I have the best blog readers! It has been such a pleasure this week reading all the thoughtful comments you have left for Alanna. It was so nice to hear from so many of you. I get the feeling that many of you stop by here every now and then but rarely leave comments which is absolutely fine but it is good to hear your voices! Don’t forget you still have this weekend to enter the giveaway.
If you follow me on facebook or twitter than you probably already know that I did a little piece for House & Home’s online TV this week. They came by about 6 weeks and filmed me talking about my house. I’ll admit it was pretty nerve-wracking. I’ve never done anything like that before. I think my saving grace was that I was talking about the one thing I know best in the world – my own house!
In other news, a new exhibition at the AGO, Songs of the Future: Canadian Industrial Photographs, 1858 to Today opened this week. I designed the show and was pleased to see a review by BlogTO with lots of beautiful images of the exhibit. The curator, Sophie Hackett and I spent a long time choosing the wall colours and we’re both really happy with the results. I believe we went through about 12-14 different shades of black before we found the right ones. Photography is one of the harder mediums to select wall colours for since its tonal range is so specific.
On Monday, I’ll be back here with a brand new Hello! Neighbor post and the winner of the Alanna Cavanagh print. Have a great weekend! Enjoy these photos from New York photographer Lesley Unruh.
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Love the rustic elegance of this home. I wish I could display art that way – on the floor – but my smallest roommates would find it a bit too hard to resist! The kitchen is lovely but I can’t stop going back to that putty coloured wall… sigh.
Thanks for another lovely post!
You did great in that interview, also very nice to see your house on video, we have a better feel of the space, your house is really beautiful, my favorite house of all my blog reading!
Great job in the video! It’s nice to hear YOUR voice too and to put a face to the space I’ve come to know (and love) through your blog.
I had a feeling a House & Home video tour would be around the corner! you did a great job on the video. Your house really is the best in all of blogworld! Please tell us more about the fireplace tile in the living room – it could be a candidate for a backsplash in our new kitchen.
@shruti – i’ll do a blogpost soon on the fireplace tile!
You did a wonderful job with the video and even though you were nervous it didn’t show at all. Your house and blog are wonderful.
of course you have fans!!! such an amazing blog and house. also adored the house tour video. great work!
Emma – I just saw your spread in the Makeovers issue of House and Home … amazing! Congratulations on the feature!
I agree with Mariane that the video gives a better sense of the space by showing depth and relationships between the rooms. Very interesting to watch. I just realized that your quilted shams on your bed might have come from West Elm… I’ve been eyeing the WE shams for myself. But I’ve already worried that I don’t want to copy your bedroom, something I’ve though about because its one of the few inspiration rooms I’ve found. In realty I know I have enough distinctive pieces so that it’ll be totally different, but I hate copying!
thank you for the link to the video! it was so personable to see you ‘live’ in person!! really cool! the dimensions and the mood of your house is impressive, it feels a little bit like neighborhood
@ S@sha – they are from West Elm and I love them. Super soft! I would recommend getting them before they disappear.
Wow, the flowers are so beautiful.
Emma! You did awesome in the H&H video! I never knew about H&H online so after seeing your video, I watched the next one. Then the next one. Then the next. I’ve been on this site all morning!
i’m wondering if anyone can ID the grey in the paneled grey wall… is it possibly farrow & ball’s brassica? really digging it, and trying to figure out exactly what it is…
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