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Celebrate Labour Day Weekend

by neelam
Life
August 28, 2025

As cliche as it is … I cannot believe we are days away from September!  Although I love this time of year, it seems to come quicker and quicker as the years go by.

September has always felt more like a fresh start, than January, probably has something to do with all the years spent in school. This time of year just seems to have an energy and sense of optimism. It also brings with it reflection. Looking back before forging ahead. In my reflection, I found myself reminiscing about my early years in blogging. When creating lifestyle content brought me so much joy, everything from setting a beautiful table to creating the perfect picnic or baking a sweet treat everyone will love. As we get ready to celebrate the end of summer, I thought I would pull together a few of my favourite posts. To offer up some ideas for things to do over the Labour Day Weekend. Enjoy!

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Design Detail: Layered Lighting

by neelam
Design Detail
July 14, 2025

Patterns and Prosecco Design Detail: Layered Lighting

You’ll often hear design is in the details. And if you’ve ever renovated you’ll know that there is no shortage of details to consider. One such detail that is often overlooked and doesn’t receive nearly the attention it deserves is lighting. But in fact, it’s lighting that highlights a design, creates the mood and often determines how a space is used.

Lighting and in particular layered lighting, is where the magic lies.  Intentionally layering lighting creates depth, warmth, and versatility in a home. It’s the secret sauce that takes a room from flat and one-dimensional to rich and storied.

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Inspired Interiors: East Coast Craftsman

by neelam
Inspired Interiors
June 16, 2025

Today’s home tour is not only visually stunning but also deeply functional, the best result of any home renovation in my opinion. Located in North Arlington, Virginia, the home features strong raw wood and metal elements, rich tones, hand-formed details, and modern accents that come together to create a refined yet relaxed feeling in the Craftsman home. Well-appointed dining, living, and family rooms offer dimension and texture to the home, ensuring the new space feel collected and lived in.

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Design Detail: Marble

by neelam
Design Detail
June 11, 2025

Design Details: Marble

In world that seems to be obsessed with faster, better, more. I find myself craving slower, quieter and less. Less hustle, more presence. Choosing longevity and depth over quick and easy. As is so often the case, my yearnings in life are filtering into design. Choosing work that honors craft, classic materials and timeless style. Nothing embodies this more to me than marble.

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Client Reveal: Coach Hill Project

by neelam
Projects
March 1, 2023

Neelam Interiors Client Reveal: Coach Hill Project Calgary

Some things quintessentially define an era, shag carpet? The 60s and 70s. Boy Bands? The 90s. Golden Oak? The 80s.  Perhaps not the worst thing to come out of the 80s, (my hair could top that list), but definitely a ubiquitous feature in homes.  Our Coach Hill Project was no exception. There was golden oak – everywhere – except, shockingly the kitchen – because it had been renovated.

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Client Reveal: Canyon Meadows Project

by neelam
Projects
July 6, 2022

Client Reveal: Canyon Meadows Project

No design project is a straight line. Despite all the planning, attention to detail, thinking and over thinking (me!) there are always twists and turns, unexpected issues, delays, balls get dropped, it happens. And at our Canyon Meadows Project it all happened. Things I could never have imagined happened … for instance the seller passed away days before my client was set to take possession … perhaps setting the tone for things to come.

Thankfully my client weathered each disappointment and test of patience, even when they felt relentless with a spirit of adventure and sense of humor, because at a certain point all we could do was laugh.

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Design Crush: Anatomy of a Scandal

by neelam
Design Crush
May 3, 2022

Design Crush: Anatomy of a Scandal

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If you’re anything like me, you devoured Anatomy of a Scandal on Netflix.  Based on the book by Sarah Vaughan, the psychological thriller tells the story Sophie (Sienna Miller), the attractive albeit long-suffering wife of James Whitehouse (Rupert Friend), an ambitious Tory MP in the British government.  While the story itself is predictable, the stunning interiors, Sienna Miller’s impossibly chic style and my love of Rupert Friend, had me captivated.

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Client Reveal: Livingston Project

by neelam
Projects
November 3, 2021

For me the design process has always been a fluid one, navigating unexpected surprises, while maintaining budgets and timelines, but never more so than in the last year and a half. The endless pandemic related shortages and delays, have challenged all of us in the industry and most especially our clients to be nimble and patient.

Nothing could be truer for my clients at our Livingston Project. Having worked hard to build their new home, my sweet clients reached out early to start the furnishing process.  Despite the extra lead time we couldn’t get ahead of the Covid supply issues, which had us re-evaluating, re-selecting and finally releasing – trusting that things would show up and be worth the wait. Thankfully, I’m happy to report, that nearly a year to the day we first met, my clients home is complete and it was indeed worth the wait.

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Client Reveal: Altadore Project

by neelam
Projects
July 26, 2021

Client Reveal: Altadore Project

Every so often a project comes along that feels like magic, the kind where it seems the stars have aligned perfectly. That was the case with our Altadore project. From amazing clients who trusted me completely, which was both humbling and empowering, to the exciting scope, perfect location, and trades who brought us over the finish line on time – during a global pandemic – this project was a dream.

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