First Impressions

<img alt="Patricia Gray Inc Hamilton " border="0" height="687" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU25sSfjAcb_vnyKtF0PZw_skoNxnnsSdm0iUQrbRblh_emT3x4JVqjCKyEargoEqIGbwlwZXJ_FHVSU9Yy2t9x1-lhJ6ECZT5SGeCvnMjVhLhDlP9Wno4F5sdJXfIbXTdaoH95Zkq-Isq/?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="610" /> <br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />I was meeting with a client recently about a new home they are building and I was discussing my philosophy of the importance in creating an environment that nurtures and supports the needs and lifestyles of the occupants. There is so much more than meets the eye when designing a home. I am reminded by what I was taught by my feng shui instructor and mentor <a href="http://www.yunlintemple.org/professor.htm" target="_blank">Grandmaster Professor Thomas Lin Yun</a>: ‘when you enter a space it takes your body and psyche tens seconds to adjust to the space – either in a negative or a positive way.’ Our homes are living and dynamic vessels that either optimally support us, or support us in a diminished capacity. Is your home all it can be? <br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <br />Photo: </span><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/projects/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Patricia Gray Inc</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">; Artwork: <a href="http://www.marthasturdy.com/sculpture/twists/twists-3/" target="_blank">Martha Sturdy</a>, </span><a href="http://bau-xi.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=22" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Tom Burrows</span></a>; <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photography: <a href="http://www.rogerbrooks.ca/" target="_blank">Roger Brooks</a></span> </div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">PATRICIA GRAY INC</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> is an award winning interior design firm in Vancouver. Here we write about lifestyle and <br />WHAT'S HOT in the world of interior design, architecture, art and travel. <br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">2011 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™</a></span></div><br />

First Impressions

I was meeting with a client recently about a new home they are building and I was discussing my philosophy of the importance in creating ...

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A Perfect White Geranium

<p> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipy0gbMNHL5iV133HiRu4RSul-s0lxkhfIfZuY9g36fjHeVW5lBug-Fu4nO_Zi0r-Y9X2qSFaBNtIV6MNKkgCD6wgb7MkGGwd5utw3PNoDhdba2d6kCDs2A81o0nET-_V_lkXiZ62R-r_7/s1600-h/Patricia%252520Gray%252520Perfect%252520Geranium_1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Patricia Gray Perfect Geranium_1" border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizH4WsQasc0K8k-s2y6yFXMXi94u2DV0mVfiuKlhXXQPnHVbsyrOttzxOjCtRZ5Kxi9IDAPeLgIbe7iGwMcI1y-UrWSa39XO9xwygNox4vXvbmD5u0KZvguv4cBLA2OEpnoYOJTNm1eGZH/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="Patricia Gray Perfect Geranium_1" width="610" /></a> <br />To my delight and surprise this morning I found this last perfect white geranium in my garden as the nights are turning cold and crisp and we are rapidly approaching winter. It is hardy and pure.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/"><font size="1">PATRICIA GRAY INC</font></a><font size="1"> is an award winning interior design firm in Vancouver. Here we write about lifestyle and <br />WHAT'S HOT in the world of interior design, architecture, art and travel. <br />2011 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™</font></p>

A Perfect White Geranium

  To my delight and surprise this morning I found this last perfect white geranium in my garden as the nights are turning cold and cr...

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HOMEFRONT

<div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">In pursuit of happy endings……..</span></div><br />I have been published this month in <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Homefront-Patricia-Gray.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Homefront-Patricia-Gray.pdf</a> magazine<a href="http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=81780" target="_blank">.</a> Thank-you to Homefront’s Editor-in-Chief, Caroline Tapp-McDougall and writer, Lindsay Jackson.<a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Homefront-Patricia-Gray.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEKNMcIyHkycNjrIxwncx9L2ECFvTeLXl7efPqRDkoZwlMowMIsaI4wLOxVWzgNDUTutaJh30UKAijnBdHRuCO9M_xKim5c7U-eoSc58XeqUnh8Fn77KA6R3byyY8IErlA1kmicMhrIYB/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 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="620" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Homefront-Patricia-Gray.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsLqPl8QEpjlpmuI-ve0Cx4T1wmfFDwZNyQpJqtJf85OWwlb4U4udFMkRqdbXQqUm1F9dS_ww8dfJuXbmb29_MydP5wQduaSXAwpXu1pTQFP4Q6NqljhxDKKY0B8v_s0ZZFUKZ6G_eaPZ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver " width="620" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Homefront-Patricia-Gray.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUISpa1vmlURGXo5lRwmD35oBuiB6ppaSGsTcyGf490zNOXFXozUbUbMyOD03wu2CD_K85b3cEyrnewsED8Vb0E9aC94SwMJrSOlmFYBDJnr7hweXRBESZH_nw44j3EwvOkF9tew5wNdf-/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 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="620" /></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photos courtesy Natasha Duff of </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Meade Design Group</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Homefront-Patricia-Gray.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMv7_MLoy-XrHx7Y3prpS7A5gqWmvleAbSp5fWhFZmXX84U7I5UC9-4zUCjoouiZbGwYxBPMjzXI4Vl3ewtMoqxTXNollUbXAMPUHaNVdNcJD2eX-mOz3nnUclqzeVZFOcicL4pL0b3H3/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver " width="89" /></a>Click on the PDF icon to read the whole article.<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">PATRICIA GRAY INC</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> is an award winning interior design firm in Vancouver. Here we write about lifestyle and <br />WHAT'S HOT in the world of interior design, architecture, art and travel. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">2011 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog</a></span></div><br />

HOMEFRONT

In pursuit of happy endings…….. I have been published this month in http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/Homefront-Patricia-Gray.pdf magazin...

