I was honored to be asked to contribute to the silent auction that will benefit the Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation The event is tomorrow night and I’m sure it will be a great success.
Of course even more fun than being asked to be included was for me to see the other fabulous contributions that [...]
Halloween Happenings seem to have started last night and are sure to go on all weekend. I won’t be donning a costume this year but it is still fun to bring some sensational spookiness home and Julie gave me some great ideas this week on Live in Full Color on just how to do that.
My [...]
Forget the technical or factory name. Once a color has been dubbed with a moniker by the masses you might as well just go with it.
I was reminded of this as I was searching for something today and came upon Smokin Joe’s comment on the forum board at JalopyJournal.com and it make me smile [...]
I have been a big fan of Karen Platt ever since she ignited gardener’s desire for dark plants with her much acclaimed book, Black Magic and Purple Passion. I believe that she was the catalyst that brought about the black plant phenomenon first in the UK then worldwide.
You can just imagine how thrilled I was [...]
My latest ‘Ask Kate’ article has been posted on Homefurnishings.com…
Julie and I keep our eyes open for the most interesting uses of color for the Best in Color post on Live in Full Color and while I always love what we come up with sometimes something truly astounds me. That is exactly how I felt when Julie shared the Chinese performance artist Liu Bolin [...]
We included 500 Colors in our Best of Color on Live in Full Color a few weeks ago and I was tempted to buy a set immediately but decided I really didn’t need to pay for pencils for the next 20 months but I looked at them again the other day and what can I [...]
Big news! Homefurnishing.com lauches today with my ‘Ask Kate’ column. The first article is titled: ‘Finding the Perfect Kitchen Color…
Please check it out and poke around this new decorating site packed with information I think you’ll find very helpful. I’d love to know what you think.
Often with a design or color trend I come up with a catchy little phrase to describe it because I like being able to communicate an idea in a way that makes it easy for my audience to remember. I can’t tell you how many times people have told me that they have repeated one [...]
How often do we see something and just don’t get it? I discovered that about myself yet again today as I read Julie’s post on Eyes of the World on Paris.
Some time ago I’d seen this image and loved the scale and interesting placement but either didn’t take the time to read more or [...]
