Reader Question: "One thing that is not clear to me… with the colors trending from brown, beige, cream to grey, black, white, how do you incorporate grey, black and white when the furniture is wood (cherry, mahogany, whatever)? Do you just ignore the wood color? I'm guessing you'll say no. Do you paint the wood (my husband is frightened by… Continue reading
I almost missed posting this story as I'm about to run out to a couple designer parties tonight and I heard about it at The Decorologist first! Then 'From Caroline' wrote a post where she also announced the colour of the year but also mentioned that my takeaway from the annual CMG Conference in September was about orange moving to… Continue reading
BM 145 Honeybell The best part of arriving at a tropical destination is how the air smells the minute you walk off the plane. I think you can begin to see why I loved this resort so much when I stayed here around 10 years ago (my last beach vacation). Westin Los Cabos Famed architect, Javier Sordo Madeleno, created the… Continue reading
The restaurant we had dinner in on Sunday night had this art with Texas is Colorful behind me. (Maria Killam) Okay, so if I told you the ACTUAL colours we ended up with this past weekend, I would have to swear you to secrecy along with double secret handshakes, etc and well, given that you are not in my living… Continue reading
source Denise Turner, Janice Lindsay, Roz Kavander and Maria Killam Me and some of my colour friends at the Saturday night dinner. Kohler Nicole Wittwer, a Product Manager at Kohler reported that recently during a trade show where they were launching their new collection, Tresham, this image was displayed at one of their booths. People started lining up to get their… Continue reading
I arrived tonight barely in time for the Board of Directors meeting for the Colour Marketing Group here in San Antonio. I'm not a board member yet, everyone will be voting after the conference. Anyway, this is such a pretty city from what I saw on the way here in the taxi. I think we are dong some kind of… Continue reading
It's time for the annual Colour Marketing Group Conference happening in San Antonio, TX starting this weekend. I fly there early Friday morning. I'm currently working on my NOW and NEXT colour forecast (I know, last minute but I've been super busy) and I thought I'd do a poll with my favourite people, YOU. Pinterest For over a year, all… Continue reading
source I opened my September Vogue magazine and was thrilled to read the headline on page 578 – Out with Tedious Black! Writer Sarah Mower goes on to say that among the fashion crowd, the race is on, not to see who can wear the highest heels but who dares to slip a neon-lime clutch under the arm of a… Continue reading
As you know, I'm working on a new website. It's going to be full of bells and whistles and a huge transformation from what it is now. After my graphic designer and I had spent quite a bit of time working on my new logo I called him after all was said and done and said "I'm not in love… Continue reading
I recently received this question from a reader and I thought it would make a great blog post. Pinterest "We've got bossy dark carpet, low light, and mismatched furniture; these problems are not going away on our current budget or all at once, but I'm attempting to minimize them in various ways. The problem is the only color that seems like it will… Continue reading
