I am a modern maximalist but first and foremost I see myself as a professional story teller. I tell the stories of my clients using their home as my medium. A: I was a school teacher when I finished university at the age of I was poor so I got a part-time job at Home Depot making paint.
People began to call the store to find out when the redhead was going to be in next. I received a notice in the mail about a continuing education program a local college that was offering in design so I decided to take the colour theory class and see if this was of interest. The program co-ordinator took me aside after the third week and said - you need to work on your exit strategy and leave teaching behind and pursue design full time. I continued to teach, work at Home Depot and started to take clients on the side while I finished school 3.
I went on to host two more shows, Design Match and Restaurant Makeover. Restaurant Makeover was the 1 show on the Food Network and lasted for 5 seasons. It continues to air in countries around the world. Ironically, it was social media that really got my work noticed though….
A: More is more. Design is storytelling at its finest. Like any good biographer you are only as good as the research and information you obtain regarding your subject. If you are able to create trust, your subject will open up to you and this will yield the richest results. A: Drive or bike my son to school in the morning. We are a full time staff of six at my office including my husband who is my business partner.
We have set office hours of In the summer months our trainer comes to our office on Fridays to train our staff. Hiring staff has meant learning to hire my weaknesses in order to enable me to focus exclusively on my zone of genius. I spend most of my day sourcing, designing and developing the big picture for each project so that the vision can be easily communicated to my team and to the clients to make implementation happen!
A: I have an eidetic memory which is also photographic. I am ridiculously organized in that regard because I can see all my notes and I usually know where they are on my desk, unless someone touches the piles on my desk. Few venture to ever do that. My team all are super organized so I mostly let them tell me what needs doing next …. I have a very relaxed management style clearly. That never fails to cause an ahhhhhhhhhh. A: Sanity is overrated. Working with my spouse keeps my feet firmly rooted on the ground.
Laughter is a great release and when those are not doing it for me, wine and gin are my go-to's. A: I look for a mood that we want to convey and then Iook to fabrics to set the vibe. We then look at architectural elements to really make a statement, lighting has to be exceptional.
Then I look to fabrics to fill that out…. A: I step away and I go look at something else. We recently were awarded a new commission to design this amazing beachfront property in Florida. I was stumped. I often start with colourful pattern as inspiration and this was just not happening. I ended up seeing a photo on Instagram that triggered a chain reaction that started in my forehead and travelled all the way down my body - it was the use of bronze and gold that just broke the dam and the ideas flooded in.
I am so excited because I can now see the finished house in my head. This one took almost a month to find its way out. A: Where do I start?? I hate how uniform design becomes - the Instagram trend model of decorating makes my eyes roll out of my head and down the street.
Everyone copying everyone else, some better, some considerably worse. Trying to recreate a boring neutral version of a big box store…. L ess copying, more traveling.
Travel informs so much of what I do and has been a huge part in helping my aesthetic become so personal and distinct. A: We do exceptional bathrooms, not going to lie - our bathrooms are just works of art. I love it all…. I used to find dining rooms really hard but boy are our dining rooms something to behold now. I work really really hard to not follow convention or trends. The process started with simple curiosity as Heron began looking into the somewhat opaque world of the rug business.
What she found surprised her. How do we know? After working with a manufacturing partner on a few one-off pieces that went well, the relationship grew, and Heron decided to turn it into a business—one that would cut out the intermediaries and sell direct to consumers online. The result? High quality at a lower price point. The prices, Heron says, are significantly less than what you might find in a showroom in a major city.
Though her website only launched last week, Heron has already sold several rugs—largely through designers seeing the pieces on her Instagram. Heron is very much a full-time interior designer with a busy roster of clients spread out over North America. Advancements in e-commerce technology Heron uses Shopify for her site , the relative ease of international shipping, the speed of communication—all of these factors have broken down a historically high barrier of entry into manufacturing. Given that an individual designer can create, manufacture, sell and ship their own line, it begs the question: What does that mean for the future of licensed collections?
Heron pauses. When was it last? Her work can be seen in fine homes across Canada as well as the United States.
There is a richness in detail and originality that transcends de rigueur, on-trend, and definitely trendy—allowing each project to shine individually. Rugs, fabric, furniture lines. I also learned, especially now, that I cannot be bound by logistics. Technology, social media, and the phone mean I can work anywhere and have work done anywhere. As an outsider to the world of rugs and carpets, Heron first had to educate herself on the form before jumping headlong into launching her own collection which debuts this fall, He detailed what could and could not be done and got my feet wet with fibers, construction, and color.
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