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A Visit To The Toronto Interior Design Show
We had a chance to visit this year’s Toronto Interior Design Show (IDS) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It was an amazing opportunity to pick up some ideas and incorporate a few trends into our creations. What stuck us was the infusion of bright, exciting colours to interior decor that were combined with different shades of grey. It’s an easy trend to incorporate into any room and it really brightens up your house. Another cool display we couldn’t take our eyes off of at the IDS was a room set up as a 450-square-foot apartment divided into three main sections – living room, kitchen and bedroom. The most unusual feature in this apartment was that the...
Read MoreElegant Changes Heads Offshore For Our Latest Project
Ahoy mateys! Elegant Changes has taken to the water for our latest project. We’ve just finished decorating the interior of a Beneteau Oceanis 41 yacht, proving that great design isn’t just limited to your home. Our latest project was thanks to Anchor Yachts, who have the 2012 Oceanis 41 on display at the Toronto Boat Show (you can still see it – the show is on until Sunday, January 22 at the Direct Energy Centre, Toronto). As always, we love the opportunity to strut our stuff, especially with such an unexpected decor setting. We’ve been decorating boat interiors for many years now, and we love to think outside of the decor box. Back to boats – we specialize in...
Read MoreElegant Changes Hosts Customer Appreciation Event
On Thursday, October 27, Elegant Changes hosted our annual Customer Appreciation Event. Guests were treated to munchies, drinks, sweets and guest speakers, who included Sandy Fields from Maxwell Fabrics and Julia Ramsdale from Crown Wallpaper. Sandy spoke about fabric trends coming up for 2012 as well as going green with fabric (not the colour, the eco-friendly fabric!). This green fabric is tested for harmful emissions and substances, so not only is it good for the environment, it’s good for your family too! Julia talked about inspiration from the fashion runway and how it affects our choices in decor. Attendees learned how these trends affect our choices in colour...
Read MoreDo you need help decorating a childrens’ room?
We’ve put togeter some tips on decorating your child’s room: 1. looking in your child’s favorite books, magazines, decorating books, and even get ideas online. You’ll get great inspiration for a theme. 2. Be sure to involve an older child by getting his or her ideas and choose favorite colors, favorite sports or artistic interests, or story or movie characters, like Harry Potter or Spiderman. 3. Shop for fabric, wallpaper or border paper that will re…inforce your chosen theme. Select a main print that will set the tone for the whole room. 4. Choose a background color to use on the painted walls, floors, and ceiling. Use your main fabric...
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