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Decorate as You Dress — Flower Power!!
May 18, 2012
I am way overdue for a Decorate as You Dress blog post and the recent purchase of these fabulous floral wedge heels inspired me. Aren’t they absolutely gorgeous for spring/summer. And what an easy look to incorporate into your home decor this season. Love the feminine chintz pattern on these seat cushions (image from Style at Home magazine)
Here are a few more images from the same home featured in the April Colour issue of Style at Home Magazine.
And of course, you can never go wrong with having fresh flowers in every room!!
In the latest spring issue of Dabble Magazine I wrote how Florals in home decor are a constant trend during the spring/summer season. You can read my latest column here.
So, will you incorporate something flowery into your closet and home decor this season. Let me know by leaving a comment below!!
Happy Victoria Day long weekend to my fellow Canadian friends!!
Glamorously yours,
Christine xoxo
Glamour Friday: Purple Passion
May 4, 2012
I love anything purple and when I saw this stunning purple bedroom designed by Annsley McAleer of Annsley Interiors, I was instantly hooked!
Everything about this room is a Glam Slam! From the floral headboard, to its curvy sexy shape and the solid purple banding that give it that extra oomph!! Love the fabric of the long bolster cushion with the hits of gold and orange. And the beautiful gold-leaf chandelier is the perfect finishing touch….like long dangly earrings accessorizing the perfect outfit.
The ever-popular x-bench is a staple everyone should have in their home. The rich details of the gold mirror above bring out the gold and orange in the fabric. By painting the legs purple this traditional looking bench now has a glamorous edge to it. I think it is absolutely perfect!
And then…..these chairs…Oh la la!!! I think I’ve died and gone to heaven! I’ve been trying to find out the name of this style of chair so if you know what this chair is called please let me know. Are they not stunning or what? The purple stripe detailing and piping give it that glam chic look I love!! And any mirrored furniture is definitely a friend of mine!
So what do you think? Are you in love with this bedroom as much as I am? Would you have these chairs in your home? I know I would!!
If you are looking to glamorize your bedroom with some purple touches, then send me a message through email, Facebook or Twitter! I would love to help!
Glamorously yours,
Christine xoxo
Glamour Friday: Wallpaper Obsessed!
March 23, 2012
Hi Everyone,
Hope you all had a fantastic March break last week. As you know, I was down at Walt Disney World with my hubby and my two girls so this last week has been major catch up on some client projects that I am finishing up.
Today I was at Crown Wallpaper & Fabrics with a client looking at wallpaper for her powder room (one of the last rooms I am decorating for her) and so I couldn’t resist showing you some beautiful wallpapers that can make a huge difference in the look of your home!
I’m a bit biased towards Candice Olsen’s line of wallpapers since she adorns the walls of my dining room and my eldest daughter’s bedroom. Now get ready for some wallpaper porn!!
This is the wallpaper my client chose for her powder room. It’s called Shadow Flowers and has the most amazing texture. I can’t wait to show you the powder room once it if finished.
Wallpaper are available in lovely neutral colours….where you go bold is with the pattern…but when it is tone on tone, a very glamorous, elegant look is achieved. 
Or you can go wild with colour….and you know how much I love purple!! Paired with neutral grey chairs, this living room truly becomes unforgettable!
So fabulous and what an easy way to create impact in your dining or living room!
Want to create oomph when your guests walk into your home? Than wallpaper your foyer or entryway with dramatic wallpaper.
Of course, the bedroom is an obvious choice for wallpaper and you can go as subtle, glam or over – the-top as the pictures below show.
I’m a huge advocate of wallpapering a child’s room. My only advice is do NOT go juvenile. Your child is going to grow out of child-like designs…so keep that in mind when choosing the design.
This wallpaper is very pretty with the little pink bunnies….but when the little girl becomes a teenager she just may get sick of those bunnies.
As you may recall from this previous post, I am updating both my daughters’ bedrooms. I chose Candice Olson’s Dark Pink Mini Daisy Spot (image below) for my daughter’s bedroom when she was 6 years old. She is now turning 10 in a few months and this wallpaper will grow with her into her teens. Her room is almost complete and I can’t wait to show it to you here.
