I am a lifestyle and entertaining expert. I always dreamt to be the editor of a women magazine. Running At Home with Kim Vallee enables me to make my dream come true.
My passion for home decor, modern design and gourmet food started as a child. After a brief career as an actuary associate, I went back to school to get an interior design diploma. I worked for 12 years on Web design and event design before launching At Home with Kim Vallee.
I am much happier working as the editor of an online women magazine. It is fun to scour the home design and food trends from across the globe.
National papers and women magazines frequently interview me about party planning and trends. I am a collaborator for HGTV’s blog Style Sheet. Before that, I wrote articles on food, home décor and party themes for the Web sites of Food Network and HGTV Canada.
My life integrates the best from the English and the French cultures. Born in Quebec, I worked in Toronto for 5 years before returning to Montreal. I currently live in Montreal, Canada with my amazing husband and our two energetic cats. My husband is an extraordinaire Web 2.0 application developer and a good photographer.
How it Started?
I started blogging in 2005 with a French-speaking blog called Flair et Style. It was followed by a French version of At Home. I stopped writing in French when At Home took off.
The success of At Home with Kim Vallee enabled me to appear 5th on the Top 25 Web stars in Quebec, a list compiled by the Radio-Canada journalist Bruno Guglielminetti (February 2009).
Involvement in Social Media
I deeply care about the future of social media. Women, who now form the majority of Web users, will help fashion the face of the Web in the coming years.
I put my technical knowledge to good use by sharing easy to follow blogging tips on the Web and mentoring a selected group of women bloggers. That led me to launch a second blog called On the Web with Kim Vallee where I talk about social media. To better spread the word, I am often a speaker at conferences about social media.
Business Objectives
As I said in LinkedIn, At Home with Kim Vallee is my core business. I wish to bring it to the next step and become a major online media about food, home decor and entertaining. I am looking for opportunities for sponsorship, a book deal and speaking engagements. I am bilingual: English and French.
Here is the link to my press coverage.
