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Pantone's Color of the Year - Classic Blue
This enduring color is Pantone’s Classic Blue 19-4052. It’s a true blue, a primary blue, the first blue you think of when you hear the word.
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Is the Gray Trend Dead?
According to design industry gurus, the gray trend is dead and the brown trend is returning. However, they’ve been predicting such changes
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Coastal Style
Have you ever wondered why you’re drawn to one style over another? Did your childhood home, a vacation or other travels influence your prefe
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Looking at a Space with a Fresh Eye
There’s a Stephen Sondheim song titled, “A funny thing happened on the way to the forum.” That’s how I felt on my way out the door after mee
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How Architecture Inspired a Color Palette
Colors aside, when I pulled up to the front of the building, I was immediately struck by one significant feature — its portico. It led to th
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When to Create an Accent Wall
When is the best time to create an accent wall? While the idea is still brewing in a designer’s or architect’s imagination and in time to be
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Rainbow Fresh
The fabric designers who produced the Rainbow Collection must have been on creative overdrive because their color combinations were luscious
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Taupe - How this Color Kept me on my Toes
What color does your mind’s eye see when you think of “taupe”? A version of beige? Khaki? Gray? Pink? You’d all be correct. But what is tau
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The story behind Pantone's “Color of the Year”
Pantone is known for The Pantone Color Matching System which standardizes color reproduction. This standardization allows different manufact
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Uncommonly Colorful Words
Words can stir your imagination and create visions in your mind’s eye. If I told you about my newly painted green walls, what would you...
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Question: I just bought a plain, white box condo. I have zero furniture. I like many colors and ...
styles and haven’t decided on anything yet. I want to use color in a big way. I saw on your website that you sometimes used it...
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Beige Three Ways
Fill in the blank: Beige is (a) safe and boring (b) classic and sophisticated (c) casual and charming (d) dramatic? The answer is “all of th
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Tropics in the Napa Valley
My friend, Meryll, and I circled the displays at the Napa Valley Orchid Society a dozen times. Each lap delivered a new discovery. Intricate
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The Power of the Front Door
Who doesn’t want to make a good first impression? At the very least, who wants to avoid making a bad one? Your front door has the power to s
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Red, White and Blue in Home Decor
Happy Independence Day! While red, white and blue wave in our flags outdoors today, how do you use these colors in your interiors? Here...
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Which White Works?
As we went down her written list of questions, we came to the subject of wall color. I suggested one that may not seem very creative. White.
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Color Wheels and Paint Strips
Even the great masters were stumped by color choices. “Color is my day-long obsession,” said Claude Monet. The next time you’re fanning thro
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Question: How can we paint different rooms in our house different colors without making...
Let’s say your house has 10 rooms on a single floor and that you have three distinct paint colors in mind (not including trim and door color
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Question: We're getting ready to paint the inside of our house. You can see the kitchen, dining ...
room, family room and staircase at the same time. There are a lot of angles. My favorite color is purple but of course that won't work....
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Is Yellow the New Red?
As I drove to a friend’s house last week, I noticed that her neighbor had a yellow-painted front door. I then drove to my mother’s house and
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