This week we are giving a Sensational shout out to our favorite shelter magazine House Beautiful and their spectacular September 2009 Color Issue!
This is the very best color issue ever and you can only imagine how ecstatic I am to have been included. Now don’t go telling Stephen Drucker but if he had been in the vicinity when I saw this issue I probably would have kissed him. That is, right after I stopped jumping up and down and took that big silly grin off my face. It’s probably a good thing for both of us that he was in New York.
I admit I’m excited about being included in this issue. Wouldn’t you be?
And yep I’ll own the fact that I can’t wait for you to read my “What Color Says” blurbs. Look for them as you read the articles about five homes put together by super talented designers-Windsor Smith, Eric Cohler, Sarah Scaglione, Allison Paladrino and Rob Southern- and the five color personalities their designs embody: Balanced, Rooted, Relaxed, Positive and Dramatic.
The colors people choose to surround themselves with in their home speak to me and tell me things about their personality that they may never reveal to me themselves. In fact some of these rooms said so much about their occupants that my biggest challenge was in trying to sum it up in just two sentences. Luckily Julie and I put our heads together and in the end came up with a couple of sentences that captured the color personality of each room.
Look for the white boxes labeled “What the Color Says” on pages 75, 79, 81, 87, 89, 98, 107, 111, 117, 119, and 121.
Special Pullout Color Chart On one side Michelle Bernhardt (author of Colorstrology) tells how to balance a home with color to create order, prosperity, calm, happiness and eight others. Turn it over and see Glidden’s Top 10 Share the Harvest Colors. Be sure not to miss this. It is inside the front cover. Isn’t that neat?
Ask a Numerologist I always enjoy talking with Ellen Kennon because we share both a love of color and an interest in its spiritual connections. In this issue Ellen reveals how your name has a color energy that is linked to your color personality. Go to page 94 for a chart that shows what numbers are associated with the letters in your name. Once you have your number and color read Ellen’s insights into what they say about your color personality.
Also don’t miss Ellen’s quote in the Ask a Color Consultant section on page 97. Three of the Best (Ellen along with Donald Kauffman and Scott Flax) tell you how to arrive at inspired color choices.
Find your Colortime For two decades my friend and favorite color guru Leatrice Eiseman has shown us how to use the Colortime system to find our perfect wardrobe colors and now she is expanding that thinking into finding colors for our homes. Why not? Many color consultants look into a person’s closet for clues as to what colors they might enjoy in their homes. To find out whether you’re a Sunrise, Sunset or somewhere in between take the quiz on page 96.
Feng Shu The art of Feng Shui centers on balancing energy and since color is light and energy color is an important aspect of this ancient practice. On page 97 there is a diagram that shows the recommended placement of colors within a home or a room to encourage health, wealth, happiness and more according to Feng Shui.
The Last Word We all love color quizzes and expert advice and this issues is overflowing with insights and fun ways to discover ‘your colors’. Just before you reach the back cover (on page 152) you’ll find 20 color questions to get you thinking about which colors speak to you. I love that this is how the issue comes to a colorful close, because after all when it comes to your Color Personality- you always have the last word!
This is one issue not to miss and there is so more to talk about but that’s enough for now. Stay tuned all week as Julie and I share more Best in House Beautiful Color!
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Congratulations Kate!
Loved the issue. Your comments are excellent.
Thank you, Ann! I am just thrilled as you can tell from my blog post.
I think your “What the Color Says” comments are great! This really is one of the best House Beautiful issues. So many fun things are included and it is all about my favorite topic– COLOR! Congrats Kate you deserve it.
So glad you liked the “What the Color Says” comments and are enjoying the entire issue. I agree. It is one of the best ever.
Congratulations! You and Julie should be really proud of yourselves. I have to agree with bice and say this was one of the best HB issues. It was so fun with lots of interesting information. I’ve always loved HB, but something in this issue really got my attention and I didn’t put it down until I went through it cover to cover. (Actually been back to it quite a few times since!)
Thanks so much Pat. This is very exciting for us.
Phenomenal article. Everything about color that comes from Kate is always ingenious.
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Wow, Goran, thank you! That means a great deal coming from someone as talented with design as you are.
Great recap of the HB color issue! I can always count on you to describe things colorfully! I had already posted something about it on my blog, but today’s post links readers right back to you, the Queen of Color!
You’re the best Ellen. Thanks for the compliments and for including me in your blog. I’m so glad that we both were included in this spectacular color issue.
Congratulations ladies ! Kate, you and Julie should be so proud of yourselves for really being not only experts, but expertly relating color info to the rest of us ! You two are an amazing team.
Thanks, April! I love having Julie add her perspective to these assignments. She has such a great eye for design and talent for writing about it, too.
Kate –
I love a colorful and well-deserved success story!
Well done.
J:L
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Thanks, John and thank you so much for the nice mention on your blog. Cheers!
Kate,
I haven’t been able to stop reading and re-reading all the great tidbits about color you and Julie put together for this House Beautiful issue. So informative and inspirational. I feel honored to call you a friend, colleague, and business partner.
Fabulously colorful, just like the both of you!
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Oh Kiki you are too sweet. I’m so glad you are part of the Sensational Color family.
I loved the articles and was fascinated about what peoples interiors say about them. This is a fabulous new area of interest and think you were right on!
Great info as usual. Keep it coming!
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Thanks Jaima. Loving your new blog!
oh miz kate,
you amaze me! congrats to you on creating such a yummy color career. come on, you were mentioned in the editors letter? i mean, come on!
you rock, c j
Hey CJ, thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such a nice comment. I couldn’t ask for a better career than talking about color and those that have great color vision–and you’re on of my fav color visionaries!
Oh so true, as a color consultant myself, I have learned alot of the lessons that you speak of. Sometimes the hard way. Great article.
Thanks for the kind words from a fellow color lover and consultant.
I just bought it yesterday and it’s fabulous! You are splashed all over this magazine, I know a famous woman, yaay
Congrats, I loved it!
Maria
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Thanks Maria. So fun to have my 15 minutes of fame
This is so exciting! Congratulations.