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Design Your Best Life

Welcome to CREATE DESIGN HOME

This website is filled with information, inspiration, and ideas to help you ensure you life the perfect lifestyle you’ve always envisioned.

This website is my forum for presenting some of my projects, but also going into detail about the process I’ve used to think about how the projects should progress. The blog is split into the following categories:

  • Lifestyle
  • Home Organization
  • Design & Decorate
  • Basement framed
    Renovate
  • Small(er) Sized Living

Start with examining your dreams and goals in the Lifestyle section of the blog. Move on over to Home Organization to see how you can put some of those Lifestyle dreams into practice with an organized space. Then let the magic begin with Designing, Decorating, and Renovating. Finally, there’s a section for those of us who live in small(er) spaces but still want to live large! Welcome!

Join me on the journey to creating a life by design – a life worth living.

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I’ve worked with many clients just like you! Here’s what they said about working with me….

Updated powder room gets rave reviews!

“My new powder room gets rave reviews from visitors! Clarissa suggested tiles with a vertical stripe for the back wall. She found a cool glass vanity and mirror and a light that has the same shape as the mirror.”

We kept the original floor but replaced the vanity and added tiles to the back wall giving the space a more contemporary look. A soft roman blind, elegant glass pedestal sink and contemporary mirror and lighting complete the look.

Outdated kitchen gets a makeover

“I love what Clarissa has done with my kitchen. It never worked for me – was always messy and cluttered without enough storage space. When I went on vacation Clarissa and her team came in and renovated the kitchen – changing the floors, kitchen cabinets, countertop, painting, and installing beautiful green glass backsplash tiles. I love it! It was dark and dingy before – now it’s bright and fresh and clean. Clarissa even made sure there was space for a spice drawer so now I am organized and able to cook even more.”

Basement with all the little touches

“We never used the basement – it was unfinished – a cold and wasted space. Now it’s warm, welcoming, and sophisticated with an electric fireplace, engineered hardwood floors, and contemporary window treatments. In addition to managing the project Clarissa took careful note of our needs and recommended we add in niches with spotlights for our glass and sculptures and cool shelving for our bar and wine collection.  Now we spend most of our time here.”

Income producing basement renovation

Bright open space now has room for a dishwasher

“Thanks to Clarissa I was able to get a tenant for my newly renovated basement apartment within days of the basement being finished.  With her help and guidance the basement was renovated to include a new kitchen and bathroom, a walk in closet where there was previously no closet, a functional separation between the laundry room and apartment providing additional storage for both units.  The last apartment was very tired and moldy.  This new space is contemporary, fresh, clean, warm, and dry.  Clarissa paid attention to my budget and sourced materials that worked within the space and would appeal to today’s tenants.”

 

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Aren't these fun and funky? Cool way to have your Aren't these fun and funky?  Cool way to have your dining room chairs be the conversation starter.  Love the texture. 

This is at one of my trade suppliers.
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#thedecatingcentre #tdc #cooldiningchairs #texture #CreateDesignHome_ #stevensguilledesigns
I love peonies and I'm so blessed to have quite a I love peonies and I'm so blessed to have quite a few bushes in the garden. This is the most wonderful time of year fir gardening and just sitting and appreciating the beauty of plants. 

What are your favorite early summer flowers?.
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#gardens #gardening #peonies
Spring is on the way. This lovely little apricot Spring is on the way.  This lovely little apricot tree smells as pretty as it looks.
Need to brush up on your business skills? Need mo Need to brush up on your business skills?  Need more business?  Many interior decorators complete the program and then wait for a few years before thinking of starting on their own.

This course is one of the last courses in Mount Royal University's Interior Decorating Certificate program.  It's suitable for decorators and designers who want to refresh their business knowledge and gain confidence in invoicing, dealing with suppliers and clients. 
 
You can find more information on www.mtroyal.ca/continuingeducation/arts/residentialdecor. 

The course starts May 9, ends June 13 and costs $329  it includes 3 projects. Its a mixture of online learning with 4 2 hour Google Meet calls. 

 The program is a DDA Decorators and Designers Association of Canada) recognized program.  You can contact cehealth@mtroyal.ca today to register. 
 
I'm the instructor.  You can view my instructor profile on the Mt royal.ca site under the Interior Decorating area.
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#ddacanada #mtroyal #mru #interiordecorating #businessforinteriordecorators #businessforinteriordesigners #mountroyaluniversity #mruinteriordecorating #continuingeducationinteriordecorating
It's all about the details when you're staging. Ch It's all about the details when you're staging.
Check out more photos of this great newly renovated condo on www.4460TucanaCourt.com.
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#CreateDesignHome_ #4460TucanaCourt #details matter #design details #stagingsells @SellwithClarissa #mississaugacondos #mississaugarealtor #mississaugarealestate
What does every condo bathroom need? Storage! Wh What does every condo bathroom need?  Storage! 
When designing a condo bathroom you need to consider function, beauty, and longevity in the choice of finishes.  This bathroom delivers on all of that.
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For images of the rest of this condo visit www.4460TucanaCourt.com
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#4460TucanaCourt #kingsbridgegrand2  #mississaugacondos #mississaugarealestate #condo #mississaugarealtor #createdesignhome

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