Vanessa Francis Interior Design https://vanessafrancis.com/ Interior Design Services – Milton, Oakville, Burlington, Mississauga, Toronto Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:03:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://vanessafrancis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-Untitled-1-32x32.png Vanessa Francis Interior Design https://vanessafrancis.com/ 32 32 Ten Years Without my Husband Rick: Grief, Love & Finding the Light https://vanessafrancis.com/2026/03/ten-years-without-my-husband-rick-grief-love-finding-the-light/ https://vanessafrancis.com/2026/03/ten-years-without-my-husband-rick-grief-love-finding-the-light/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:54:58 +0000 https://vanessafrancis.com/?p=10884 Hello friends, Ten years ago today, I lost my husband Rick to suicide. A decade feels like both a lifetime...

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Hello friends, I’m sharing my home office reveal today. For those new here, I’m an Interior Decorator based in Milton,...

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Hello everyone, It’s been awhile. For those of you who have been around since the early days, thank you for...

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Hello friends, Today marks six years since my husband Rick took his life. March 26, 2016, the day before Easter,...

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Horizontal shiplap gained popularity in the last eight years (specifically 2013 when Joanna Gaines first used it on Fixer Upper.)...

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  Hello friends, It has been awhile since I’ve blogged – a year in fact. And what a year it...

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    Hey friends, {Welcome to my little corner of the internet. If you are new here, I’m an Interior...

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  Hello, {Welcome to my little space on the internet. If you are new here, I’m an Interior Decorator living...

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Hello friends, {Welcome. If you are new here, I’m an Interior Decorator living in Milton, ON and I love to...

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Hello friends, {Welcome. If you are new here, I’m an Interior Decorator living in Milton, ON and I love to...

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