Monthly Archives: November 2011

Color Trends 2012 – Elemental Greens!

This is the PERFECT color story for gearing up to talk about Christmas decoration, which is the topic ahead! But for today…. I truly love greens! But the scope of variation on greens can be really over-whelming at the paint … Continue reading

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Color Inspiration – Smelling The Roses at Corning Glass

I am back from having taken some unfortunate time to coalesce last week, and boy am I behind! I thought I gear up for all the holiday ideas to come by  sharing some literally timeless color inspiration from a recent … Continue reading

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Color Trends 2012 – Firey Sunset Color Stories

Back to Color Stories! Benjamin Moor’s Firey Sunset Color Palette addresses all the potential and limitations with red as a color tool for interiors. I have rotated the palette vertically left to make the points more plain, and to provide … Continue reading

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Color Trends 2012 – Family-Friendly White Rooms!

Amy who subscribes to Re-Do it Design commented on my article about white rooms Color Trends 2011/2012 – 5 Ways To Make White Work, which was read by so many of you probably with much the same admiration one feels … Continue reading

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Color Trends 2012 – Taming Benjamin Moore's Fluid Blues

We have talked about neutral color allot this past week. The fact is that by virtue of the addition of white and grey, ANYBODY can create a neutral back drop using any color – and its compliment – it’s just … Continue reading

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Color Trends 2012 – Violet Twilight Color Stories Go Neutral

Violet Twilight is the colorist’s and novice designer’s dream come true – and one of my absolute favorite color palettes for 2012. The reason lies again with gray; a topic I have come close to exhausting this week. But it … Continue reading

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Color Trends 2012 – Naturally Neutral

The Naturally Neutral color palette compels me to talk about monochromatic color schemes – color schemes derived from a base hue extended by use of hue modified by the addition of black or white. I used the pear image from … Continue reading

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