It’s been a somewhat cool and gray week here in New England so I thought I would brighten up the table with some Spring flowers. I found these pretty orange Gerber Daisies at Whole Foods and decided to display them in my collection of vintage lab glassware. Somehow it just wasn’t complete until I added [...]
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3 Tips To Prevent Paint Chip Addiction
As a Boston area color consultant, I see a lot of clients who are afflicted with paint chip addiction. Sadly, paint chip addiction is wide spread and it’s not a pretty sight. In fact, before I trained with Maria Killam and became a True Color Expert, I too was hooked on paint chips. Recently I [...]
My Front Entrance: A Little Inspiration and “After” Photo
I live in an upside down house. You see, our house is built on a hill; the front entrance is the ground or basement level, the main living area is one floor above and the bedrooms are on the third floor. Since our driveway stops closer to the back of our house we rarely, if ever, [...]
When Good Things happen to “BAD” Colors
Colors are a lot like people. They all have their own unique personality with varying degrees of popularity. Did you know that the color Blue is preferred by more people on the planet than any other color? Blue is like the Rock Star of the color world. The greens, red, yellows, oranges, and purples, all have varying amounts of lovers and friends and then [...]
I Spy Tangerine Tango
I am fresh back from a trip to NYC with a few girlfriends. Although the weather could have better (it rained for most of our trip) I was thrilled to get to the city and see all the new trends. As far as fashion, I will say that every single woman under the age of [...]
Trend Alert: What Do Cake, Shower Curtains and Hair all Have in Common?
One of the hottest new Design trends of 2012 is Ombre. A French word which translates to “shadow”, Ombre is simply a gradation in hue from light to dark or dark to light. Ombre dresses at NY fashion week When I first started to notice the Ombre hair trend, I thought [...]
What Did Color Do To You?
“Other than music and body language, color is the only form of expression that does not require words.” Leatrice Eiseman One of my big takeaways from Lee Eiseman’s color class was the fact that we all have deeply embedded color memories. In most cases we are not even aware of these [...]
LA Bound Courtesy of COLOURlovers
Tomorrow morning I fly from Boston to Los Angles to spend 4 days studying with international Color Guru Leatrice Eiseman. Leatrice is a world renowned color titan, the director of the Pantone Color Institute and one of the key people responsible for picking the much anticipated color of the year (Tangerine Tango for 2012). It has been a dream [...]
How Do You Take Your Trim?
Many of you may not remember but back in the 1990′s a very popular paint trend was white walls with very dark green trim. In fact, my husband and I painted the living room in our very first house that exact combination and I loved it. Of course way back then, I knew nothing about [...]
2 Design Trends that are Here To Stay (in my humble opinion)
At the start of every New Year, Design magazines and bloggers love to discuss Design Trends. The one good thing about Design trends is that they have a longer life span (8-10 years) than fashion trends (1-2 years). However, depending on what part of the country you live in will dictate if a particular trend [...]
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