Category Archives: Colors
Is your wealth corner missing?
Recently my husband painted the back steps. Exciting right? (Well the color* is! See below). But why I mention this is because the back steps sit in our wealth corner. Which means that our wealth corner is not actually in … Continue reading →
2011 Fall Colors
Last week I attended a seminar on Benjamin Moore’s 2011 color schemes. These are not new colors; rather they are 18 existing colors that Benjamin Moore has arranged in three palettes of six to help you convey a certain mood … Continue reading →
Decorating with Green
I just did my first post on my other design blog on the color yellow today. Yay! It was in reference to how yellow helps one concentrate on tasks, so it’s a good color to have at your desk when … Continue reading →
A good tip for putting the right color on the right wall
A quick (but very useful) tip when painting, and when you hire painters and want to make sure the right color gets on the right wall: Write both the name of the color AND the room that the paint is … Continue reading →
My favorite rug (for now)
I’ve been doing a lot of rug shopping lately. Besides the fabulous custom choices I have encountered at the Merchandise Mart, I have come across some wonderful mid range retail price options. My number one favorite? The Asimi rug by … Continue reading →
What color should you paint your ceiling?
The short answer? It always depends. Some decorators use the 8 foot rule: If your ceiling is less than 8 ft high, then paint it 2 tints lighter than the wall color. (Tint just means the color has more white … Continue reading →
Paint and Lighting
This week I attended a great discussion given by Benjamin Moore on lighting and paint. As you may already know, color looks different under different lighting sources - incandescent, flourescent, halogen. From a design perspective, incandescent lighting - the old … Continue reading →
Contrast
Is your room like a polar bear against a snowy backdrop? Or is it more like a periwinkle hydrangea set against green leaves? If you feel your room is blah, there may be a quick fix: contrast. Take a look … Continue reading →
Accent Walls
When should you paint or paper a wall different from other walls? The quick answer is: when you want that wall to stand out. Just make sure that you really want it to stand out. When a wall is a … Continue reading →
Even decorators get the blues
Lately I’ve been working on a project of my own: updating our sun room. We’ve lived in the house for almost three years now, and with the exception of hanging some embarrassingly cheap window treatments, I’ve done zero in here. … Continue reading →
