Tag: InteriorDesign
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KnowledgeABLE featuring Pamela from The Blind Thistle: Finding Your Way in the Chaos
Originally posted on Navigating Blindness: Hello there – It’s Pamela dropping in from The Blind Thistle! I’ve been invited as a guest blogger here on Navigating Blindness. I will be sharing my tips and suggestions on how to make the home a better space to navigate for the Visually-Impaired (VI). I ‘met’ Kim (the lovely…
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When your house tells you what to do
Ah no worries I haven’t gone off the deep end! I’m just talking about your home, your abode, the place you unwind, si casa…and how you style it. Have you ever thought about why you decorated your home the way you did? Did you just place things willy-nilly, choose finishes at random and hope for…
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As seen on Apartment Therapy
Ring the bells! Sound the alarms! My home was featured on Apartment Therapy under the House tours section. What an absolute great surprise I got when a complete stranger commented on my Instagram page that they had seen my home online. If you are interested in checking it out just follow me here. Let me…
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Don’t hate me because I was an Interior Designer.
I LOVE Interior Design. It was (and yes it still is) a huge part of my life. At one time I would eat, sleep and breathe Interior Design. Now let’s just get this sorted out right from the get-go…So many people confuse Interior Design with Interior Decoration. They are nowhere remotely the same thing. Surprised?…
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Existential crisis
When I could no longer work due to my deteriorating eyesight and hearing, I felt lost. I had lost my purpose, my identity, my passion and my self worth. So much of my world was tied up in what I did for a living. There was never really a time in my life that I…
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That one time I fancied myself an upholsterer…
Every single time I’ve had a piece of furniture that I thought would look great in another fabric and searched professional upholsterers I have been gobsmacked at the prices for the service. $700 to recover a side chair? I may as well go out a buy a new side chair…so I did (for cheaper). Now…
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We all gotta eat…
We all gotta eat, so we may as well eat in a spot that we enjoy, am I right? Our second make-over to our new (builder grade) home was the Dining room. We have an open concept kitchen/dining room and the dining area is seen from almost every angle of the house! It’s the first…
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Behind the curtain: Masterbath Make-over
Now that we have lived in our new house (in the country) for almost two years now, the dust has settled and we are ready to make some changes. Staring at a huge blank wall as I enter the Master bath has always been a thorn in my side. Nothing to capture your attention. Its…
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Curriculum Vitae
From a very young age I knew I wanted to do something creative. I had a love of drawing and would spend hour upon hour sitting at the table drawing cartoon characters and countless floor plans of my “dream home”. This love of creativity lead to my education and diplomas in Commerical Art and Interior…
The Blind Thistle 