Don't you just love a home tour! Especially if it is a tour of a fabulouslly decorated home YOU could win! This is the grand prize home for the Princess Margaret Lottery for Cancer Research, it supports a great cause and looks divine! The home is located in Woodbridge, Ontario- take a peek inside!

This is a view from the main hallway looking towards the entrance, front living room, and elegant dining room. The coffered oval ceilings mirror the harleqiun mosaic marbled floors.

The dining room and font living room seem very warm in tone considereing all the silvery-blues and white. This is acheived very nicley by pairing those colors with rich browns and carmel hues along with pale celadon green.

The exterior of the home has great stone detail!

The upstairs hallway branches out to three very different bedrooms! The media room in the brightly colored Bedroom #2 is a very fun idea and great use of space- you won't have to worry about Wii controllers cluttering your Chistopher Guy coffee table! Each bedroom also feature their own Ensuite bathroom. The Ensuite to Bedroom #3 is my favorite; the powder-blue paisley wallpaper and black and white horizontally striped tiled floor and bath is gorgeous. The Master foyer, bedroom and ensuite are located to the right of this view.

This is the view from the stairs looking towards the sunk in living room off the kitchen.  The living room features 12 foot ceilings and gas fireplace and alot of light via the bevy of tall windows. The beautiful blue and camel colored window treatments help draw the eye up at the graciouslly high ceiling. For a virtual tour of this home, click here!

I went to a diner the other day and ordered the special of the day which came with dessert, the waitress asked me if I wanted jello or ice cream. Well, that depended on the flavor of the jello I inquired, to which she replied "red".

Red is probably one of the best accent colors around. Cherry red is like a burst of energy in the room, just see how much life the Abstrakt cabinet doors bring into this laundry room.  Fashion Stylist Sandra Pittana keeps it simple but glam with lots of gloss and just the right amount of punch. The red seems to match perfectly with her LG front load washer and dryer!

I normally do not reccommend differing cabinet colors, but in this case going with white horizontal cabinet uppers worked very well.  They do not feel heavy, and help visually lift the lower ceiling in this basement.

By the way, the jello was strawberry.

As a child I always wondered just who would be lucky enough to have the job of naming new colors for various products like nail polish, or lipstick, or paint?! That would be the dream job; I imagined a small panel of artists sitting around a large white table conjuring up delicious names that could sway a person like me to purchase "Plump Plum" over "Black Licorice".  A couple months ago I found an online name-that-color contest and had a blast thinking up different names for new paint colors, and they chose one! So here it is! The tone is from General Paint's "Down to Earth" line; it is full of rich and natural colors. I called this one "Bonfire Pie", now excuse me while I cross off one more line on my life-goals list. Next Up: Sky-diving? Um, maybe not.

Grays are making a big impact! Although subtle and more of a background noise kind of color, grey can be so versatile, and neutral without going to basic beige. I am referring to a warmer grey- a comforting tone, think thick wool mittens, weathered wood planks, 5250003&cmCat=search&searchType=MAIN&parentId=" target="_blank" title="Cashmere Grey Throw">cashmere in a soft dove gray.  How does this translate to design? Here are some suggestions:

A headboard in a deeper pewter color anchors the bed and the velvet fabric is such a lovely texture. If you are adding lots of grays, differing textures is a great idea. Add smooth glossy nickel in the form of a lamp base, or interesting cabinet pulls.

You can use grays to cool down a warm palette, like the grey curtains in this apricot and cream nursery designed by Suellen Gregory.

Even kitchens like this one for Martha Stewart are getting into the swing of these nature-worn shades. Doesn't this kitchen seem welcoming, like a warm bowl of clam chowder? Kitchen Craft kitchens has added two new shades in their product line: Portabello and Weathered Slate on Maple- both utterly fantastic!