Creating Timeless, Beautiful Interiors: Why Marianne Elizabeth Design is the Perfect Fit for Your Home.

Personalizing your home to your style.

Why we always recommend hiring a designer for your new build! Read all about our reasons and experience why this is always a good idea from both the clients side and the builders side.

This blog post is all about our Canoe bathroom renovations- how we decided on the overall style and colours, why we chose some of the things that we did, as well as what the bathrooms looked like before.

We recently had the pleasure of decorating a living room, dining room, & entryway for a lovely local client. She had moved in recently and needed furniture, décor, window coverings, paint, and anything else we could think of to update the main living area for around $10,000.

When it comes to renovations, there are many moving parts that contribute to a successful end-result. If those “moving parts” aren’t scheduled efficiently, it can result in extra costs and a much longer timeline. Unless you have a lot of time to spare, or are efficient in the home renovations industry, hiring a designer to execute & project manage the renovation is so important to make the renovation run smoothly.

Interior design is all about layering. Layering of materials, décor, and furniture, is what makes a space interesting, warm, and lively. Wallpaper is one of the ways to bring another layer to a space. It is an opportunity to add additional texture, pattern, and colour.

We recently completed two incredible bathrooms for some wonderful local clients, and wanted to share all about the process of that renovation. The timeline of events for this one was a little different than most of our projects, so we wanted to share that process with you!

You probably always hear that if you want a room to be bright and spacious, that you should paint the room a light colour. While this is true in many cases, there are situations where a dark colour can enhance the space and also make it feel spacious! Dark colours can cause edges of the room to blend together, giving the illusion of more space.

We sometimes get requests from clients to help them renovate their kitchen without doing a full gut. To keep costs down, they often ask what can be done to reuse some of the existing elements and work within the existing footprint. We recently finished up a couple kitchen facelifts that meets this criteria, so we wanted to share this process with you!

Styling shelves is really both a science and an art. While I admit that some people have an eye for it and some just don’t, there are still tips & tricks that anyone can learn to improve the styling of their home! In this post, I go over my best tips on how to style shelves, and I hope it will provide some helpful insight!

Our homes are supposed to be our safe space, a retreat from the hard things of this world. A place where we feel comfortable, relaxed, refreshed, and completely ourselves. Interior design plays a crucial role in whether you enjoy being in your home and whether it works for you. Interior design not only determines whether your home is a beautiful reflection of you, but also whether it is functional and serves your needs.

Who doesn’t love a white kitchen? Ok, maybe not everyone, but while some may find them boring, a white kitchen is a classic beauty that will probably always be a favourite for many people. Not only are white kitchens loved, but many people are loving white walls throughout their homes these days. It provides a fresh and modern backdrop for a minimalist style to pop.

Our Luxury Design Consultation is meant to benefit you as much as possible, meaning that the meeting process and topics of discussion are customized to what you are needing! You will receive up to 2 hours of our undivided attention, and there are a variety of ways that you can use this time and we believe that it is worth every penny.

Grey has been a very popular colour for quite some time. It’s the go-to colour for refreshing and updating walls, and for using on neutral furniture pieces. And while it’s still a great colour, the trends have shifted to warmer, earthy tones like shades of khaki and terracotta. Sage green is another widely popular colour (and a personal favourite of mine). It feels timeless and fresh all at the same time.

When the warm summer months hit, a lot of us find ourselves turning our attention to the exterior of our homes. Whether you want to create an outdoor oasis in your backyard or would rather spruce up your front porch to enjoy, summer is the perfect time to do some updates to the exterior of your home to improve the curb appeal. While we are interior designers, we can also help with improving the exterior!

Incorporating greenery into the design of a space has become a huge trend in recent years, but for those of us plant-lovers out there, we’ve known for a long time that plants make an interior better! While plants are “on trend”, they are, of course, also a timeless way to style a space. The benefits of plants include improving oxygenation, filtering the air, reducing stress and improving mood, and of course, looking beautiful.

An often overlooked design element when tile is involved is the colour of the grout. This seems like a small detail, but with experience you learn that this small detail (as well as others) makes a big impact on the look of the space! Take a look at the photo below from Merola Tile- this is the same tile shown with four different colours of grout. They each look completely different!

With the world changing a lot this year, businesses have had to adapt and offer more online services. Interior design is no exception! E-design is a luxury interior design service that you can access from the comfort of your own sofa. It’s also a more affordable approach to design.

Windows and natural light are an important design element that are often overlooked. With Spring on it’s way, we find ourselves drawn more to the outdoors and craving that sunshine! In addition, it might be the perfect time to go on a special getaway and let us handle the renovation while you’re gone.