Brentwood Designer Night 2012

Designer Night 2012 at Brentwood Classics brought out quite a group of Designers & Decorators to view the new product lines and enjoy refreshments, while we listened to the presenter Janette Ewen as she delivered her message on the Trends for 2012

and of course I had to say hello and pose with some of the stars attaending

Glen is always so gracious and friendly

Had to 'Strike a Post' with Nicholas another very friendly designer who also contributes to

 Dabble Mag

Brentwood has a lovely showroom and here we see some of the

Pantone Colour of the Year 'Tangerine Tango'

Thanks to everyone at Brentwood for a great evening!

The GTA West Chapter of CDECA 'Does Yoga'

As anybody who follows my blog knows, I am constantly updating you on the happenings of the GTA West Chapter of CDECA of which I am a member. We have great times and started 2012 off with a bang. Our January meeting was held at The Decorating Centre in Burlington, www.thedecoratingcentre.ca, which is a great supporter of all designers & decorators as well as a great affiliate of CDECA. We had an evening of Yoga, lead by our own Christina Mogk an established Yoga Instructor when she is not designing. In between our Yoga sessions, we had a discussion on our positive experiences of 2011 and what we learned from them.  This was led by Lin Munro, co-owner of TDC. What a wonderful, enlightening and energizing evening. We all went home and slept like babies.....

Here we are busy at work drawing our positive experiences

Decor-Rest Furniture Event 2012

Decor-Rest Furniture,  www.decor-rest.com which is a Canadian owned and Canadian made source to the trades has just celebrated 40 years and to start this year off they hosted a wonderful evening for designers, decorators, retailers and various trades which began with  their famous oven baked pizza, wine, cheese and other goodies.  A presentation on 'Colour Trends 2012' followed and was presented by Leigh-Ann Allaire from Benjamin Moore, www.benjaminmoore.com who is a delightful speaker.  Looks like we are going for lots of colour in small and large doses.  Among their many products they have the 'Steven & Chris' line www.stevenandchris.com and have added 'Cobi Style' www.cobistyle.com which offers colour in a big way.    Here are some photos of just a few of the fabulous pieces they offer..

 The lively Leigh Ann

A packed room of attentive listeners

 Gorgeous Furniture