Today’s question is about a 1950’s style kitchen. Can’t you just picture what it looks like? I gave her a few ideas I think might work but maybe you have some ideas for a good color scheme.
Getting more than one point of view is always helpful
Today I headed to Bethesda to see my friend Karen Lukinson present her thoughts on colors for home interiors at the regional library.
Karen has a color consulting business called Newton Lights. The company namesake is Sir Isaac Newton who demonstrated that white light is the combination of all of the colors of the rainbow.
If you’ve ever been frustrated when trying to find two hues of beige that look right together you can relate to the reader’s problem I tackled for Today’s Decorating Dilemma on Color For Your Home.
Finding beige wall paint to match the carpet shouldn’t be so darn difficult. Here’s a tip that can make it a [...]
I have something to buzz about today. My “Color For Your Home” blog was added to the blog roll of the blog written by the designers of Beehive Studio for Valspar Paint.
Color Buzz is written by four very talented decorative and mural painters and it seems we are kindred spirits. We all love color and [...]
The many inquires I receive on the different brands of paint has prompted me to put together a series for Color For Your Home called “Kate on Paint”, which will include my thoughts on the many options my readers have been selecting paint for their home.
You can see the first few brands I have commented [...]
Just as summer transitioned into autumn my son was born and each year his birthday punctuates the moment when I’m finally willing to let summer slip away into the crisp, cooler days of fall.
This is a picture of me as a new mother enjoying my son, fall colors, and soft sunshine outside of Chattanooga, TN [...]
This Thursday I’ll be speaking at Apartment Therapy Offline and the theme is Color @ Home: Problems and Solutions. I’ll be joined by two other designers and AT founder Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan.
So if you’ll be in NYC this Thursday, October 2, 2008 6:30 PM I’d enjoy having you come to the event. It will be fun [...]
A small studio apartment grows up with the right color combination and decorating tips in my latest post on Color For Your Home…
ICI Paints names “Ginger Ale” the color for 2008. Here’s what they had to say about this hue:
Yellow is a color long associated with opposing concepts-oriental and occidental, contemporary and traditional, spiritual and intellectual.
It transcends national cultures and preferences in its ability to communicate optimism, respect, radiance and wellbeing.
It is this duality that makes it [...]
I had the pleasure of being a guest of the Christopher Lowell radio show. Listen to the show here by looking for “Color Courage Show with Sensational Color Guest: Kate Smith.