If wallpaper still intimidates you, but you are dying to try it in a room in your home, then the powder room is the perfect place to start. It’s a small room so the investment will be minimal, you’re not in there a lot (I hope) so you won’t get sick of it and your guests will enjoy the scenery while they use the amenities.
This is my powder room. I wanted high impact with lots of glam! And I wanted my guests to feel like they were being wrapped in black velvet every time they stepped into this room. Almost 4 years later, and it is still one of my favourite rooms that I have decorated.
I’m also in the midst of redecorating my office and these photos definitely inspire me.
I’m thinking of using this pattern but in blue versus the pinky-red. I will let you know what I decide.
Well, I hope you stayed to the end of this very long post and I hope I was able to convince you to wallpaper at least one room in your home this year! Let me know what you decide.
If you want to know how to decorate your home for 2012, then contact me online or via twitter…I’d love to help!
Glamorously yours,
Christine xoxo
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Colour Trends & Decorating Ideas Seminar!
February 17, 2012
Happy Friday!! Just thought I would let you know that my good friend Leigh-Ann Allaire-Perralt is speaking at a decorating seminar next Tuesday at 7p.m.
So if you are in the area of Oakville, then come on by and say hello to me and Leigh-Ann. All the details are below!!
Hope to see you there!! Have a great Family Day weekend if you are in Ontario!! And if not, then have a super weekend anyway!!
Glamorously yours,
Christine xoxo
Project Orange & Pink: Homework Room Vision Board
January 12, 2012
If you read my 2012 personal decorating project list in my Jan 4th post (click here to read it) then you know that I am converting my daughters’ playroom into a homework room.
I’m just finishing up the layout and elevations but I wanted to show you my vision board for the homework room that I designed on Olioboard.
The colour palette is orange and pink and this gorgeous contemporary floral wallpaper is the inspiration for the room!
The wallpaper is from Printers Guild Productions. My 2 girls have given me the go ahead so I will be purchasing this stunner next week!!
Most of the furniture will be coming from IKEA and if you want to see the list of furniture for the homework room, just click on my Olioboard here for the details. I want to keep this room on a tight budget but my one splurge will be the wallpaper!!
I’m getting really excited about this room….can’t wait to show you some little surprises I have in store. Until then, Happy Decorating!!
If you want to know how to decorate your home for 2012, then contact me online or via twitter…I’d love to help!
Glamorously yours,
Christine xoxo
BTW: This vision board is the first one I have completed and then published on Olioboard. If creating vision boards for rooms is something you think you would enjoy doing then head over to their site and register your profile. And I warn you…it can get addictive!!
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Decorate As You Dress: Tangerine Tango!!
January 9, 2012
This is the first “Decorate As You Dress” blog post of the year and I thought why not start it off with Pantone’s 2012 Colour of the year: Tangerine Tango!!
“Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to it,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “Reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset, Tangerine Tango marries the vivaciousness and adrenaline rush of red with the friendliness and warmth of yellow, to form a high-visibility, magnetic hue that emanates heat and energy.”
Now let’s take a look at how you can incorporate this vivacious colour into your wardrobe or home decor:
I absolutely adore this spring coat as much as I adore this headboard. Now that’s the way to add some POP into your room!!
On the other hand, this kitchen is definitely over the top orange which is something I would NOT recommend doing in your home but I would definitely wear that cute orange outfit above.
Pops of orange like these counter stools or the dining room chairs below is a much palatable way to go with decorating your home in this hue! And used with whites is a sure-fire way to garner positive attention.
Definitely much more refined looking when such a bright colour is used as more of an accent!
But if you want to stop traffic at your next gala event, then this gown is the way to go!!! STUNNING!!
And just as stunning is this front door. What a way to welcome guests to your home!
I’m actually coveting this glorious wallpaper along with these oh so glam Steve Madden shoes!!! Be still my beating heart!!
In case you want to run out and paint a feature wall in this colour, Benjamin Moore has a similar colour called Tangerine Melt CC-091.
If I have inspired you to incorporate this wonderful colour into your home or closet, here are a few tips:
1) This hue is magical when used as an accent against a neutral background, especially with greys!
2) Don’t be afraid to use in colour combinations such as blue & orange or pink & orange!
