SOFA and Jane Lockhart

SOFA - Source of Furniture and Accessories - located in the International Centre is a great place to visit when you are sourcing just about anything for Interior Decor.  This is a trade only resource centre, however bringing clients to this location is a great way to promote excitement when they see everything available.  SOFA is a huge space with many vendors and they often host seminars and new showroom openings.  The seminars are presented by knowledgeable speakers and are very in depth and offer detailed product knowledge.  I recently attended a Fabric, Window & Wall Coverings Vendor Showcase event which presented all of the newest offerings from 20 vendors.  What a great opportunity to see so many great products in one location.  Very time efficient.  Following this we listened to the guest speaker - Jane Lockhart who everybody knows from "Colour Confidential".  I had attended one of Jane's seminars in the past and knew this would be worthwhile to attend and it was.  She is a very knowledgeable designer as well as a pleasant speaker with a sense of humour.  She spoke about everything to do with textiles and the importance they play in designing spaces.
Following her presentation everyone, including yours truly wanted to have the photo with her.

 Here I am with Jane - one of my first ventures out after the accident!

CDECA Professional Development Day

Every year CDECA offers a Professional Development Day to its' members.  This year as in the past we enjoyed our day at the International Centre.   This is a day of inspiration, information and ways to improve our business.  Lots of networking opportunities and time to visit our Affiliate partners who displayed the latest design products and trends for us. Our presentations were from:


JANICE LINDSAY - ‘White or Wrong? Getting White Right’ courtesy of PPG Pittsburgh Paints

GAIL DOBY –  ‘How to Avoid Interior Design Fee Fiascos...     And Attract Your Ideal Client’

TRACY KUNDELL -  ‘Qualifying Your Clients and Building your Business’   Tracy Kundell, owner of Avalon Interiors and star of Food Channel’s Restaurant Makeover

Designer Night At Royal Lighting

If you want some great lighting then you should make a visit to Royal Lighting    www.royallighting.com; 1549 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario.



Recently, in October,  Royal hosted a Designer Night where many CDECA Members attended and were shown some fantastic products.  This was an opportunity to view their remodeled Showroom, New Product Lines and Offerings and learn about  Crystal, from Traditional to Contemporary, presented by Dirk Wald of Schonbek Crystal; and LED, presented by Phil Toddoroff.
Of course Wine and lovely hors d'oeuvres were served as well as we were offered valet parking service which was greatly appreciated on such a rainy night.  Thanks so much to everyone at Royal for a great evening.

Royal offers nearly 45,000 products which includes all types of lighting; mirrors and many more home accent products.

Below are just a few of the amazing choices available from Royal Lighting.