Moving into a new home comes with lots of excitement and anticipation. Most of us can’t wait to make our new house “our home”. Often times this means purging decorating decisions that were made by the previous owners; things I call “Ghosts of Owners Past”. Some of these changes are relatively easy and inexpensive, such as repainting walls, swapping out light [...]
Linda Holt Interiors
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Dealing With “Ghosts of Owners Past”
Collecting and Displaying Books..How Many Are Too Many?
One of my (many) passions is books. I have been collecting them since High School and I feel the same way about books as I do art; I couldn’t be truly happy living without either. I think the easiest way to make a house a home is to surround yourself with books that you love. This past week I [...]
Testing Wall Color 101
When it comes time to paint, most of us start out at the same place; either the paint store or the paint department of one the big box stores. After looking over 100′s of chips we decide on a few different possibilities and then come home to test them out (I certainly HOPE you are testing them [...]
Fear Not the Decorating Police
A few weeks back I went to see a new client for a color consult. She was a lovely woman and she met me at the door wearing white pants, a pink top, pink jewelry, and pink flip flops. She had called me to help her match a soft white that she currently had on her living [...]
My Camper Mocks Me
When I took my training to become a True Color Expert, one of the very first things our teacher, Maria Killam, taught us are the three most important principles about color. #1. Color is either LIGHT or DARK (also called value). #2. Color is either WARM ( Red, Yellow, Orange) or COOL ( Blue, Green, [...]
A Few Fun Color Facts About Red, White, and Blue
July 1st, 2011
In light of the upcoming 4th of July holiday, I thought it would be fun to share some quick, fun facts about the colors Red, White, and Blue. Red: is the color with the longest wave length and is always the highest arc of the rainbow. *RED increases respiration rate, raises blood pressure and stimulates us [...]
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