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Interior Design Russia

<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/PatriciaGray_Interior_Design_Magazine_Private.pdf" target="_blank"><img align="left" alt="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray" border="0" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqjScrYUcwEBTGm4IPf7Ba6EETDy3Sbd6lHGLCoVKqDTqFa3PbMIykDyq7uyxizA8xRJHvXPI4Z0u_eoMFH-9a1fj18XVV02vN3pjfmdpssloIIc3bGEzti_NopARRE_ajtG3ik4tdLTG/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray" width="318" /></a>Well I have just been published in Interior Design magazine in Russia. We really live in a global world and it is exciting to be so connected by the internet, blogging, Facebook, Twitter and all the new and evolving forms of social media. For those of you who don’t read Russian I have included a translation to English at the bottom of this article. Click on the <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/PatriciaGray_Interior_Design_Magazine_Private.pdf" target="_blank">PDF icon</a>. You can read the magazine <a href="http://issuu.com/1884/docs/id092011?mode=window" target="_blank">here</a>. It is very interesting to see what the design trends are in that part of the world. I think that they are very contemporary and ‘cutting edge.’ My article starts on Page 90. Let me know what you think.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/PatriciaGray_Interior_Design_Magazine_Private.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray-1" border="0" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1oqElc8i6SEAidQWdDSUHxHJdyRp9Ji75EJ1lrPT6Q78mKN2jqWy2aXt4k6491DjuOqqVLiB-zLD86iVHr7kEAFr4k20Tg9FScPoqX9_uzPtRklbmqFnx90zwMiDqX37me6g1Yb21gMf/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray-1" width="640" /></a><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/PatriciaGray_Interior_Design_Magazine_Private.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray-2" border="0" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXRt_Fy-H1wwHcLPbukBvgweKvm7dydWMLD4N0dcU83z7gWFpsxqJFVQZ7fAgFGZH_2_WHbDhC1YiMgsL0wkhmP3iqhEZ2hee2PFkheZuLMKuKRdda4JeusmBXP7CtvXEZlvKA8Gi2ZUz/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray-2" width="640" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/PatriciaGray_Interior_Design_Magazine_Private.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray-3" border="0" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGvhzRf3dCbVaTnxQIKA0gJY0-aVDagUvEjGSJgvjP5uFtQoKtP_KL4dwjQVHm3sURBWiX7duI7mGhck93vr0w6L4JXsNy4PC_ZkxvuGFXimOdmve-VIkUZorp4N74gO-2JU1Pf5aKSeo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray-3" width="640" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/PatriciaGray_Interior_Design_Magazine_Private.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray -4" border="0" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQszkjhLcUvPeDcYM2Tz-OJ94y5HFzbfk7Z8inp-8EcbIHq6ynMOXOI2gWgZL_7QrEUiDBbXGFkzzCwvHwOpxvpPeBtRfEgniOATBsqazARHgxGGkwskUeCwAWUbIy4NEF72eItvQwtmE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray -4" width="640" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/PatriciaGray_Interior_Design_Magazine_Private.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray-5" border="0" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1LY-mUJcwAFH-3miW1PXyp80nKDrcqjnNjWcEhv-9_UTNH_ZSjf6Oe-VE6hrxhUPNVkbLXFrVkKmuDQGv-f4rjRrudWkglCjnmMpngLWWCHaMFfDO85qFi2ft7oNZOePrBcb5EfpWFIs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Interior Design_Private_Patricia Gray-5" width="640" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/PatriciaGray_Interior_Design_Magazine_Private.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrEfGWtkfbscGx5AhCb5YUiNRyhTYqiA5AYFEiojkkMl_IQ-lCKcvLlBYZa6dQWbRKuwuZKbkjrwKhBVq0-5PW5zHOC8-5o9Ixe5seS6DWHpxpaT2HWFEtu5lWj2HscEEBhX1JgFxwWBaZ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" width="152" /></a> Click on the PDF icon to read the whole article with translation.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/"><font size="1">PATRICIA GRAY INC</font></a><font size="1"> is an award winning interior design firm in Vancouver writing about lifestyle and <br />WHAT'S HOT in the world of interior design, architecture, art and travel. <br /></font><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/"><font size="1">2011 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™</font></a></p>

Interior Design Russia

Well I have just been published in Interior Design magazine in Russia. We really live in a global world and it is exciting to be so connecte...

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