When I received a call from an editor at House Beautiful Magazine back in November I was driving home from an appointment and only answered my phone because I thought I must have left something at my client’s house. When the caller, Christine Pittel, said she wanted to interview me about painting my first nanosecond [...]
Linda Holt Interiors
With a focus on color Linda Holt Interiors creates
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Does This Color Make My Room Look Big?
Last week while touring a client’s home she told me she painted her guest room Benjamin Moore Cape May Cobblestone because she was told it makes a room look bigger. When I got home I did a little research and the Benjamin Moore website does indeed say “This classic, elegant gray confers a sense of spaciousness that [...]
Popular Color Myths Busted!
A few weeks ago I received a call from a writer at the Huffington Post. She was interviewing color experts about how different colors affects us. You can read the article Here. She asked me if I knew about the study that indicated the color Pink calmed and pacified criminals. Well it so happens that I did know about the [...]
Lessons from Arkansas a.k.a Tobi Fairley’s Design Camp (part 2)
Today in part two of ” Lessons from AR” I have 3 more tips to share from designer extraordinaire, Tobi Fairley. If you missed my first three Tobi Tips you can read them here. #4. Don’t try and make something work that you don’t love. I think we have all experienced this at one time or another. [...]
Lessons From Arkansas- aka Tobi Fairley’s Design Camp (part one)
This past week I had the wonderful privilege of attending Tobi Fairley’s Design Camp in Little Rock, AR. What an incredible experience to not only learn from Tobi but to share the experience with such a wonderful group of talented Designers. Not only did I come home with my brain over flowing with ideas but made many new [...]
Do You Follow the 80/20 Rule?
Yesterday I watched this video posted on Apartment Therapy about an 80/20 color rule. The video explained that when designing a room you should use 80% neutral color and 20% accent color. I do remember learning in design class about the 60/30/10 rule (60% main color, 30% secondary color and 10% accent color) but 80/20?… this I have a [...]
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