by Lora Frost | Jun 20, 2019 | Bathroom Remodel, Interior Design, Landscape Design, Outdoor Living
We are done. The job is complete. It’s exactly what the contract stated we would do. Who’s heard this before from a contractor? Over the past 16 years, I’ve worked with hundreds of contractors, male and female on residential and commercial design/build outdoor...
by Lora Frost | Apr 4, 2019 | Landscape Design, Outdoor Living
As often happens, my clients renovate both inside and outside their homes. In this case the homeowners had just finished their extensive remodel and wanted old world touches added to their home to flow through to the outside as well. Here is what the home looked like...
by Lora Frost | Mar 9, 2019 | Healthy Living, Interior Design
I have gone on multiple consultations where (typically) the male partner has set up Alexa to control the lights and it often fails when a female voice asks Alexa to turn on the lights. Multiple asks and yet no lights turn on. Have you had this experience? To preface,...
by Lora Frost | Feb 22, 2019 | Healthy Living, Interior Design
In the part one I talk about the importance of considering how you want to feel in each area of your home, how our memories contribute to how we feel about colour, along with lighting and the colour temperature of light. Check out Part One here. Today let’s dive...
by Lora Frost | Dec 13, 2018 | Healthy Living, Interior Design
I’ve always considered myself to be an adventurous soul. I love new experiences, places and foods. When my husband and I started our renovation journey nearly a year ago, we felt exhilarated and excited about the changes that would take our shell of a house to a...
by Lora Frost | Nov 28, 2018 | Interior Design
Does choosing colors for your walls make you feel like this? Have you grabbed colour sample after colour sample but none of them work, or don’t look how you imagined? Every colour of paint has unique undertones. If you remember back to art class, you’ll likely...
by Lora Frost | Nov 14, 2018 | Custom Kitchen Design, Historic Renovation
This week I want to talk about the cabinet drawers, making our full sized fridge work in our space as well how we are keeping our open shelving functional! If you’ve been following along with the Fall 2018 One Room Challenge™, then you are already pretty...
by Lora Frost | Nov 8, 2018 | Custom Kitchen Design, Historic Renovation, Interior Design
Curating what photos tell the story of the space is one of my favourite parts of project completion. And so, here is the full reveal of the finished Light Filled Folk Victorian Kitchen for the One Room Challenge™. Come on in. I could sit in this...
by Lora Frost | Nov 1, 2018 | Custom Kitchen Design, Historic Renovation, Interior Design
Last week in the One Room Challenge™, the trim had just been installed. This week we had the cabinets installed and the counters put in! I didn’t have time to paint all the trim before the cabinets came in, so I painted the lower corner by the far left window...
by Lora Frost | Oct 24, 2018 | Custom Kitchen Design, Historic Renovation, Interior Design
The drywallers came in and gave us some new walls! The dust that sanding drywall mud creates is just as fine as plaster dust, but it doesn’t spread as far as the plaster dust did. The fan shown in this photo will be moved to another room. These old fans with...