Wow, I love this glamorous girly look for my Glam Cave!!
3) Don’t be shy about incorporating this colour into your wardrobe or home decor…start off small, then go from there!
Like this or like this……
4) This colour is not for everyone so if it doesn’t suit your skin tone or you absolutely hate anything orange in your home, then DON”T DO IT!! Instead try Benjamin Moore’s 2012 colour of the year: Wythe Blue (HC-143). I’ll blog about this colour later this week.
So tell me….are you ready to tango with the tangerine?
If you want to know how to decorate your home for 2012, then contact me online or via twitter…I’d love to help!
Glamorously yours,
Christine xoxo
Couldn’t resist this last image!! Want this look for spring!!
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Christmas Rewind 2011
December 30, 2011
Wow….I can’t believe 2011 is almost over. I shut down for a bit over the holidays to spend time with my husband and 2 daughters. It’s not too often that the girls and I have our #1 man for a solid week….so I decided to just focus on the family!
But I did promise you a peak into my Christmas decor so here is “Christine’s Christmas Rewind”. We had a wonderful holiday with family and friends over on Christmas eve AND day!! A bit crazy and hectic, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
My darling glamour girls in front of our white Glamour tree in the living room.
Every year I purchase a few new ornaments for my white glamour tree. This year my husband bought me this gorgeous chandelier with lots of bling from a Christmas Store. Isn’t it gorgeous!!
Another chandelier ornament I got this year…..and believe it or not, I got this one at Wal-Mart. I love mixing high and low ornaments on my tree.
My white tree is always a Blue/White & Silver theme with lots of birds and diamond crystal motifs.
I haven’t been into tree toppers for the last few years and instead prefer to add fullness via decorations at the top.
Another new chandelier ornament I picked up this year.
Diamonds are always a girl’s’ best friend!!
The four of us have personalized silver ornaments on the tree each year!
This is my fireplace mantle in the living room….again all glamour with lots of sparkle!
Don’t you love my ice crystals….they look like diamond chips or frozen ice chips on my mantle.
This is my stunning 3-piece mosaic Christmas tree that greets visitors when they walk into the front foyer. It can look blue or purple depending on the light.
This is my console table in the foyer. Unfortunately, my purple feather wreath fell off the mirror above so I just set it behind my purple decor boxes.
If you look in the mirror you can see one of my 2’ foot Santa on the staircase landing.
The girls love my miniature purple trees and of course, the purple Diva Deer (as we nicknamed her). She oversees the family room purple tree!
And here is our purple passion Christmas tree that resides in the family room!!
And of course, we all have ornaments that reflect our personalities! Yup, that fancy shoe is mine! 
A Mickey Mouse keepsake from one of our Disney March Break vacations.
Our eldest is a budding equestrian.
Our youngest is the dancer of the family.
Butterflies, birds and peacock feathers is a common theme with our decor this year.
I purchased a few fun ornaments like this chevron one and the polka-dot one below!! (sorry for the blurry shots)
I chose orange and green accents to offset all the purple this year.
I used lots of purple wrapping paper to pretty up the bottom of the tree.
We hosted 15 guests on Christmas eve and had a seafood extravaganza of lobster, crab and jumbo shrimp. Mmmmmmm, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
My husband is the cook and I set the table….one of my most favourite things to do when we are entertaining.
This year all my guests took home this crystal diamond ornament used as a napkin ring.
Place settings are also a must!
One of my favourite traditions each holiday season is putting a cracker by each place setting. Everyone wears their silly paper hats and each person has a chance to read out their funny joke to the table. My holiday crackers are actually purple but they look blue in this picture.
And then this is what we woke up to Christmas morning!l 
Hope you too had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. Thanks for hanging out while I did a not-so-quick Christmas rewind.
All the best heading into new year’s eve!!
Christine xoxo
All Photos: Decor by Christine
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Christmas Inspiration Day 5: A glimpse into my Christmas decorating theme
December 8, 2011
Believe it or not, I’m still not 100% finished decorating my home even though I started at the end of November!! And I won’t be getting my real tree until this weekend. But in the meantime, I though I would show you how I have incorporated my Purple passion Christmas theme into my home so far!!
