George Herman House - Lounge Area

My vision of the lounge area at Toronto's George Herman House. It is a wonderful private area of the Healing Garden. Perfect to read, chat quietly, groom the boxwoods, tend to the herb garden wall or just hang out. 

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You must excuse my sorry excuse of a sketch. It looks more like chicken scratchings but I wanted to quickly show the seating layout and how I envisioned the wall of the garage.

Outdoor fabrics from Tonic Living:

- Slick in Mink

- Cool Stripe in Sorbet

- Sunny Side Coral

Paint for garage wall Benjamin Moore:

- Nightfall using Aura Exterior Edition sheen level Flat

(Herb garden & tree will appear to float!) 

Furniture from Ikea: 

- Ammero seating as sofas

- Ammero ottoman

BonaVista Pools:

Planika Fire Jar

To see more excellent concepts by the many wonderful bloggers volunteering with Bloggers Give Back you can check out our website! To find out more about the wonderful work the George Herman House is doing for women with mental illness please visit their website. If you'd like to donate it's simple almost as simple as clicking here!

Kravet Has Me Feeling Blue

Yesterday Kravet hosted a Social Media Event for Designers and Decorators out of the Designers Walk Resource Centre. Jennifer Powell, Kravet's Social Media Coordinator from NYC opened the morning with an overview of how important FB, Twitter, LinkedIn & Blogging are in the business of design. I've been tweeting (off and on) for a couple of years and blogging for a few years but I still took away some valuable information. 

After Jennifer's presentation Toronto Designers Meredith Heron and Lisa Ferguson joined her on stage for a panel discussion on Social Media. I'll go out on a limb here and say every single person in the room realized the potential boost social media can bring to their business after hearing Meredith and Lisa's excellent examples of how they've personally benefited.

As dry as it all sounds, it was all about social media after all and not one Kravet fabric was seen, it was a ton of fun and there where many laughs...at and with Meredith. Teasing Meredith...we all stalk admire Stephen Drucker! 

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1.     Kravet Couture: Interpretation

2.     Kravet hand tied area rug: All Over Suzani

3.     Kravet:

        -  Delta Sofa with brass caps

        - Kravet silk upholstery fabric for sofa

        - Kravet piping cord for sofa 

        1st Dibs:

        - Cocktail table

4.     Kravet:

        - Murcia Chairs

        - Kravet blue silk upholstery fabric for chairs

        - Kravet contrast piping cord for chairs

        1st Dibs:

        - Large brass palm trees

        - Seahorse side table

        - Globe

5.      Kravet gold leaf glass insert console table

         1st Dibs gilded coral table lamps

6.      1st Dibs copper crayfish

         1st Dibs crab dish

I wanted to thank Kravet for the great day but wasn't sure how until I saw the pillow at the top of this post. The board above is inspired by the pillow and features Kravet furniture, rug, fabric and trim for a sophisticated living room...somewhere where it is summer year round and has a view of the ocean and a sandy beach out the windows. 

Thank you Kravet for the inspiration!

Kravet items are available to the trade. Contact me if you'd like help creating a your dream living room!

Defining What Inspires You

Just looking at what inspires me for my ensuite/dressing room. The ensuite it ready for the radiant subfloor. Yay! But I've not ordered it yet. Boo! But the tile is ready and waiting at StoneTile. Yay! But I haven't found a source for the distressed mirror wall. Boo!


But I've got lots to do this week including tomorrow's Designer's social media event at Kravet. 


Kravet's social media coordinator extraordinaire, Jennifer Powell, is going to be in Toronto & Montreal spreading the word, to Designers, the benefits of having an online presence. If you didn't already know, Kravet has a great blog you need to Follow called Inspired.Talk. , has a Facebook Page for you to Like and of course you will find them Tweeting all kinds of beautiful and useful info!