Kate Smith is an optimistic, expressive, artist, designer, writer and color fanatic. With her warm and witty style, Kate teaches you to clearly see, understand and be inspired by color. Then she guides you step-by-step to develop your own unique color sense-ability and achieve results you never dreamed possible.
Read Time: 2 min Choosing a Color for Garage DoorsHaving a garage is great but having one that dominates the front of your home can be a design challenge. I have found that the biggest mistake homeowners make is to use color to draw too much attention to the garage doors rather than downplaying them. This is even more […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Cheery yellows and creams have their place as exterior color choices, but if you are looking to really stand out from your neighbors think deep, rich black.Haunted? Too spooky? Think, again. source sourceModern and sleek homes really speak out loud when you paint exterior black. Elements of the home, special architectural features, a hot –colored […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Have you ever stared blankly at the hundreds of paint colors in the store display? Maybe you’ve paged through a design book that featured colors with odd names like oxblood or cerulean? Picking color doesn’t always seem so simple. But, in reality you don’t need to have an eye for design to create a color […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Did the illustrations of Dr. Seuss always draw your admiration? Maybe you love to watch Lady Gaga’s imaginative style? You don’t need to consign your free-flowing creativity to decorating a kid’s space. Instead, create a mood that highlights your personality by using these color tips to build a fun and whimsical mood. Bright colors are […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute The classic look. The finest homes. That traditional and elegant feel isn’t something you can only get by looking at glossy magazine covers. You can create that same mood in your own home easily and affordably by simply choosing the right colors. Start creating that time-tested atmosphere in your room today with these five classic […]
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Read Time: 3 min Running through our busy lives we often wish there were a way to achieve more calm or just a little more time to accomplish things. It is possible to carve out tranquility and even increase energy right in our own homes. As Winston Churchill once said, “We shape our dwellings, and afterwards, our dwellings shape […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Nostalgic, fun and whimsy fill our color scheme inspiration. Hues selected from the photos of an old fashioned carnival will bring energy and vintage appeal to any space. Soft blues and lavenders and yellow tinted neutrals allow for a calm environment while more vibrant pops of green, turquoise, and yellow add energy. The neutral walls […]
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Read Time: 2 min Accent walls – some of us love ‘em for the chance to add that bold color we adore so much but know would be too much on all four walls. Others just want to run the minute they spot an obviously contrived accent wall.Yet regardless of our stance, an accent wall can be a powerful […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute For a room that often isn’t very large figuring out what color to paint the bathroom often turns into a big problem for many homeowners. A few easy to think about guidelines can make picking a color much simpler.Today a reader asked for advice on picking paint color for her bathroom. Here is her color […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Whether the white walls are starting to turn gray or you inherited a circa 1980 color scheme that you just can’t live with, you know it’s time for a change—a big one. But, if you’re like most people, the thought of choosing paint colors leaves you a bit green. Never fear! Inspiration is all around […]
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Read Time: 5 min The Coco Chanel of DecoratingDorothy Draper (1889-1969), was America’s first female interior designer, and she turned the establishment on its ear with her outlandish use of color, texture and ornate fixtures. This forward-thinking woman was the Grand Dame of using bright, bold hue and texture combinations in her decorating of socialite homes, hotels, offices and […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Here at Sensational Color, ideas for new and interesting color palettes comes easily. We either close our eyes and imagine beautiful combinations or open our eyes to the gorgeous schemes in the world around us for inspiration.To give you a peak into our heads we’ll be putting together a series of color schemes inspired by […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Don’t keep that vintage collection of albums in a closet or on shelf. Put them up on your walls instead. When displayed from floor to ceiling the album covers create a pixelated colorful graphic that is sure to bring back memories. Remember the hours you spent listening to some of those albums? Want to recreate […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute “I want to paint a light, soft pink in my living room. I have mostly cream and black with gold accents. How do I find a pink that looks hip rather than like it should be in a nursery?”That was a question from a guest who attended one of my recent speaking events at Macy’s […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute With so many color choices and possible color combinations, it can get confusing. Before you know it you may not even be sure what colors you like or don’t like for a particular project. Not to worry.There are many easy ways to discover a color scheme you will like. One of my favorites is to […]
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Read Time: 2 min DIY Color: Vinyl Striped FloorThe fabulous striped floors at the Kate Spade store in Palm Beach inspired me to see what it would take to duplicate this look at home. A quick search produced lots of companies that sell vinyl tape for floors. I liked the colors on this site the best of the ones […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute ‘Blue Monday’ usually falls on the Monday of the last full week of January and is often said to be “to be the most depressing day of the year’. This seems like a bad rap for such a nice hue so I thought I would show some a blue and white color scheme or two […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute A red room is often described as ‘classic’ because we associate it with history and historic settings. When it comes to the color red one of the most iconic rooms in America is the Red Room in the White House.The vivid color scheme and cozy size made it a favorite place for presidents and first […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Astrology has been playing a big part of my life lately. Last week for the first time I had my astrological chart read (my personal reading by Kay Sturgis was a gift from my awesome sister Pat) and am discovering all kinds of interesting ways the planets affect who we are and where we are […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Eddie Ross put up an excellent post today showing how a tattered antique quilt of many colors became the inspiration for six rooms he was designing. Here is the quilt that inspired the colors. It just makes me want to open it up and explore all of the possible color combinations. Here’s a quick view […]
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