target="_blank">(more)</a></div><br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Patricia-Gray-WestCoast.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicoo55IevFo-1mDCfmFnLr1sKhHeVjExJDvRxMhkfHEngaQMgv9ouh4f6rDxTrRXvQeiUrOOUI1XWw4JFMspS45rJnqSmKZp-9FVlbwvxbZInu3yytbyrLyaPmCNq7tex1yW4a2P2zMrk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver " width="620" /></a> <br />In kitchens it is particularly important to get the lighting right as food preparation along with the eating and social aspects that go on in this room are a vital part of our lives and involve all of our senses. Kitchens need to be well lit with good overall ambient lighting and task lighting over islands and countertops. Add a little fun and pizazz with accent lighting as I did over this island. <br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqe3Au7hpTf3tSEivIuw-if0KRYT2k2WZOrRExmzlS4ghOqTbqKTLeB_Ix3ShzuAqTFwseF_JPq2MLeG-Bothu5aaSBh2pbyB-aEZnOv75-IXmiwcAv3dl-khNviiShYWJHumfjFEk0rLd/s1600-h/image%25255B60%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtQ5y9-4PtDPEsYQrN48Gt5w_cE9hYMVvg-FaFo6jpohZw5iGKj0pU4lqVBLiAMWygd8K2gNYgQbZptfryfTmw3Svu7axwZNobdIewGeCeqfOXhl2G6QezmaFG9RgjaIbaQgECZ9pXv0W/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver " width="620" /></a> <br />Lighting in a bathroom and bedroom needs to make you feel refreshed and energetic in the morning, ready to face the challenges of the day ahead, but at night should engender a feeling of relaxation and harmony. In a bathroom, good lighting for putting on make-up should come evenly from either side of the mirror so shadows are not cast on the face. The rest of the room needs to be lit evenly from overhead, but be careful of placing recessed pot lights that are directly over your head when standing in front of a mirror or else you will have shadows under your eyes. I put the lights for the make-up lights and the overhead lights on different switches to further enhance the options to create different moods.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZXm5JsHgs8W63kngMOVK3XcLKqIXSVQPHZ7tQTdxPlqgN2KAeuR6k3RySM2MNRHgnXRmcviEXXuBe-peinCe8zHm9BPRqMJQGSZjUWpFjqJVNnZaUJY7xNqx8Fsi_XBmzGGW1lkSNXCV/s1600-h/image%25255B121%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNkJe7tBotyWtz591xkXaUykLt1oY0Utirxph8SxguBBIpcFTGLApS44WnD1VPgWDHnDCbL6cvqchS_kdvqlmfoMFdQnvY0pwpAI1pxvvxw35z6_wMMmxsFg9cxQ9KWkBIeivClkmGy6D/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver " width="307" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0FWAQJR7YF0rsORt_wAGeoAwdTV-5cFWciLYgwaCs3hjintlvhgYbSmvZbwuyirC0WZ9X0Ie4u9BoL7_5-gC5zGgCOsNCE6RKMvdHm1Z5jmylGNWEw3lQr_pu7vfDp6RdcnOeheGvJJ9/s1600-h/image%25255B120%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sspyayVA8_t8AhyphenhyphenAXEju8K8QfsPZz0AoBoSnkkCIgwFtN9j8usBLePA3aGLs9iaMuP2TszTIIa25c1cHr_8XR_13iEbZYXkj4wFiyBgKrlXhfTbHcp6hZ6DdtmsAKgTMosTF1ZG4UIDx/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver " width="304" /></a> <br />Left: Wall mounted LED swing-arm lamps were used in this bedroom for task light. <br />Right: Candles can add to the mood and ambience in a room and make a dramatic statement. <br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Patricia-Gray-WestCoast.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-skXKFE2c3Q4tmf4qGdBRCy19AEoZRgPVXu5GtvY-EyAFxwBLIE1j6KGJiYEwcPNIUvBHSe5s2rowhqlDvyX1bNWPrTaHn0eG40WY7W2oq8IhJnQmaUDmNDotrxtpvfAOHjDIW86hYdcC/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver " width="110" /></a>Click on the PDF icon to read the whole article<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">PATRICIA GRAY INC </a>is an award winning interior design firm in Vancouver. 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Let There Be Light

Have fun with accent lighting. Finding just the right lighting is one of the most difficult things for me as an interior designer, but when it happens it is magic. I think of the room as the perfect little black dress with the perfect cut, the one that dresses up or down according to the occasion, a…

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