by Amber Kingsnorth | Oct 31, 2013 | Blog
You’ve probably noticed that the posts have been a little sparse over the last couple of weeks. While it’s true that I’ve been crazy busy with a bunch of new and very exciting projects (more on that soon, I swear), there’s another reason that I...
by Amber Kingsnorth | Oct 25, 2013 | Blog
I already shared this on the ol’ Facebooks a while ago but I wanted to give you a better look. Connected for Business Magazine approached me to give some tips on small office design and how to take what the big players of the creative office world are doing and...
by Amber Kingsnorth | Oct 23, 2013 | Blog
On a recent trip to Seattle, I was strolling around near Capitol Hill and stumbled upon a window showing these large colourful and textured art pieces. I literally did one of those cartoon-style double takes where the head is immediately transfixed by a sideline item,...
by Amber Kingsnorth | Oct 15, 2013 | Blog
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all enjoyed a lovely and over-indulgent meal with family and/or friends this long weekend. Things have been busy over at the MãK Interiors office so please excuse the last week of silence over here on the blog. We’re getting ready...
by Amber Kingsnorth | Oct 4, 2013 | Blog
How is it Friday again?! What a week! We’ve been super busy with a few new projects and of course, taking care of our long term clients as well. A theme that seemed to be recurring over the last seven days was tile. We scoured our favourite showrooms for unique...
by Amber Kingsnorth | Oct 2, 2013 | Blog
My oh-so-talented (and handsome) friend Ivan Meade of the Meade Design Group interviewed me for his blog and the conversation is now up for your reading pleasure! I was interviewed by him back in 2010 when I lived in Victoria, BC and it was great to be welcomed back...
by Amber Kingsnorth | Sep 27, 2013 | Blog
Last week I headed to the IDSWest show to judge this year’s IDIBC Student Interior Design Charrette. I was pretty excited to be a judge at this event where Interior Design students from across the province compete to solve a surprise design challenge. This...
by Amber Kingsnorth | Sep 24, 2013 | Blog
I am going to share with you one of my best interior designer secrets … Home Hardware. Often times I need to find a very specific item for a Client – not a glamorous light fixture or a stunning piece of furniture – I mean little things like an...
by Amber Kingsnorth | Sep 20, 2013 | Blog
Happy Friday interwebs! We’re off to check out IDSWest this afternoon (I’m judging a student design competition while I’m there) and then we’ll be cheering on some of our colleagues at the IDIBC Awards of Excellence Gala so we’ll have...
by Amber Kingsnorth | Sep 18, 2013 | Blog
Last week we talked about all the fantastic non-MEC clothing for the cycling professional. Note: I have absolutely nothing against MEC (that’s Mountain Equipment Co-op for those of you who are just leaving your subterranean dwellings, welcome!) in fact, I shop...