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A boutique firm specializing in interiors that epitomize a perfected aesthetic: classic with an edge.
Never tied to any one style, I always strive for a timeless appeal, a casual elegance and a sense of effortless living. My goal is to create personal and evocative spaces which convey a sense of pride, comfort and excitement about returning home each day.
Ive watched butterflies forever but i've never seen it quite like this ! Shot in-slow motion. Something so ordinary is suddenly discovered to be extraordinary.
Slow motion reveals the most delicate little acrobat - rolling completely over, twisting turning, darting left and right. Fast and then slow. It moves through space as though the air itself is carrying it. Butterfly. What a perfect name. 🦋 .
08/12/2026
So much fun to reinvent my workspace.
08/09/2026
New work digs.
A beautiful piece of stone.
Good light.
A view I never tire of.
My favourite things gathered around me.
It feels a little like a cappuccino bar, a little like a studio, and very much like my new favourite place to be. . .
08/05/2026
Hay bales! I’d call this meeting to order, but I think we’re all aligned. Motion carried and meeting adjourned.
Scattered and separate across this field these bales are each facing in the same direction. There is a real AND SENSE OF PEACE in this alignment and perhaps a sense of shared purpose. Is there a life lesson here?
Where in my own life could alignment bring me more peace?
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08/02/2026
Rainy day fun. Arts and Crafts at an outdoor table under an umbrella. I strung together driftwood I’ve been carrying for months. Hung them by my A-frame, juxtaposed against the old maple trunk now home to mushrooms. Two trunks, side by side, one weathered, one reimagined. Rain on Sunday but there was beauty. Beauty is everywhere. is mindful.
07/31/2026
Full moon in blues and greens.
I visited Biidaasige Park (“bee-daw-si-geh” and meaning “sunlight shining toward us” in Anishinaabemowin), the massive, 40-hectare waterfront park in Toronto’s Port Lands.
It features the “Badlands Scramble,” a water-play area modeled after the iconic Cheltenham Badlands. Located at the foot of Cherry Street I’ve been watching this development for years!!!
It includes a cableway zip lined for kids, the snowy owl stage - a play structure and a stage in one, animal sculptures in wood, an art trail and trails for cycling and walking, fishing, birding and step downs to the re-routed Don River.
The park celebrates waterway restoration and reconciliation. It’s located on a new island in the Port Lands and on the south bank of the new extension of the Don River that created the island. The line has the feel of Toronto Islands, but to accessible by the roads system. On the flood plane trees have been planted in different life stages from saplings to dead trees have been planted to mimic diversity of trees in a wild ecosystem. 4 fish gates installed to prevent invasive fish from entering but for native fish species to pass. Finally cycling rails, a playground and a fire hall are located on the Uplands.
Future planning will include a skating trail, a new lookout, water access and an event infrastructure. It was a beautiful day and I was very curious as to where were all the people and where is all the hoopla?? # torontotrails. Portland’s.
07/01/2026
Peace out, Savary, but I’ll be back.
I spent a week on this quiet haven, belonging to my friend and colleague. After a long journey—two planes, a taxi, a water taxi, and a golf cart ride—I arrived, and it was pure peace. Walking the forest trails, looking up at towering Douglas firs, I realized that beauty blooms when we slow down and notice.
Kayaking to see the seals, beachcombing for clams, sharing a mermaid beach party—this was all a practice in mindfulness, being present, and naming beauty as it fills us. Finding the words to describe it is what sustains us. I’ll be bringing this into my work—so stay tuned, because this mindful beauty is key to the design process. It fills us, and it’s what we bring home.
An Ode to the Hummingbirds of savary Island…. (Shot in slow mo to capture the balletic aerial antics and the mermaid tails. )
The hummingbird knows what I am still learning:
Life is not about standing still
The hummingbird is a creature of delight.
They flit, fly and flee.
And yet – intuitively…
it knows that JOY is in the simple things…
and
that strong wings make Life feel easier -
These tiny creatures may have great wisdom.
Amid all the motion of life it knows to
drink in the sweetness,
to chase away what doesn’t belong,
& to return again and again to what brings life.
…. that some days require hovering
….some retreating,
… and some days require flying full speed toward wonder.
Life is not about standing still.
✨🐦🌺 Life is rich and beauty is everywhere ✨🐦.
06/23/2026
My friend Alex and I went for a hike in the Nature Trust of Savary island off the coast of Vancouver Island. - A vast swathe of preserved forest. Our journey lead us through a wooded trail onto the beach until we found the trail leading us through an enchanted forest of very tall straight tree trunks with branches reaching for the sky. The same skylight filtered through within the woods to the floor. It was beautiful ! I guess we call this ‘forest bathing’. Or Communing with nature. Walking through emerald green hues.
Birds chirping.
Ocean blues presenting themselves at times in glimpses of sea through forest.
What is it that is so incredibly calming? As we trudge along the path carved out by prior pioneers.
It is not just calming... but soothing, reassuring, solid, peaceful, grounded, ….other worldly. Long views into dense woods. New growth. Old growth. New growth coming from old tree trunks. Mushrooms, flowers, birds chirping all around us. I wonder if the trees see us. or are watching us. Or if they find comfort in us in the same way. Is that crazy talk? Do we nourish them as they nourish us? 🌳
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