If you know me well, then you know how much I love wine. So it only makes sense that my dining room table centrepiece is made out of full length wine staves from the barrel. And its the perfect vessel to display my ornaments.
I’m really pleased how my purple ornaments in varying sizes along with my purple table runner look on my dining room table. It’s very dramatic and glamorous flanked by my mirrored candelabras.
My Lucite reindeer and snowballs are on prominent display on my sideboard, alongside my mother’s silver tea/coffee set that she gave me so it has a lot of sentimental value (BTW: it needs a good polishing)
These snowballs are just Styrofoam balls with fake snow glued all over…..what an easy DIY project. I actually found these at the Dollar Store and thought they were fabulous!! And a great deal!!
On my other sideboard, I added a very glamorous mirrored tray to house my bar accessories. Love my glittery nutcracker hidden among the martini utensils and wine decanter.
My purple theme will flow into the family room with the real tree as the focal point – once my hubby chops it down this weekend. So right now all I have decorated is the mantel and a side console table. The fireplace is not finished because I haven’t hung the stockings yet. I bought some really gorgeous purple peacock feathered stockings at the end of the season last year so I am looking forward to putting them up. They will go perfectly with my purple & green peacock feathered trees.
That’s a purple fur throw in the brown basket by the fireplace.
Here’s a close up of my feathered trees….aren’t they stunning???
I love symmetry as you can see by the way I displayed my candle holders and trees on the mantle. Once the room is finished I will put up new pictures so you can see the final result.
And of course, we need more sparkle with my sparkly purple cones by the hearth. Christmas is definitely the time to go overboard with lots of sparkle, glitz and glamour!!!
One of the accent colours to go with my purple theme is orange and bronze…and I showcase this colour scheme with an assortment of ornaments in these colours. I found these adorable and very glam deer and the tiny nutcracker at Bouclair. My 2 daughters love the glittery purple deer.
Here’s a better look! Have you noticed the feather theme going on here!! Feathers are very hot this season in ornaments.
Next week I will show you my purple tree in all its glory, the foyer AND my white glamour tree that resides in front of the living room window for all to see!. Yes, every year I have 2 trees!
Well I hope you enjoyed a peek into my Christmas decor, and that I was able to inspire your own Christmas decorating in some way.
Leave me a comment and tell me how you are decorating you home for Christmas this year.
Glamorously yours,
Christine xoxo
Purple Passion Wednesday: Glamorous Living Room
November 9, 2011
Wow, what’s not to love in this glamorous & gorgeous living room!
It’s got all the elements required to make it a Glam Slam!!
- High ceilings painted in aubergine
- Tall windows with purple drapery
- A grandiose ornate mirror over the fireplace
- My favourite: the over scale lilac tufted ottoman
- Velvet sofa in a plum fabric
- A variety of toss cushions in varying shades of purple!
Stunning!! What do you think?
If you are looking to create a glamorous living room in your home, then call or email me.
Glamorously yours,
Christine xoxo
Camera Ready!! CHCH TV Decor Segment
November 8, 2011
Hi Everyone, So last week I had an opportunity literally fall into my lap via Twitter. An assignment editor for CHCH News in Hamilton tweeted that she needed someone to talk about Christmas decorating Trends – STAT!!
I raised my hand on Twitter and the next day I was filming at Sheridan Nurseries with Lisa Hepfner, a CHCH News Reporter.
You can watch the short segment at this link: Christmas-decor-red-green-and-aubergine.
Black and silver is hot this season for Christmas tree decorating. Lots of Glitz and Glamour!!
Aubergine and chartreuse are still very popular this year.
And one tree is not enough!! Many families are having 2 to 3 trees in their home. One for the family room, one “adult” tree and one tree for the kids (i.e.: in their bedroom or playroom)
How adorable are these decorations for a child’s tree.
And forget about tree toppers….they are so passé!!! Just add extra fullness at the top of the tree.
Christmas is my most favourite season….and I am so looking forward to beginning my holiday decorating. What about you?
Glamorously yours,
Christine xoxo
Special thanks to Christine and Lisa from CHCH News and Sheridan Nurseries for letting us tape inside their Mississauga/Oakville location on such short notice.
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