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Paint and Color

Color Trend Sneak Peek

September 28, 2009

Benjamin Moore Paints is hosting a free webinar giving us a sneak peak into color trends for the next two years! This Wednesday they’ll be discussing the rural influences and urban application of four themes for Color Pulse 2011: The Farm, Order, Escape & Tribe.
I can tell from the logo that BMP sees the current love of texture [...]

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Color & Art Inspiration

August 21, 2009

I’ve taken a day away from painting to go to Fort Jackson, SC to see my niece graduate from basic training. We stopped at the “EdVenture” Children’s Museum here in Columbia for the afternoon. What a a great source of inspiration for color and out-of-the-box decorating ideas!
If you’re in the area or visiting, I highly recommend [...]

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Paint Brand Comparison

August 19, 2009

This week as we have been painting and painting . . . and painting, I’ve noticed a difference between the two brands we’ve been using.
Typically, I am a Benjamin Moore Paint girl – they have such a huge selection of colors and the paint goes on so nicely. However, where I am in Georgia there’s not [...]

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Trash 2 Treasure Tool: Caromal Colours

August 18, 2009

I have some great news for you – Caromal Colour paints that are going to ROCK your DIY world!
For years I have consulted with clients who, in the process of updating their homes, need to make over their kitchen cabinets, TV armoires, bedroom dressers and night stangs, a tag sale treasures, etc. However, trying to figure [...]

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The Secret to Painting Perfectly Crisp Lines!

July 13, 2009

I don’t know if I’m the only one who dreads painting along baseboards, cabinets, trim or trying to paint insets onto walls. It seems no matter the quality of the painters tape I use, I get bleed through. It just looks awful and is so frustrating.
Well last week while I was working on designing kids rooms I [...]

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Great Greens!

March 17, 2009

Top ‘o the mornin’ to ya & happy St. Patty’s day! To keep with the green theme of the day, thought I’d share a few great green paint colors that’ll have you counting your lucky charms!
Kermit the Frog once sang that it’s not easy being green but that’s not the case with green rooms. Green [...]

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Paint Stored Right

February 5, 2009

I was recently talking to our painter and she told us we were not storing our paint correctly. She said it should be stored someplace where you have a relatively steady, moderate temperature. Our paint is in the garage on the shelves the previous owners set it up.

Because our garage isn’t insulated, it gets extremely [...]

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Embrace Your Inner Man Cave

February 1, 2009

Today was one of those great days when I love being an interior decorator. I had an appointment with a client whose house we’ve been working on for well over a year.
Our design consultation this morning covered several areas including the “man cave”. It was suffering from an identity crisis. The man cave (aka the [...]