Best of Luxury Linen

Visitors requested a look at my bestsellers so here they are. Clicking the image will open the relative page of my web site. Veronica Celeste celeste It’s like a favorite shirt that feels wonderful from the moment you put it on. Only the finest Egyptian cotton is woven to a chamois-like softness. Grande Hotel grandhotel [...]

Table Linens to Dine for.

Fall is just around the corner and kids are getting ready to return to school. Just in the past week I’ve noticed slight changes in the colors of the magnificent foliage at Van Dusen Gardens. For inspiration I always return to nature and locally nothing matches Van Dusen. french knot festival On Sunday I drove [...]

Stainless steel basket weave fireplace, custom made!

Stainless steel basket weave fireplace, custom made! steelfireplace Originally designed and built as a standarad height fireplace surround for a client in the film industry, upon installation I was asked if it could possibly be made to ceiling height. Sure it could. Would it fit in the elevator? Nope, but how could I turn down [...]

The World’s Highest Threadcount.

You hear a lot of conflicting information these days about thread count in bedding collections, but a high thread count is only one factor. For luxury quality, the fiber has to be long staple Egyptian cotton and the Italian finishing is still unequaled. Now, 1020 Thread count is determined by counting each single yarn in [...]

Roller Shades, Blinds and Drapes Control Sunlight Glare and Offer Privacy.

Window coverings products allow Vancouver residents to address sunlight control management for privacy, glare, heat and style. They include roller shades blinds, shutters, and all fabric treatments such as drapes, sheers, valances, panels, and drapery hardware, remote control systems and more.

Bathroom Makeovers

Today I am working on a new project in White Rock which has the most unusual bathtub which I am ripping out as part of the project. I will post the picture of this tub next week under “this gotta go!” and include more images of this design job next week. For now I thought [...]

Vancouver Public Library Window Treatments for Privacy, Style and Light Control

This interior design project for Veronica Wakeham and Terra Nova Interiors was to deliver functional solutions for privacy and light control in a style which would compliment the great architecture of the Vancouver Public Library. Our selection and professional installation of custom roller shades provided elegance, shade and privacy for the boardrooms of the popular Vancouver venue.

True Image

A good interior designer learns to read between the lines to uncover client goals. What motivates them, awakens their passion, delights and excites them? Surely not a cookie cutter approach that does not reflect the real person and hopefully not me as a designer. It’s dangerous to paste my style upon every person. I prefer [...]

Measuring a Nanny Kitchen for a Granite Counter Top

On Sunday I met with my electrical and granite trades in the Caulfield residence and in particular to go over their work in the nanny kitchen. By now the old appliances had been removed and the old cabinets and countertop demo’d and taken away. The existing upstairs formal kitchen countertop was made of granite and [...]

Constantly Monitor the Interior Design Project

Obstacles will arise, one way or another, in all design projects. I have found the best policy is to become a constant monitor of virtually everything and to funnel all tasks and deadlines through one informed source – the designer, me. Not just from schedule, to coordination of trades, to tracking deliveries and materials, but [...]