Viali Design Blog

A member of Canadian Decorators' Association (CDECA) and the Women's Executive Network (WXN), Linda Price-Bennett leads Viali in a full service operation specializing in the design and decoration of quality residences and places of business. This is the Viali tumblr, where we share with you ideas and designs we find inspiring.

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The debate continues...

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10 Space Saving Kitchen Appliances

Extremely important for those living in small space!

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The House Milk Kitchen Project: Appliances

Happy Monday! To launch our focus on appliances and what to fill your kitchen with this coming week, take a read about Jaime Derrigner from Design Milk discussing her process in deciding on the appliances for her new kitchen. It's a great insight into how the process works! 

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In Focus: ChopChop's Workbench Inspired Design

Check out this super functional and beautiful #kitchen set up. 

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Some very interesting approaches are being taken by the Danish company #Vipp, check out how the Copenhagen based company has reimagined #kitchen conceptualization.

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10 Modern Kitchen Design Updates

Design Milk walks us through 10 essential modern updates for a well designed kitchen 

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This one is for those of you who really like to know the origin stories, and love a good bit of history: A Brief History of Kitchen Design, Part 1: Pre-Standardization from Core77 - we highly recommend you browse through the whole series! Super interesting! 

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Conceptualizing Your Kitchen

As promised, here we are in June and excited to embark on our kitchen theme for the month!

In many ways the design of the kitchen can make or break of home. With a room that is so central to homes all over the world, and across cultures, a great deal of time and attention must be paid when conceptualizing and planning your kitchen. We cannot stress this enough. And trust us when we say you'll be glad you spent the time on it before installing everything and putting the kitchen to work!

This coming week we are going to highlight some of the elements that must really be concentrated on while planning your kitchen, and what it is we consider when working with clients on their kitchens.  For some people the kitchen is merely an aesthetic formality in their home, for others it is the most used space, and all this must be paid attention to by the interior decorator to make sure you receive exactly what you need.

Each person has different needs for the their kitchens and varieties in design based on how tall the main cook is, what it is they are cooking, what style of cooking they favour, what kind of kitchenware they favour, how many dishes, pots, pans, spices, and everything else must be accessible and organised throughout the kitchen, how much entertaining will be done in the kitchen - the list goes on and on! 

Join us this week as we share with you insights into our process, varieties in designs and kitchen concepts we find inspiring, and more!

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New Modern Ways to Have a Picnic and Share Food

As a nice transition piece to our new June theme, Design Milk takes a look at some new and exciting designs for the modern picnic!

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We love window boxes! Gardenista takes us through ten easy options for hanging window boxes with brackets for all those flower lovers with limited space:

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Spring is a great time to discover a fresh look for your home and yourself! A big thank you to Lacie from Dior at The Bay on Queen Street in Toronto for all her great tips! (at The Bay - Queen Street)

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Ryue Nishiziwa's Gorgeous Vertical Garden House Takes Root in Tokyo

In Tokyo, Ryue Nishiziwa has designed and grown a vertical garden in the middle of the city. Take a look at the fantastically designed home, which seamlessly merges the patio/garden with the traditional inside spaces

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Secrets to Designing the Ultimate Outdoor Kitchen

Architectural Digest takes us through some fantastically designed outdoor kitchens - a feast for the eyes for those of us who love to cook in the open air of the patio! 

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Check out this beautifully designed rooftop garden in New York, designed by Melissa Baker and Jon Handley of Pulltab Design - simply inspirational!

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Icons of Design: The Model A Chair was designed by Xavier Pauchard in 1934 and has endured through decades of design to remain one of the most popular chair designs for both interior and exterior living spaces. Read up on the history of this iconic chair, and find out where to get one for your patio!

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Viali Recommends: Sunbrella Fabrics

Sunbrella specializes on sustainable, heavy duty fabrics which are suitable for both indoor and outdoor uses. Check out their product: http://ow.ly/wU893

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12 Pivot Doors

Pivot Doors are an exciting alternative to the traditional sliding door. Allowing for a reimagining of the barriers between the outdoor and indoor living spaces in homes, the pivot door allows for an expansion of the choice room of the summer: the patio! Check out some fantastic applications of the pivot door!