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The Case of 3am

April 30, 2010 – 1:00 am

I frequently wake at 3 in the morning with an intense case of the ceiling-stares. You can learn a lot about yourself when you’re laying in the dark, chasing fleeting thoughts and shadow ghosts. Vivid imagery will dance across my mind, taunting and teasing with intensity so deep I’m compelled to create. Yet sometimes the [...]

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WTF Wednesday: Creative Boundaries Edition

April 28, 2010 – 1:00 am

Sifting through the endless stacks of fabric, I was startled when the door flung open to reveal a walking cloud of UPS piss and vinegar.  The year was 2003. Nelly Furtado had just released Folklore, the much-anticipated follow-up album to Whoa Nelly and wouldn’t you know, this delivery guy was ticked. All these years later, [...]

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I See Music – Do What You Have To Do

April 23, 2010 – 1:00 am

{If you’re reading this via email, click the title to watch the video.} As a singer and interior designer, music fuels my work. I don’t – can’t – won’t – design anything without music. I need a playlist. A theme song. An anthem. I need to feel the rhythms that supercharge your senses, and translate [...]

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Volcanoes & Creative Juice

April 19, 2010 – 1:00 am

There are some projects that slowly seep into your creative consciousness like a leaking faucet.  Drip… there’s the window treatment… drip… there’s the wall colour… drip… there’s the moulding profile… drip… drip… aaaaaand, project finished. Then there are the, “Dude, what the hell happened to my creative juice?” sort of projects.  Like, crickets.  As in, [...]

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WTF Wednesday – Cracks in the Decorative Pavement Edition

April 14, 2010 – 1:00 am

I’m talking about baseboards. Cheap, white baseboards, specifically. So if yours look like this: For the love of God, DON’T highlight them as though they’re some sort of architectural feature. When they’re this, ahem, dainty they look like racing stripes. And not the sexy kind. Oh, and stock up on these. No matter what colour [...]

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  • Previously:

    • Rock Your Rental ~ The Uphill Climb
    • Rock Your Rental ~ From Frustration to Inspiration
    • Rental Purgatory, You Say?
    • Are You Ready? I’m About to Rock Your Rental
    • Holla. A Little on the Madness that was March. Er, Winter.
    • ‘Decorating’ & Unraveling the Cringe Factor
    • The Dichotomy of Design
    • Jack Move
    • Style vs. Substance
    • I See Music – Kashmir
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