I don’t know about you but when I find a great company that makes product that I love, I cling on tight. Especially when it’s a local company and I have the opportunity to support fellow women in business too! Supporting small shops and entrepreneurs is so important these days and you all know that I love supporting Canadians and artisans, I love the story behind this particular company we’ve featured a few times now for window coverings in our previous home. You may remember me telling you about Q Design Centre in a previous blog post of our last master bedroom reveal and in our previous living room reveal that you may recognize below, both photographed by the lovely Anna with Love. Q Design is having a super exciting sale November 20th-24th for their VIP mailing list, it will be 30% off gorgeous hardware, 15% off House Linen and 10% off every thing else!! This is PERFECT if you’ve been planning on ordering some drapery or window coverings, or even have your eye on a custom window seat like ours! I would sign up for their mailing list so you never miss out on their sale days, investing in window coverings or custom upholstered pieces can be a big expense – totally worth it but why not take advantage of a fantastic sale to do so am I right? Our window seat is available in 7 colours, and ours that I designed was using their colour Rhino for the body and Swan for the piping with a 4″ thickness. Photography above  by my sweet friend Heidi Lau.

We picked linen roman shades for our living room and my office in the last house and loved them so much when they arrived in the mail and we installed them (super easy). The quality is exceptional and they do wonders for keeping the cold out and the heat in, I never really realized how important the right window coverings were for that very reason – I was always just thinking aesthetically!?! Living here in Canada, our winters are COLD which means the heat is pumped up and the bills sky rocket, these window coverings have made a big impact on our monthly savings – no lie. We had already decided on using Q Design Centre for the new house, and so far we’ve had the beautiful custom window seat made by them. They don’t only do window coverings, they can help you with a variety of projects. You can find the listing for the window seat I designed {here}! This company does every thing from upholstered cushions, to drapery and custom roman shades – they also have gorgeous hardware too for your drapery…a wonderful one-stop-shop! I suggest ordering some of their samples to find the perfect colour for your home and it’s so nice that they have that option, the team truly want you to be happy with your orders and go above and beyond to help you. Visit their website {here} for some inspiration!

The Q. Design mother/daughters team has a handmade history.  Marilyn has been an avid and talented sewer since she started designing and sewing her own clothing in high school!  After creating all the dance costumes for Lindsay’s dance recital in 1985 she was approached by a dance mum who was an interior designer to make draperies.  Marilyn is a self taught perfectionist when it comes to getting custom drapery right for designers, decorators and homeowners both near and far.  Lindsay joined Marilyn in the family business in 2002 right after graduating from McMaster University.  While Lindsay is a proficient seamstress her passion lies in growing the business, perfecting it’s systems and ensuring her team is happy and thriving!  More recently Marilyn’s other daughters Adrienne and Shelley have come on board to learn the business and grow it to the next level!  We also have 5 other talented craftpeople on our team who have all been with us several years and have honed their skills to assist in our quest for drapery perfection!