Nicola Lindsay's (nicolalindsayredesign) Blog

  Need a Facelift?   Does your room feel drab and need a brighter new look? How to create this new look without breaking the bank is the next trick. I have gathered a few suggestions to make this easy and cost effective for you. Begin by taking a few photos around the room you want to change and ...

My ReDesign business and 3 other local businesses decided to put on a mini-trade shwo before Christmas on Entertaining. Here are a few pictures from the well attended event.    

I was asked by a local gift shop to redesign a few items from what they had in the store and make them into center pieces. Here are the results.  

I just finished a ReDesign for a great lady. I was able to be free in what I wanted to do and isn't that just the best way to work? She had so many treasures hidden away and some never had been taken from boxes. What potential she and her home had. Here are a few pictures of the project, I hope y...

      As I progress with this new career I am often asked to shop for a client and I really enjoy finding new places to shop and finding deals. I search on-line first for ideas and then see if I can get the item locally and then within New Brunswick, then Canada. I have found some very unique sto...

I have finished ReDesigning a room for a local hospital . They needed a room for staff , patients and family to come relax and be able to destress while working or waiting.  A commitee was formed and many pieces of furniture and two new pieces of art were donated . I was given a budget to work wi...

  When we spend many hours inside over the winter months, we crave change, some plans trips and parties others dream up new looks for their living space. Of course since I am not a travel consultant, I would be painting or moving furniture around. Painting a room and moving the furniture is about...

  It’s Way Too Much   Most everyone I talk to laments over having too much “stuff” , too little time, no energy, no money or depression. You would think we would see the “light bulb moment” and recognize what we are doing to ourselves; BUT, we don’t. Most of these problems can be solved with taki...

  I just got back from Toronto where I attended my first Canadian ReDesigner’s Conference. It was the 6th Annual for it and the first not held in British Columbia. It was well attended from all over Canada except that I was the only one from the Maritimes there. We stayed at the Sheraton Hotel at...

  Sometimes we have items in our homes we need and love but they look unsightly. I am going to try to give you a few ideas to help hide those “things”. That’s the beauty of interior decorating; it is mainly problem solving and seeing how creative you can be. Fortunately there are many places you ...